Policy paper

The Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) (England) Direction 2014

Directions to the Environment Agency relating to the Groundwater Directive (Directive 2006/118/EC).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 5 November 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) (England) Direction 2014

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This document sets out instructions to the Environment Agency about certain obligations to protect groundwater (water found beneath the earth’s surface), in England, as required by the Groundwater Directive.

The Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) (England) Direction 2014 revokes and replaces the Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) Direction 2006, which applied to both England and Wales. Similar Directions have been issued by the Welsh Government to Natural Resources Wales. The Directions came into force on 16 September 2014.

Published 5 November 2014