Water Act 2003

Water Act 2003[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to amend the Water Resources Act 1991 and the Water Industry Act 1991; to make provision with respect to compensation under section 61 of the Water Resources Act 1991; to provide for the establishment and functions of the Water Services Regulation Authority and the Consumer Council for Water, and for the abolition of the office of Director General of Water Services; to make provision in connection with land drainage and flood defence; to amend the Reservoirs Act 1975; to make provision about contaminated land so far as it relates to the pollution of controlled waters; to confer on the Coal Authority functions in relation to the discharge of water from coal mines; to extend the functions of the Environment Agency in relation to the Rivers Esk, Sark and Tweed and their tributaries so far as they are in England; to repeal section 1 of the Metropolis Water Act 1852; and for connected purposes.
Citation2003 c. 37
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent20 November 2003
Commencementvarious[c]
Other legislation
Amends
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Water Act 2003 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Water Act 2003 (c. 37) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The report Taking Water Responsibly, published in March 1999, was a precursor of this act.[1]

Provisions

The act gave strategic health authorities (in England) and the National Assembly for Wales (in Wales) the ability to require water fluoridation in their areas.[2][3]

The act required boreholes to be accompanied by an abstraction license only if it drew more than 20 cubic metres of water.[4]

The publication of water resource management plans was a statutory requirement of the act, with the first statutory plans being published in June 2009.[5][6]

The act placed a duty on the industry and the government to promote efficiency.[7]

Section 105 - Interpretation, commencement, short title, and extent

The following orders have been made under section 105:

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 105(1).
  2. ↑ Section 105(7)–(14)
  3. ↑ Section 105(3)–(6)

References

  • John Bates. "Water Act 2003". Current Law Statutes 2003. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 2003. Volume 2. Chapter 37. pp 37-1 to 37-215.
  • Halsbury's Statutes,
  1. ↑ Explanatory notes, paragraph 10
  2. ↑ "Ministers launch fluoride drive". BBC News. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Meikle, James (27 February 2009). "Q&A: Water fluoridation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Hickman, Leo (29 August 2006). "Is it OK ... to have a borehole?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Walker, Gareth (September 2013). "A critical examination of models and projections of demand in water utility resource planning in England and Wales". International Journal of Water Resources Development. 29 (3): 352–372. doi:10.1080/07900627.2012.721679. ISSN 0790-0627.
  6. ↑ Every, Louise; Foley, Julie (2006). Progressing metering (Report). Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). pp. 28–33.
  7. ↑ Walker, Gareth (June 2014). "Water Scarcity in England and Wales as a Failure of (meta)Governance". Water Alternatives. 7 (2): 388–413.
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