Abstract
This article analyses the new Groundwater Daughter Directive (Directive 2006/118/EC) from a UK perspective; explaining its implications for the UK and the progress to date. The article covers: ? the relationship between the Groundwater Daughter Directive and the Water Framework Directive ? the three pillars of the Groundwater Daughter Directive ? pollution of groundwater ? good groundwater chemical status ? deterioration of groundwater ? the scheme of the Directive ? the Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) Direction 2006 ? groundwater quality standards ? threshold values ? the procedure for assessing groundwater chemical status ? identification of significant and sustained upwards trends ? trend reversal ? the UK’s Hydrological Protection Zones, Source Protection Zones, and Nitrate Vulnerable Zones and ? the UK’s latest Regulatory Impact Assessment on groundwater proposals.
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