WASTE WATER
July 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has run out of patience with France and Belgium over their flouting of the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and has decided to launch legal cases against the two countries at the European Court of Justice.France, alleges the Commission, has been evading its responsibilities under the directive, by failing to identify enough sensitive areas bodies of water that are eutrophic, (containing an excessive level of nutrients), or are otherwise seriously polluted by wastewater. It also says that where discharges have been ...
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