Catalogue description Water Exports: Registered Files (WSR Series)

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Details of MAF 809
Reference: MAF 809
Title: Water Exports: Registered Files (WSR Series)
Description:

This series contain records relating to an appeal made by Thames Water Utilities Limited for the Secretary of State to review a decision to increase charges for extracting water from the River Lee
Date: 1998-
Former reference in its original department: WSR prefix
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Water Quality Division, 2002-
Physical description: file(s)
Access conditions: Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Selection and destruction information: 3.1.3 The state's interactions with its citizens
Administrative / biographical background:

These records concern water exports and were created by the Water Quality Division of the Department for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

They relate to the Secretary of State's decision in 1974 to increase the charges agreed in the River Lee Water Act 1855. This Act granted Thames Water Utilities Limited an entitlement to extract water from the River Lee [Lea], incurring an annual cost.

Press releases from March 2018 record the final decision and the conclusion of a 160 year old dispute

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