Water pollution law is the most developed of the pollution control systems. This title contains a comprehensive account of water and waste legislation plus a detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law.

This book includes:

- A detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law
- The impact of Brexit on current regulations
- Discussions surrounding UK desalination plants, end of life vehicles and nature conservation
- The changes in international regulations and the impact that this has on UK water and waste regulation
- The regulation of water quality standards, water pollution control, fisheries, navigation, flood, coastal protection and marine pollution with a wide range of water pollution offences

The detailed treatment of the issues involved will enable environmental and energy law practitioners to feel confident in what is a complicated area of law.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Environmental Law online service.

Louise Smail has extensive experience in the field of risk management with a wide range of organisations, including local government, police, manufacturing and many train operating companies. Louise has worked as a principle consultant and director of two international consulting groups. She works on high profile projects looking at business risk evaluation and performance at board level, as well as the impact of changes in legislation in both the UK and Europe. Louise is a co-author of The Law of Renewable Energy and HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate, both published by Bloomsbury Professional.