State visit
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, accompanied by the First Lady Oluremi Tinubu will visit Windsor, as the guests of The King and Queen, with preparations beginning on Tuesday 17 March 2026. Find out more.
Land Contamination
There is a legal framework in England to tackle the legacy of contaminated land left as a consequence of previous industrial development
Water Resources Act
The Water Resources Act 1991 provides the Environment Agency with powers to take action to prevent or remedy the pollution of controlled waters.
The Act is particularly useful in cases where there is historic pollution of groundwater, but where the Part 2A regime cannot be applied, for example, where pollutants are entirely contained within the relevant body of groundwater or where the source site cannot be identified.