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Water is legally protected
Controlled Waters
As defined in Section 104 of the Water Resources Act 1991, as those waters which the Environment Agency and Natural Resources
Wales has a duty to protect.
The definition of controlled water is wide and includes:
Relevant territorial waters: that part of territorial waters which extends three nautical miles seaward from the base
lines, from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
Coastal waters: waters landward of the base lines to the high-water limit and the freshwater limits of any rivers.
Inland freshwater: any river or watercourse above the freshwater limit and any lake or pond that discharges directly or
indirectly into such a watercourse.
These definitions include groundwater, as this is part of the water cycle and is interconnected with the surface water system
Surface Water and Groundwater have legal protection. It is an offence to pollute them.
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