The Thames Water Authority was a UK regional water authority created by the Water Act 1973[1] to consolidate water management in the river Thames catchment area. It was dissolved in 1989 due to the privatisation of the water industry.

Predecessors

The bodies subsumed by the Thames Water Authority included the Metropolitan Water Board, the Thames Conservancy, the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board and parts of the Essex and Kent River authorities. [1] It also took over water and sewage responsibility from the following water suppliers in the Thames catchment:[2]

Dissolution

In 1989 the Thames Water Authority was partly privatised, under the provisions of the Water Act 1989[3] with the water and sewage responsibilities transferring to the newly established publicly quoted company of Thames Water, and the regulatory, land drainage and navigation responsibilities transferring to the newly created National Rivers Authority which later became the Environment Agency.

References

  1. ^ a b "Water Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 37
  2. ^ "The Thames Water Authority Constitution Order 1973: Schedule 3", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/1360 (sch. 3)
  3. ^ "Water Act 1989", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1989 c. 15


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Water_Authority
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