Records of the Environment Agency; 1996-2012

Minutes (with agendas and accompanying reports) of the Regional Flood Defence Committee Midlands Region 19 July 1996 to 14 July 2010; Severn-Trent Flood Defence Committee Midlands 13 Oct 2010 - 11 Jan 2011; Severn-Trent Regional Flood and Coastal Committee Midlands 12 Apr. 2011 - 17 April 2012.

In 1989 the government privatised the water industry and sold the ten water authorities as water service companies. Severn Trent Water, owned by parent company Severn Trent Plc (which was also formed in 1989), took over responsibility for water supply and sewerage from Severn Trent Water Authority. In the same year the National Rivers Authority became responsible for managing water resources, investigating and regulating pollution, controlling floods and draining land. It was replaced by the Environment Agency in 1996 which has broader responsibilities for protection and enhancement of the environment as a whole, including flooding, waste, waterways, fisheries, etc.

Material has been arranged by type and by date order, reflecting the original filing system used by the creators.

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These papers were transferred to the University of Nottingham in 2014 by the Records Manager of the Environment Agency.

This series of minutes (REA/G/1) is a continuation of the National Rivers Authority Regional Flood Defence Committee Severn-Trent Region 20 Oct 1989 to 12 Jan 1996, and Midlands Region 19 April 1996 (RRA/G/1).

Manuscripts and Special Collections also holds records of predecessors, Severn Trent Water Ref: RST, Severn Trent Water Authority Ref: RWA, the City of Nottingham Water Department Ref: R/HR, Derwent Valley Water Board Ref: DVW, Stoke Bardolph and Bulcote Model Farms Ref: RSB, Papplewick Pumping Station Ref: PPS, Nottingham New Waterworks/Northern Waterworks Company Ref: MS 880, and the Trent River Board/Authority (Clerk's Department Ref: RC, Engineer's Department Ref: RE, Governance records Ref: RG, Hydrology Department Ref: RH); also Trent River Authority's predecessors (Trent Navigation Company Ref: RtN, Brigg Court of Lincolnshire Commissioners of Sewers Ref: Br, Court of Sewers for the Level of Hatfield Chase/Hatfield Chase Corporation Ref: HCC, Trent Fishery Board Ref: RTF); also the papers of an employee of the Trent River Authority (H.R. Potter Ref: HRP).