title: The influence of supply and sewerage area characteristics on water and sewerage companies responses to the Water Framework Directive.
abstract: Using the example of raw water quality this paper examines the relationship between different spatial characteristics (geographical and physical properties) of Water and Sewerage Companies (WaSCs) supply and sewage areas and response to the Water Framework Directive. Results were obtained from thematic analysis and content analysis of 14 interviews with WaSCs representatives. Principal component analysis and cluster analysis of 51 WaSCs business function characteristics was employed to derive groups of similar WaSCs. Results indicate that there is difference in how WaSCs approach raw water quality issues. It appears that small WaSCs with relatively large agricultural areas in their supply catchments are more likely to seek managerial solutions to raw water quality problems.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Water Science, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK. m.spiller@cranfield.ac.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spiller
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.forename: R A F
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Seaton
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D003625:Data Collection; D004739:England; D012722:Sewage; D014852:Wales; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical