Welsh National Water Development Authority
The Welsh National Water Development Authority (WNWDA) (Awdurdod Cenedlaethol Datblygu Dwr Cymru in
Remit
It brought together all the
- Anglesey County Council
- Cardiff County Borough Council
- Carmarthen Borough Council
- Carmarthen Rural District Council
- Ceiriog Rural District Council (within catchment area of the River Dee)
- Cwmamman Urban District Council
- Llandeilo Urban District Council
- Llandeilo Rural District Council
- Llandovery Borough Council
- Maelor Rural District Council
- Wrexham Rural District Council.
It took over the
- Bwrdd Dŵr Eryri
- Cardiganshire Water Board
- Central Flintshire Water Board
- Conway Valley Water Board
- Gwent Water Board
- Herefordshire Water Board
- Llanelli and District Water Board
- Loughor Joint Water Board
- Merioneth Water Board
- Mid-Glamorgan Water Board
- Pembrokeshire Water Board
- Radnorshire and North Breconshire Water Board
- South-East Breconshire Water Board
- Taf Fechan Water Board
- West Denbighshire and West Flintshire Water Board
- West Glamorgan Water Board
Private water companies such as
It also subsumed all the functions of the six
Organisation
At inception, WNWDA was organised in units that broadly reflected the originating business. Thus sewerage and sewage disposal was organised into a number of sewage divisions, water supply was similarly formed into a number of water divisions and river divisions exactly matching the roles and boundaries of the previous river authorities were created.
In 1984 a major re-structuring brought all the functions together in three multidisciplinary divisions, with a headquarters in Brecon. These were the South Eastern Division based in Nelson, South Western Division based in Haverfordwest, the Northern Division based in Bangor. There were sub-offices located in Hereford, Monmouth, Swansea, Lampeter, Caernarfon and Mold. At the time of this re-organisation the name of the authority changed to Welsh Water Authority.
Governance
The authority was governed by a board which included representatives from local authorities, central government and the major industries in Wales including agriculture. The chairman appointed by the government of the day was
Privatisation
In 1989 the water supply, sewerage, and sewage disposal functions of the authority were privatised to form
References
- ^ "Welsh National Water Development Authority". theyworkforyou.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Records of Usk Water Authorities". archiveswales.org.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Water Act 1973" (PDF). Parliament of the United Kingdom. 18 July 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011.
- ^ The Welsh National Water Development Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1973 (1973 No. 1345)
- ^ National Archives - Papers of T M Haydn Rees