In these guidelines, the experienced town planner Hugh Howes assesses the challenge of managing water sustainably within the current planning system and in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive. The book offers authoritative, up to date and practical guidance on how statutory town and country planning can help us to use water more wisely. Water has historically been regarded as a rare 'free' resource and as such was an essential ingredient of public health, hygiene and well being. Today, however, water resources are under threat by both a rapidly deteriorating and ageing...