Water

4A.17 Water quality

The Mayor will and boroughs should protect and improve water quality to ensure that the Blue Ribbon Network is healthy, attractive and offers a valuable series of habitats by:

• ensuring that adequate sewerage infrastructure capacity is available for developments
• refusing, or directing refusal of proposals that are likely to lead to a reduction in water quality
• using sustainable urban drainage systems to reduce the amount and intensity of urban run-off and pollution (see also Policy 4A.14).