Discussion on Papers 7 and 8

Dr A.C. Skinner (Severn-Trent Water Authority)

My reading of Paper 7 was influenced by my own interest in groundwater regulation with the proposals for the River Severn which my Authority are now working on, and I looked at it with a view to seeing what lessons we could draw on this important subject, which has hitherto been documented only very scantily. I was drawn to the conclusion that the transfer experience was quite limited, and I feel that this in many respects arises because of different operating con

straints. In the Severn catchment we are concerned with a

groundwater scheme which will be working in conjunction, if