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National Rivers Authority
UK government agency launched in 1989. It had responsibility for managing water resources, investigating and regulating pollution, and taking over flood controls and land drainage from the former ten regional water authorities of England and Wales. In April 1996, the NRA was replaced by the Environment Agency, having begun to establish a reputation for being supportive to wildlife projects and tough on polluters.
Following a judicial review of the authority in 1991 for allegedly failing to carry out its statutory duty to protect rivers and seas from pollution, river quality improved by 26% in the period 1993–96.
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