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Understand when your activities affect groundwater, what permissions you may need and how to prevent pollution.
This document explains and gives guidance on issues which are likely to arise from the regulations on private sewers transfer.
Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
How to work out charges for water abstraction and impounding licences.
OSM management and operation rules for water companies.
Where to install your meter, checking it's accurate, how often to check it and the records you must keep.
皇冠体育app water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
皇冠体育app licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
皇冠体育app Independent Water Commission will publish an interim report on 3 June 2025.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can abstract water outside of the conditions of your abstraction licence during a 鈥榝lood warning鈥� for purposes other than land drainage.
Guidance for groundwater specialists explaining direct inputs, discernibility and permanently unsuitable.
Map of water management catchments and list of catchment coordinators.
Guidance and application forms to designate or de-designate a coastal or inland water as a bathing water.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
皇冠体育app Environment Agency has issued this guideline to water undertakers that are wholly or mainly in England.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
Find out how the Environment Agency defines groundwater source protection zones.
皇冠体育app laboratory provides diagnostic microbiological testing for the examination of food, water and environmental samples.
A summary of the main programmes and strategic initiatives to protect and improve the water environment.
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