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Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
Find out how you can use natural options to reduce flooding in your area, who to contact for advice, and if you can get funding.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
How government, water companies and the Environment Agency make sure there is enough water for future needs of both people and the environment.
Notices of publication and a consolidated list of references of pre-Exit European Assessment Documents for construction products.
View a list of applications that have been submitted to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract or impound water.
This EQA scheme is suitable for laboratories in the water testing and clinical microbiology sectors that monitor the microbial quality of water used rinse endoscopes.
As a business, you'll have to pay for any water you use, and for the drainage of water and any effluent (liquid waste) you produce
Guidance for owners, operators and masters of vessels on inland waters, explaining the classifications and how to apply for categorisation.
Guidance on how planning authorities can gather evidence to set optional requirements and the nationally described space standard.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
This section describes the mechanisms protecting the quality or quantity of water used for drinking water supplies.
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
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