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Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Check if you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for a new closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
Check if you need an environmental permit for a closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
£11.5m extra funding announced to boost tree planting, habitat restoration and flood management across England through the Water Environment Improvement Fund.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
Fibre in Water (FiW) is an open competition, run by DCMS from HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund and supported by DEFRA, BEIS and Cabinet Office. It will allocate up to £4 million of R&D funding to projects that develop and...
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
Guidance for heat suppliers.
Background, evidence and analysis on challenges affecting the water environment.
How to change, revoke or transfer your licence, including if the licence holder dies or becomes bankrupt and find out when changes can be enforced.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
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