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Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
The pressures on water flows, a review of actions to address the challenges, plus future challenges and actions.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
How to apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options for farming.
The Coal Authority manages more than 80 mine water treatment schemes across Britain, handling and treating over 122 billion litres of mine water every year.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
A booklet to assist monitoring at wetland sites, with suggested methods to collect meaningful and accurate data.
This study evaluates the methods used to organize, analyze, and transmit drinking water quality data among 26 water supplier and regulatory agencies
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
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.
Where to install your meter, checking it's accurate, how often to check it and the records you must keep.
How hydroelectric power works, regional schemes and information on installing your own micro-hydro scheme.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Monthly local reports on rainfall, soil moisture deficit, river flows, groundwater levels and reservoir levels.
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