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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
For the first time, over 1.2 million ‘eligible’ non-household customers in England can choose their water supplier (from 3 April 2017).
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.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
How producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.
Information about the Coombe mine water treatment scheme in Cornwall, England.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
The Coal Authority is working with partners to unlock the heat within our historical coal mine network, to transform the homes and workplaces of the future.
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...
Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
View a list of applications that have been submitted to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract or impound water.
Where to install your meter, checking it's accurate, how often to check it and the records you must keep.
How to complete a water discharge return.
Use the Water Restoration Fund application form to apply for a grant to restore and improve rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, wetlands or estuarine waters.
The bathing water season has started today, with monitoring by the Environment Agency now underway.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
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