Pollution

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Guidance and regulation

• Catchment Sensitive Farming: advice for farmers and land managers
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 March 2026
  • Natural England, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Environment Agency
• How to comply with the Farming Rules for Water
  • Detailed guide
  • 4 February 2026
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
• Control and monitor emissions for your environmental permit
  • Detailed guide
  • 3 December 2025
  • Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Intensive farming risk assessment for your environmental permit
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 May 2026
  • Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Grassland derogations for livestock manure in nitrate vulnerable zones
  • Detailed guide
  • 10 November 2025
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency

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News and communications

• Repeat polluter pays out over slurry offences
  • 21 May 2026
  • Environment Agency
  • News story
• Dorset farmers to pay £33,500 over slurry handling
  • 1 May 2026
  • Environment Agency
  • News story
• Dorset farmer fined after failing to comply with slurry notice
  • 2 March 2026
  • Environment Agency
  • News story
• Farmer fined for failing to finish alternative to conviction
  • 21 November 2024
  • Environment Agency
  • Press release
• C.P. Button Ltd pay charity after twice polluting the River Allen
  • 5 November 2024
  • Environment Agency
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Abandoned metal mines in England: baseline length of rivers and estuaries polluted by harmful metals
  • 12 March 2025
  • Environment Agency
  • Research

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Organisations

• Department
  for Environment,
  Food & Rural Affairs

• Environment Agency
• Natural England