Collection

Groundwater protection

Groundwater protection guides covering: requirements, permissions, risk assessments and controls (previously covered in GP3).

Published 14 March 2017

• From: Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Documents

1. Protect groundwater and prevent groundwater pollution

   • 14 March 2017
   • Guidance

2. Groundwater protection technical guidance

   • 14 March 2017
   • Guidance

3. Groundwater protection position statements

   • 22 March 2018
   • Guidance

4. Land contamination groundwater compliance points: quantitative risk assessments

   • 14 March 2017
   • Guidance

5. Sheep dip: groundwater protection code

   • 28 June 2016
   • Guidance

6. Prevent groundwater pollution from solvents

   • 11 February 2016
   • Guidance

7. Protecting our water, soil and air

   • 22 June 2017
   • Guidance

Groundwater: environmental permitting

1. Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits

   • 3 April 2018
   • Guidance

2. Groundwater activity exclusions from environmental permits

   • 14 March 2017
   • Guidance

3. Groundwater risk assessment for your environmental permit

   • 3 April 2018
   • Guidance

4. Landfill developments: groundwater risk assessment for leachate

   • 1 February 2016
   • Guidance

5. Infiltration systems: groundwater risk assessments

   • 3 April 2018
   • Guidance

6. H1 annex J5: infiltration worksheet

   • 1 December 2014
   • Guidance

7. Environmental permitting guidance: Groundwater activities

   • 15 June 2011
   • Guidance

8. Open-loop heat pump systems: permits, consents and licences

   • 3 April 2018
   • Guidance

Groundwater: cemeteries and burials

1. Cemeteries and burials: prevent groundwater pollution

   • 27 February 2018
   • Guidance

2. Cemeteries and burials: groundwater risk assessments

   • 21 August 2017
   • Guidance

Published 14 March 2017