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Groundwater protection

From:
Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Part of:
Water quality
Published:
14 March 2017

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

Contact the Environment Agency if you have any questions about groundwater protection: groundwater.enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Documents

  1. Protect groundwater and prevent groundwater pollution

    • Guidance

  2. Groundwater protection technical guidance

    • Guidance

  3. Groundwater protection position statements

    • Guidance

  4. Land contamination groundwater compliance points: quantitative risk assessments

    • Guidance

  5. Sheep dip: groundwater protection code

    • Guidance

  6. Prevent groundwater pollution from solvents

    • Guidance

  7. Protecting our water, soil and air

    • Guidance

Groundwater: environmental permitting

  1. Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits

    • Guidance

  2. Groundwater activity exclusions from environmental permits

    • Guidance

  3. Groundwater risk assessment for your environmental permit

    • Guidance

  4. Landfill developments: groundwater risk assessment for leachate

    • Guidance

  5. Infiltration systems: groundwater risk assessments

    • Guidance

  6. H1 annex J5: infiltration worksheet

    • Guidance

  7. Environmental permitting guidance: Groundwater activities

    • Guidance

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

    • Guidance

Groundwater: cemeteries and burials

  1. Cemeteries and burials: prevent groundwater pollution

    • Guidance

  2. Cemeteries and burials: groundwater risk assessments

    • Guidance
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Published: 14 March 2017

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

Part of: Water quality