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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
   • 27 July 2018
   • Guidance

Groundwater: environmental permitting

1. Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits
   • 16 October 2018
   • Guidance
2. Groundwater activity exclusions from environmental permits
   • 11 July 2018
   • Guidance
3. Tracer tests and remediation schemes: environmental permit exemption
   • 1 February 2016
   • Guidance
4. Groundwater risk assessment for your environmental permit
   • 3 April 2018
   • Guidance
5. Landfill developments: groundwater risk assessment for leachate
   • 1 February 2016
   • Guidance
6. Infiltration systems: groundwater risk assessments
   • 3 April 2018
   • Guidance
7. H1 annex J5: infiltration worksheet
   • 1 December 2014
   • Guidance
8. Environmental permitting guidance: Groundwater activities
   • 15 June 2011
   • Guidance
9. 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