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Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
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.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Information on the potential health impacts of drought in England and the measures that people can take to stay healthy during these events.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the government cracks down on poor performing companies.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
Fund will help groups of farmers investigate how they can better manage water for use in time of drought, helping to safeguard food security.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
How to care for animals on farms and at market in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
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