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How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Use these forms to apply for a water resources licence.
How producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.
Use the pre-application advice service to find out the likelihood of getting a licence, what restrictions it may have and what you need to send with your application.
How to change, revoke or transfer your licence, including if the licence holder dies or becomes bankrupt and find out when changes can be enforced.
Use this form to apply for administrative or minor changes to a water abstraction licence.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
Complete if you are applying for a new bespoke permit.
Use the postal form LT4WD if you're a landfill site operator, to agree to a waste producer's water discount scheme application.
Application form to apportion an abstraction licence.
Apply for a standard rules permit for a discharge to surface water or groundwater.
Apply to replace a time limited licence or condition that is expiring.
Complete if you are applying for an environmental permit and full abstraction licence for a ground source or surface water source heating and cooling scheme.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect water voles. Find out if you need to pay for the licence and how to report your actions.
Guidance and application forms to designate or de-designate a coastal or inland water as a bathing water.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
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