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Fibre in Water (FiW) is an open competition, run by DCMS from HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund and supported by DEFRA, BEIS and Cabinet Office. It will allocate up to £4 million of R&D funding to projects that develop and...
Guidance for owners, operators and masters of vessels on inland waters, explaining the classifications and how to apply for categorisation.
Apply to settle in the UK if your partner dies and you're in the UK as their dependant or partner
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.
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Application form to transfer an abstraction licence or impoundment licence.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Complete if you are applying to vary (change) a water discharge or groundwater activity permit, or point source emission to water from an installation.
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
Guidance and application forms to designate or de-designate a coastal or inland water as a bathing water.
Use the Water Restoration Fund application form to apply for a grant to restore and improve rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, wetlands or estuarine waters.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Tagliavini and Mr. A Harris on Date 12 March 2020
Apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options in your area.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
Application form to cancel an existing water abstraction licence.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
Apply for a standard rules permit for a discharge to surface water or groundwater.
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.
Complete if you are applying for a new environmental permit, or to change or transfer an existing environmental permit.
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