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Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
Environment Agency enforcement position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
For the first time, over 1.2 million ‘eligible’ non-household customers in England can choose their water supplier (from 3 April 2017).
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 register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
Consumer Council for Water (CCW) represents water and sewerage consumers in England and Wales and takes up unresolved complaints. CCW is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
How to apply for and comply with environmental permits for surface water discharge activities or groundwater activities.
When and how to register if you are discharging small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test or remediation scheme.
Find out about the quality of water at England’s beaches and inland waters and signage rules for local councils.
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
What the reservoir flood maps show, how they were created and how to use them for your assessments.
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
Monthly water situation reports and weekly rainfall and river flow reports.
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