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Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning 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.
How to register a reservoir, appoint a panel engineer, produce a flood plan, prepare an inspection information pack and report an incident.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
United Utilities Water Limited have been fined £800,000 after illegally abstracting 22 billion litres of water from boreholes in Lancashire following a prosecution by the Environment Agency.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
The CMA has found Pennon’s purchase of Sumisho Osaka Gas Water UK (including its subsidiary Sutton and East Surrey Water), could harm Ofwat’s ability to make comparisons between water companies and carry out its statutory functions.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
This section explains how the Environment Agency describes the water environment geographical units, and how we assess their current condition.
How government, water companies and the Environment Agency make sure there is enough water for future needs of both people and the environment.
Alan Lovell, Chair of the Environment Agency delivers speech at 2024 NFU Conference.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of industrial hydrogen production from methane or refinery fuel gas with carbon capture for storage.
Planting the right tree, in the right place, can help manage flooding, improve water quality, and support aquatic habitats. Find out more in the collection of resources below.
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