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Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
The D1 exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil on the banks of the water it was dredged from and treat it by screening and removing water.
This report looks at the impact that new regulations to increase efficiency in water use are likely to have on sewers and wastewater treatment works.
The T20 exemption allows you to treat certain waste at water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or to make it easier to handle for waste recovery.
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.
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
How local authorities must deal with fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
How to complete a water discharge return.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
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.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
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