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Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
The joint UK-Canada £1.2 million Aqualunar Challenge is launching to support development of water-purifying technologies for the Moon.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
How to meet the general binding rules or apply for a permit if you have a septic tank or treatment plant - fees, application forms and exceptions
Helen Wakeham, the Environment Agency's Director of Water, delivers a speech at the Summit on learning from the past to deliver for the future.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
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.
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.
Information and minutes for OSPAR, REACH and research groups and forums for offshore oil and gas.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Find out how clean the water is on beaches and in other bathing areas in England, and if there is a problem with pollution
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