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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.
For manufacturers of long-term samplers and test laboratories who carry out testing of equipment.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
This guidance specifies the standards for the continuous monitoring and sampling of stack emissions.
Apply for a grant for capital items to improve farm productivity through more efficient use of water for irrigation, and to secure water supplies for crop irrigation
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.
This guidance provides definitions for some commonly-used terms on the subject of marine licensing.
External quality assessment (EQA) scheme suitable for laboratories in the water testing and clinical microbiology sectors.
The standard licence conditions for inclusion in water supply and sewerage licences to be issued by Ofwat.
Monthly water situation reports and weekly rainfall and river flow reports.
The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
How producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.
How to complete a water discharge return.
External quality assessment (EQA) of water microbiology.
Defra's plan to clean up our waters and ensure a plentiful supply for the future.
Dozens of new bathing water sites in England have been designated ahead of the 2024 bathing season in the government’s largest ever rollout.
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