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Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
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.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is a non-ministerial government department. We are the economic regulator for the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales. We are responsible for making sure that the companies we regulate provide consumers with...
Meet the ambition and expectations in WISER and follow the WINEP methodology to develop an environmental programme for the price review 2024.
Guidance on the pre-application stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
How to comply with environmental permitting regulations to abstract deep geothermal energy.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
How to apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options for farming.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
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