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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
National Drought Group confirms water resources are healthy in first meeting this year
Defra's plan to clean up our waters and ensure a plentiful supply for the future.
Meet the ambition and expectations in WISER and follow the WINEP methodology to develop an environmental programme for the price review 2024.
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.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
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.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
£11.5m extra funding announced to boost tree planting, habitat restoration and flood management across England through the Water Environment Improvement Fund.
For water companies in England and Wales to use for developing their water resources management plan. Also relevant to those producing regional plans.
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.
Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
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