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Tool to assist groundwater risk assessment for treated effluent discharges to infiltration systems.
Checklists to help you prepare your business for flooding
When and how to prepare a hydrogeological impact assessment (HIA) before you apply for a groundwater abstraction licence.
Guidance on applying adjustments for frequently flooded properties
Sets out the basis on which the Environment Agency should decide whether or not a river or watercourse is treated as a ‘main river’.
Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
Appropriate measures for waste treatment.
These are the appropriate measures for ELV pre-acceptance, acceptance and tracking at regulated facilities with an environmental permit to store and treat ELVs. These measures are designed to make sure operators only recei…
The definition of odour pollution that the Environment Agency uses to regulate industry and protect the public.
The groundwater protection code of practice on how to prevent pollution from petrol, diesel and other fuel tanks.
How hydroelectric power works, regional schemes and information on installing your own micro-hydro scheme.
How the Environment Agency reviews the impact of climate change on the Thames Estuary and updates planned work and timescales.
Guidance for inspecting engineers including the reporting of section 10 inspection findings.
The Environment Agency's requirements for obtaining a boat registration on the River Thames.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use asphalt waste without an environmental permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing chemical toilet waste, and other sewage related wastes, without an environmental permit.
Standard rules to operate non-hazardous sludge biological chemical and physical treatment sites up to 250kte.
Standard rules for channel habitat structures made of natural materials occupying up to 100 metres of a main river.
What river basin management plans are and their benefits. How they are structured and finding the information you need.
The map shows the boundaries of the regional flood and coastal committees in England.
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