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Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
Environment Agency enforcement position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
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.
When you need consent or permit to discharge from water supply assets to surface waters. How to carry out a risk assessment and how to apply.
How the Environment Agency carries out government policy for groundwater and adopts a risk-based approach where legislation allows.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
Non-statutory standards for the design, maintenance and operation of surface water drainage systems in England.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
Use this guide to understand when your waste water discharge is classed as domestic sewage.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
Guidelines for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales as to how to prepare, publish and maintain their DWMP.
How to get extra support for projects in England that require a complex range of environmental permits and licences.
Guidance on sustainability reporting requirements for central government annual reports and accounts, which may be used by other public sector bodies.
How to change, revoke or transfer your licence, including if the licence holder dies or becomes bankrupt and find out when changes can be enforced.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your application is correct.
Check if you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for a new closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
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