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Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
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.
If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
Guidance on sustainability reporting requirements for central government annual reports and accounts, which may be used by other public sector bodies.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
How to work out charges for water abstraction and impounding licences.
Guidelines for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales as to how to prepare, publish and maintain their DWMP.
How to query UK data on waste transfers and emissions, by specific substance, area, river basin, industry or economic sector.
This document explains and gives guidance on issues which are likely to arise from the regulations on private sewers transfer.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
Use the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) list when scoping an activity for a Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk impounding activities.
How to get extra support for projects in England that require a complex range of environmental permits and licences.
Find all the documents, data and maps that make up the Humber river basin district river basin management plan.
Assessing the discharge of sanitary and other pollutants to surface waters.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
Understand when your activities affect groundwater, what permissions you may need and how to prevent pollution.
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