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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.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your application is correct.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
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 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.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Apply to replace a time limited licence or condition that is expiring.
How the Environment Agency carries out government policy for groundwater and adopts a risk-based approach where legislation allows.
Guidelines for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales as to how to prepare, publish and maintain their DWMP.
Non-statutory standards for the design, maintenance and operation of surface water drainage systems in England.
How to use nature-based solutions (NbS) to support sustainable water resources, including case studies and a literature review.
How the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales complete the annual Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) of water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
Environment Agency regulatory position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk impounding activities.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Water companies in England and Wales can use this service to submit an incident action plan to the Environment Agency.
Use this guide to understand when your waste water discharge is classed as domestic sewage.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
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