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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.
Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
Non-statutory standards for the design, maintenance and operation of surface water drainage systems in England.
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.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
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.
Guidelines for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales as to how to prepare, publish and maintain their DWMP.
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.
How to query UK data on waste transfers and emissions, by specific substance, area, river basin, industry or economic sector.
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.
Guidance on sustainability reporting requirements for central government annual reports and accounts, which may be used by other public sector bodies.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
The regulations farmers and land managers must follow when storing more than 1,500 litres of agricultural fuel oil, such as red diesel and white diesel.
When you need a consent or permit to make a discharge from your reservoir and how to carry out a risk assessment.
If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
Standards for the flood risk management industry on how to build and review hydraulic models and provide evidence for flood risk management decisions.
This document explains and gives guidance on issues which are likely to arise from the regulations on private sewers transfer.
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