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Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can abstract water outside of the conditions of your abstraction licence during a ‘flood warning’ for purposes other than land drainage.
If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
How to work out charges for water abstraction and impounding licences.
The monitoring certification scheme (MCERTS) standard that applies to holders of environmental permits who must monitor liquid flow (sewage or trade effluent).
This document explains and gives guidance on issues which are likely to arise from the regulations on private sewers transfer.
Find all the documents, data and maps that make up the Humber river basin district river basin management plan.
How to query UK data on waste transfers and emissions, by specific substance, area, river basin, industry or economic sector.
Use the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) list when scoping an activity for a Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
How the Environment Agency considers competing proposals to abstract water and what to do if the Environment Agency has said your application is competing with one or more other proposals.
OSM management and operation rules for water companies.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
Understand when your activities affect groundwater, what permissions you may need and how to prevent pollution.
Where to install your meter, checking it's accurate, how often to check it and the records you must keep.
Assessing the discharge of sanitary and other pollutants to surface waters.
Formerly part of M18, index of CEN and ISO monitoring methods for monitoring discharges to water.
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