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Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
Guidance on sustainability reporting requirements for central government annual reports and accounts, which may be used by other public sector bodies.
Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
How to get extra support for projects in England that require a complex range of environmental permits and licences.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
Apply to replace a time limited licence or condition that is expiring.
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.
T21 exemption allows you to recover wastes such as sewage grits, screenings and sewage sludge at a waste water treatment works.
How to access UK data on industrial emissions and waste transfers.
This document explains and gives guidance on issues which are likely to arise from the regulations on private sewers transfer.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
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.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
Standard rules for discharges to ground with a daily volume of greater than 2 but no more than 5 cubic metres per day.
Approved specifications as a way of showing compliance with relevant regulations. The specifications on this page apply from 6 May 2027.
How to work out charges for water abstraction and impounding licences.
Check if you need an environmental permit for a closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
You can use the voluntary remediation advice service to get more detailed site-specific regulatory advice where land contamination has impacted on controlled waters.
How to get support for nature projects that require a range of environmental permits and licences.
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