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Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can dispose of waste from clearing blocked sewers back into the same sewer network without an environmental permit for a waste operation.
OSM management and operation rules for water companies.
Find all the documents, data and maps that make up the Humber river basin district river basin management plan.
A summary of the river basin planning process the Environment Agency and others have followed in reviewing and updating the river basin management plans.
Tool to assist groundwater risk assessment for treated effluent discharges to infiltration systems.
When and how to prepare a hydrogeological impact assessment (HIA) before you apply for a groundwater abstraction licence.
When you can use collected or harvested rainwater without a water abstraction licence.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can store and treat chemical toilet waste, and other sewage related wastes, without an environmental permit.
When you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for letting vegetation cuttings fall into rivers, streams, lakes and canals.
Use the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) list when scoping an activity for a Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment.
MCERTS standard specifying the minimum requirements for installing and using event duration monitors (EDMs) required by an environmental permit.
Environment Agency enforcement position for wetlands that receive treated final effluent discharged from water and sewerage company wastewater treatment works.
Formerly part of M18, how to prepare and interpret analytical quality control (AQC) charts to verify the performance of your monitoring method.
Guidance and application forms to designate or de-designate a coastal or inland water as a bathing water.
Understand when your activities affect groundwater, what permissions you may need and how to prevent pollution.
The groundwater protection code of practice on how to prevent pollution from petrol, diesel and other fuel tanks.
Assessing the discharge of sanitary and other pollutants to surface waters.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily discharge water intended for drinking water supply to surface waters from water treatment works and water supply assets.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing suspended solids at construction sites.
The main mechanisms to protect and improve the water environment in each river basin district.
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