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When and how to register if you are discharging small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test or remediation scheme.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
Detailed modelling of surface water pollution for an environmental permit risk assessment.
The groundwater protection code of practice on how to prevent pollution from petrol, diesel and other fuel tanks.
When and how to prepare a hydrogeological impact assessment (HIA) before you apply for a groundwater abstraction licence.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing suspended solids at construction sites.
Environment Agency enforcement position for wetlands that receive treated final effluent discharged from water and sewerage company wastewater treatment works.
A guide to planning, designing, constructing and commissioning a water storage reservoir.
The T20 exemption allows you to treat certain waste at water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or to make it easier to handle for waste recovery.
Formerly part of M18, index of alternative monitoring methods for monitoring discharges to water.
Information on the Nutrient Management Plan developed by the Environment Agency, Natural England and Wiltshire Council for the Hampshire Avon.
Statutory guidance on river basin management plans in England.
Guidance to water and sewerage undertakers and the Water Services Regulation Authority under Section 44 of the Flood and Water Management Act.
Requirements and expectations for managing and regulating storm overflows.
When you need an environmental permit, licence or to address planning considerations to mitigate nutrient pollution.
A practical guide to utilities for home builders.
Case studies of completed measures or measures being progressed in river basin districts from 2015.
The hydrological information the Environment Agency may need when you apply for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
This statutory instrument brings the regulatory functions exercised by Ofcom, Ofgem and Ofwat within the scope of the Growth Duty by amending the Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/267) (“the 20…
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.
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