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The monitoring certification scheme (MCERTS) standard that applies to event duration monitors.
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 concrete at construction sites.
Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
Appeal to the Environment Agency if you have been refused connection to the public sewer.
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.
How to assess the performance of and scope out improvements to storm overflows under Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations requirements.
The Environment Agency has issued this guideline to water undertakers that are wholly or mainly in England.
Environment Agency enforcement position on using non-waste absorbents to solidify saturated soils and slurry wastes produced during utility works repairing water infrastructure mains and connections.
How to comply with your licence, including how to measure, record and report on the water you abstract.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing suspended solids at construction sites.
This leaflet explains how abstraction or impoundment licences can be changed to restore sustainable abstraction.
Tool to assist groundwater risk assessment for treated effluent discharges to infiltration systems.
The Independent Water Commission will publish its final report on 21 July 2025.
Information on the Nutrient Management Plan developed by the Environment Agency, Natural England and Wiltshire Council for the Hampshire Avon.
A guide to planning, designing, constructing and commissioning a water storage reservoir.
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.
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