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How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
When you can use collected or harvested rainwater without a water abstraction licence.
The main mechanisms to protect and improve the water environment in each river basin district.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
How to assess the performance of and scope out improvements to storm overflows under Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations requirements.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing suspended solids at construction sites.
Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
Formerly part of M18, how to prepare and interpret analytical quality control (AQC) charts to verify the performance of your monitoring method.
How water companies plan for dry weather and drought to make sure they can supply water and protect the environment.
When and how to prepare a hydrogeological impact assessment (HIA) before you apply for a groundwater abstraction licence.
The Environment Agency has issued this guideline to water undertakers that are wholly or mainly in England.
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 groundwater specialists explaining direct inputs, discernibility and permanently unsuitable.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing chemical toilet waste, and other sewage related wastes, without an environmental permit.
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.
Requirements and expectations for managing and regulating storm overflows.
Funding for organisations and land managers to improve the water environment in rural England: when you can start work, how to get paid and the scheme rules.
The monitoring certification scheme (MCERTS) standard that applies to event duration monitors.
Case studies of completed measures or measures being progressed in river basin districts from 2015.
Guidance to water and sewerage undertakers and the Water Services Regulation Authority under Section 44 of the Flood and Water Management Act.
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