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Guidance and application forms to designate or de-designate a coastal or inland water as a bathing water.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk impounding activities.
The laboratory provides diagnostic microbiological testing for the examination of food, water and environmental samples.
How to avoid causing groundwater pollution when developing cemeteries for burying human remains.
MCERTS standard specifying the minimum requirements for installing and using event duration monitors (EDMs) required by an environmental permit.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
How the Environment Agency sets and assesses discharge quality numeric limits in environmental permits.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing chemical toilet waste, and other sewage related wastes, without an environmental permit.
How to assess the performance of and scope out improvements to storm overflows under Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations requirements.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
Where to install your meter, checking it's accurate, how often to check it and the records you must keep.
Provides best practice advice on minimising the risk of causing pollution while protecting natural resources.
Technical guidance for monitoring landfill leachate, groundwater and surface water at permitted landfill sites.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
How to comply with your licence, including how to measure, record and report on the water you abstract.
Find all the documents, data and maps that make up the Humber river basin district river basin management plan.
The monitoring certification scheme (MCERTS) standard that applies to event duration monitors.
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