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The main mechanisms to protect and improve the water environment in each river basin district.
How to submit water discharge returns using your own XML file based on the Environment Agency’s generic operator returns (GOR) schema.
Guidance on long duration water abstraction licences.
Meet the ambition and expectations in WISER and follow the WINEP methodology to develop an environmental programme for the price review 2024.
For all organisations that rely on a safe water supply to undertake their business activities.
Statutory guidance on river basin management plans in England.
Case studies of completed measures or measures being progressed in river basin districts from 2015.
How to assess the performance of and scope out improvements to storm overflows under Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations requirements.
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.
An update on measures to increase the long-term water supply in Greater Cambridge, and to address water scarcity issues in the short-term.
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…
Proposed amalgamation of 2 Internal Drainage Districts, the abolition of the related Internal Drainage Boards and the creation a new Internal Drainage Board
How Defra will use your personal information when you submit an application for a site to be designated or de-designated as a bathing water.
A practical guide to utilities for home builders.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can treat diluted pesticide washings in lined biobeds and biofilters.
This leaflet explains how abstraction or impoundment licences can be changed to restore sustainable abstraction.
A joint statement between DLUHC, Defra, the Environment Agency and Greater Cambridge councils (Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire districts) on measures to address water scarcity issues in the area.
Information on the Nutrient Management Plan developed by the Environment Agency, Natural England and Wiltshire Council for the Hampshire Avon.
A framework for water supply reservoirs and flood risk management, and how to apply it.
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