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A summary of the main programmes and strategic initiatives to protect and improve the water environment.
How water companies in England and Wales can comply with the statutory requirement for preparing and publishing PIRPs and Implementation Reports.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing concrete at construction sites.
Find out how the Environment Agency defines groundwater source protection zones.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
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.
Use this service to tell the Environment Agency about the death or bankruptcy of a water resources licence holder.
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.
When you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for letting vegetation cuttings fall into rivers, streams, lakes and canals.
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.
The hydrological and hydraulic information the Environment Agency may need when you apply for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
A guide to planning, designing, constructing and commissioning a water storage reservoir.
Tool to assist groundwater risk assessment for treated effluent discharges to infiltration systems.
Information on the Nutrient Management Plan developed by the Environment Agency, Natural England and Wiltshire Council for the Hampshire Avon.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
The groundwater protection code of practice on how to prevent pollution from petrol, diesel and other fuel tanks.
How the Environment Agency considers competing proposals to abstract water and what to do if the Environment Agency has said your application is competing with one or more other proposals.
Guidance on long duration water abstraction licences.
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