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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.
Formerly part of M18, index of alternative monitoring methods for monitoring discharges to water.
Statutory guidance on river basin management plans in England.
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.
Requirements and expectations for managing and regulating storm overflows.
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…
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.
An update on measures to increase the long-term water supply in Greater Cambridge, and to address water scarcity issues in the short-term.
A practical guide to utilities for home builders.
Meet the ambition and expectations in WISER and follow the WINEP methodology to develop an environmental programme for the price review 2024.
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.
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.
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.
This leaflet explains how abstraction or impoundment licences can be changed to restore sustainable abstraction.
The documents and data systems that make up the draft river basin management plans.
The Independent Water Commission will publish an interim report on 3 June 2025.
A guide to making a representation about applications for licences to abstract (take) or impound (store) water.
A framework for water supply reservoirs and flood risk management, and how to apply it.
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