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Formerly part of M18, index of alternative monitoring methods for monitoring discharges to water.
The Independent Water Commission will publish an interim report on 3 June 2025.
Guidance to water and sewerage undertakers and the Water Services Regulation Authority under Section 44 of the Flood and Water Management Act.
When and how to prepare a hydrogeological impact assessment (HIA) before you apply for a groundwater abstraction licence.
A practical guide to utilities for home builders.
The hydrological and hydraulic information the Environment Agency may need when you apply for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
Case studies of completed measures or measures being progressed in river basin districts from 2015.
Setting alternative objectives to the Water Framework Directive default water body status objectives.
Information on the Nutrient Management Plan developed by the Environment Agency, Natural England and Wiltshire Council for the Hampshire Avon.
Get minimum reporting values and typical contaminant concentrations in sewage tanks and package treatment plants.
You may use this calculator to estimate the loss to the public following a pollution incident to England's waterways.
The Environment Agency has issued this guideline to water undertakers that are wholly or mainly in England.
Meet the ambition and expectations in WISER and follow the WINEP methodology to develop an environmental programme for the price review 2024.
The Environment Agency has made an application to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for one transfer licence and two impoundment licences.
This leaflet explains how abstraction or impoundment licences can be changed to restore sustainable abstraction.
For all organisations that rely on a safe water supply to undertake their business activities.
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 framework for water supply reservoirs and flood risk management, and how to apply it.
The Environment Agency has received an application from William George Topham, George Topham and Jean Papworth trading as Woodhall Farm Partnership for a licence to abstract (take) water.
Consultation response for the Anglian River Basin District.
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