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We want your views on our proposals to change standard rules permits to reflect the new decarbonisation readiness requirements.
Explores England’s long term water needs, setting out the scale of action needed to ensure resilient supplies and an improved water environment.
Foreword by Alan Lovell, Chair, Environment Agency Huge pressure already…
Water is vital to life and livelihoods. Without water, there is no…
A clean and plentiful supply of water is essential to a thriving economy,…
The modelling of scenarios of population growth, climate change and…
There are several routes for getting access to water, each differing in…
5.1 Achieving environmentally sustainable abstraction: action to date…
The forecast deficit over the next decades demonstrates that a range…
Water is vital for use in the production of energy, and energy is vital to…
Secure and reliable water supplies are vital for food production, food…
9.1 Multi-sector water scarcity Various sectors across England rely on…
We want your views on our proposed updates to guidance on the regulation of solid radioactive waste disposal facilities
Introduction The Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales (NRW),…
How government, water companies and the Environment Agency make sure there is enough water for future needs of both people and the environment.
We want your feedback on the Environment Agency’s proposed update of the water resources planning guideline for England.
We want your views on a proposed update to the Environment Agency's enforcement and sanctions policy.
How the Environment Agency uses its enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with laws that protect the environment.
The Environment Agency's position on desalination for public water supply, including what it is and how it works, benefits and addressing concerns.
The Environment Agency's position on water recycling, including what water recycling is and how it works, current operations and future developments.
We want your views on the proposed changes to the Environment Agency’s enforcement and sanctions policy which is to include a new section to cover the Clean Heat Market Mechanism.
We want your views on 3 proposed standard rules permits to cover small sewage discharge activities that are currently regulated using bespoke permits.
We want your views on our proposal for a revised standard rules permit for storage of asbestos waste to improve the design and operation of permitted facilities in the asbestos waste sector.
Arrangements on how to manage flood risk in the River Arun internal drainage district (IDD).
How the Environment Agency works with government, water companies and others to manage water resources during a drought in England.
We want your views on our proposals to change the standard rules permits medium combustion plant and specified generators.
We want your views on our proposed new levy on certain water discharge activities carried out by water companies, designed to fully recover the costs of our enforcement activities.
We want your feedback on the approach to working together to review and update the river basin management plans in 2027.
What the Environment Agency is doing to reduce the risk of flooding in Yate and Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire.
The scheme will increase storage capacity and involve construction of an embankment.
We want your views on our proposed changes to our charges so we can continue to fully recover our costs.
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