Policy papers and consultations

Seeking views on updating toilet specifications to stop cistern water from re-entering drinking water in properties and to understand the causes of leaking toilet valves.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 24 January 2024

Plan for managing navigation on the Rivers Wye and Lugg.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 7 August 2023

This strategy sets out our purpose, principles and priorities for how we will enable safe and sustainable sludge use on land.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 August 2023

• Environment Agency strategy for safe and sustainable sludge use

  We reviewed the current regulatory regime for sludge treatment, storage…

Sets out how the Environment Agency plans to manage water in the middle River Severn catchment in Worcestershire.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 7 July 2022

A licensing strategy to manage water resources sustainably.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 23 June 2022

We want your comments on the proposed redesign of the WINEP and the roadmap which sets out our ambition and plan for long-term change.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 11 May 2022

Strategic policy statement setting out the government’s priorities for Ofwat’s regulation of the water sector in England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 28 March 2022

Ministerial direction to water and sewerage undertakers and water supply licences in England and Wales.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 1 March 2022

This abstraction licensing strategy sets out how surface and ground water resources are to be managed in the Wye catchment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 27 January 2022

We propose to apply EPR charges and abstraction charges to the Isles of Scilly and amend EPR charges to include fusion activities in nuclear regulation.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 16 December 2021

Sets out how the Environment Agency plans to manage water in the Middle Severn Catchment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 14 July 2021

This report is our formal advice to ministers on which areas in England and Wales are in serious water stress.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 2 July 2021

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

A licensing strategy to manage water resources in the Staffordshire Trent Valley area.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 2 July 2021

Seeking views and evidence on various measures for reducing personal water use.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 2 July 2021

This report sets out the results of the Environment Agency's determination of areas of water stress that took place in 2021.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 July 2021

How government, water companies and the Environment Agency make sure there is enough water for future needs of both people and the environment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 8 April 2021

Sets out how the Environment Agency manages water resources in the area.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 7 April 2021

Sets out how water resources are managed in the Nene catchment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 7 April 2021

Sets out how the Environment Agency plans to manage water in the Dove catchment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 25 February 2021

This document sets out how water is managed in the Weaver and Dane area.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 25 November 2020