Policy papers and consultations

Sets out the effect The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 have on the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 8 March 2024

Seeking views on the proposal to designate 27 sites in England as bathing waters.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 26 February 2024

We want your comments on our proposed charges for water discharges (including groundwater activities).

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 29 January 2024

We want your comments on our charge proposals for the licences that benefit from the operation of the Kielder Reservoir and transfer scheme.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 25 January 2024

Catchment areas in England designated as sensitive areas for phosphorus or nitrogen under the Water Industry Act 1991. 

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 25 January 2024

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

How the Environment Agency assesses and scores compliance with environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 16 January 2024

These documents provide information on how the water environment is managed in the English part of the Solway Tweed River Basin District.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Information on the mechanisms (policy, legal or financial tools) that underpin the draft summary programme of measures which translate measures into outcomes for the water environment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Seeking views on the introduction of mandatory water efficiency labelling on water-using products.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 3 others
• Updated: 29 September 2023

The storm overflows discharge reduction plan sets stringent new targets to protect people and the environment. This will require water companies to deliver the largest infrastructure programme in water company history.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 25 September 2023

The UK government is consulting on the expansion of the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan to cover coastal and estuarine waters.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 25 September 2023

Policies for developing nationally-significant infrastructure projects for water resources in England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 18 September 2023

Seeking views on the government’s proposals to enhance the monitoring of storm overflows and final effluent discharges into watercourses.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 14 September 2023

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

River stretches and bodies of water in England identified as sensitive areas under the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994. 

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 12 May 2023

This abstraction licensing strategy (ALS) sets out how the Environment Agency manages water resources in the Warwickshire Avon catchment area.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 27 April 2023

This abstraction licensing strategy (ALS) sets out how the Environment Agency manages water resources in the Teme catchment area.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 27 April 2023

Seeking views on the draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 17 April 2023