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Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Information on the potential health impacts of drought in England and the measures that people can take to stay healthy during these events.
Water resources are healthy following the wettest 12 months in England since 1836
Find out about extraordinary payments for replanting trees and woodlands in exceptional circumstances after the hot and dry weather.
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