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This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
View a list of applications that have been submitted to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract or impound water.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Learn how planting trees can help manage flooding, improve water quality, and support aquatic habitats.
This guide explains the problems and risks which may come from extreme weather, how to mitigate them and how you can make your reservoir more resilient. You can read each section in isolation, or as a whole document.
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