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Seeking views on proposals to reform the system used to manage removing water from rivers and groundwater across England and Wales.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
This report consists of six short essays from academics which describe their visions for a low carbon industry in 2050.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
This research assesses how water vapour travels from the Indian Ocean into the African interior
This study examines the impact of inadequate water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income settings
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