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Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
As a business, you'll have to pay for any water you use, and for the drainage of water and any effluent (liquid waste) you produce
You’ll have to pay for any water your business uses, and for the drainage…
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Sir Jon Cunliffe publishes final recommendations
Standard rules for installing water gates across a main river.
Sets out the basis on which the Environment Agency should decide whether or not a river or watercourse is treated as a ‘main river’.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its final determinations report following references from Ofwat of its 2024 price reviews (PR24) for 5 water companies to the CMA.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
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