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How to apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options for farming.
Find out how clean the water is on beaches and in other bathing areas in England, and if there is a problem with pollution
Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
Water safety information advising how to stay safe while visiting our waterways.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options in your area.
Up to £11 million from water company fines and penalties will be reinvested to directly improve the water environment.
Guidance and information on flood risk management and surface water management.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
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.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
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