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Fibre in Water (FiW) is an open competition, run by DCMS from HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund and supported by DEFRA, BEIS and Cabinet Office. It will allocate up to £4 million of R&D funding to projects that develop and...
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the government cracks down on poor performing companies.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
National Drought Group confirms water resources are healthy in first meeting this year
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
How to apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options for farming.
Up to £11 million from water company fines and penalties will be reinvested to directly improve the water environment.
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Fund will help groups of farmers investigate how they can better manage water for use in time of drought, helping to safeguard food security.
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.
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