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How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
2,000 fish die as double pump failure diverts sewage across fields into watercourse.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
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.
Information on the potential health impacts of drought in England and the measures that people can take to stay healthy during these events.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
The Water and Abandoned Metal Mines programme aims to tackle the water pollution caused by historical metal mining.
External quality assessment (EQA) of water microbiology.
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
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