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How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
Find out how much water is available in your area by viewing Environment Agency abstraction licensing strategies.
Check if you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for a new closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
How to change, revoke or transfer your licence, including if the licence holder dies or becomes bankrupt and find out when changes can be enforced.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
View a list of applications that have been submitted to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract or impound water.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
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