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Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect water voles. Find out if you need to pay for the licence and how to report your actions.
How to apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options for farming (now closed for applications).
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Information on cryptosporidium including sources and routes of transmission, symptoms, and general hygiene advice to minimise the spread.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
Planting the right tree, in the right place, can help manage flooding, improve water quality, and support aquatic habitats. Find out more in the collection of resources below.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides proficiency testing (PT) schemes, also known as external quality assessment (EQA) schemes.
Formerly part of M18, how to prepare and interpret analytical quality control (AQC) charts to verify the performance of your monitoring method.
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.
View a list of environmental permitting applications that have been submitted to the Environment Agency.
Background, evidence and analysis on challenges affecting the water environment.
Apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options in your area (closed for applications on 16 June 2024).
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor bottled and mineral waters for indicator organisms.
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