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Where to install your meter, checking it's accurate, how often to check it and the records you must keep.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can dispose of waste from clearing blocked sewers back into the same sewer network without an environmental permit for a waste operation.
The laboratory provides diagnostic microbiological testing services for the examination of food, water and environmental samples.
A summary of the main programmes and strategic initiatives to protect and improve the water environment.
Standards for the flood risk management industry on how to build and review hydraulic models and provide evidence for flood risk management decisions.
Formerly part of M18, index of alternative monitoring methods for monitoring discharges to water.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
The groundwater protection code of practice on how to prevent pollution from petrol, diesel and other fuel tanks.
The hydrological information the Environment Agency may need when you apply for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
An update on measures to increase the long-term water supply in Greater Cambridge, and to address water scarcity issues in the short-term.
Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
Understand when your activities affect groundwater, what permissions you may need and how to prevent pollution.
This statutory instrument brings the regulatory functions exercised by Ofcom, Ofgem and Ofwat within the scope of the Growth Duty by amending the Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/267) (“t…
Guidance to water and sewerage undertakers and the Water Services Regulation Authority under Section 44 of the Flood and Water Management Act.
Appeal to the Environment Agency if you have been refused connection to the public sewer.
A joint statement between DLUHC, Defra, the Environment Agency and Greater Cambridge councils (Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire districts) on measures to address water scarcity issues in the area.
Environment Agency enforcement position for wetlands that receive treated final effluent discharged from water and sewerage company wastewater treatment works.
The main mechanisms to protect and improve the water environment in each river basin district.
When you can treat and use water that contains concrete and silt at construction sites without an environmental permit for a waste operation.
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