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We want your comments on our proposed updated programme of measures for the Upper Costa Beck.
Catchment areas in England designated as sensitive areas for phosphorus or nitrogen under the Water Industry Act 1991.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Secretary of State, in accordance with the power in Section 96C of the…
Sensitive catchment areas updated May 2024
Water companies have a duty to ensure wastewater treatment works serving a…
We want your comments on our proposed charges for water discharges (including groundwater activities).
Seeking views on the proposal to designate 27 sites in England as bathing waters.
Seeking views on updating toilet specifications to stop cistern water from re-entering drinking water in properties and to understand the causes of leaking toilet valves.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Information on the mechanisms (policy, legal or financial tools) that underpin the draft summary programme of measures which translate measures into outcomes for the water environment.
Seeking views on the government’s proposals to enhance the monitoring of storm overflows and final effluent discharges into watercourses.
River stretches and bodies of water in England identified as sensitive areas under the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994.
Defra's plan to clean up our waters and ensure a plentiful supply for the future.
How the draft river basin management plans have been updated and a summary of the programmes of measures.
We want your views on the draft plans to help shape the management of the water environment. They will help us update the current river basin management plans.
How the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales coordinate the work on catchments that are close to or are part of the border between England and Wales.
This document summarises what has happened and what has been achieved since the 2015 river basin management plans were published.
This document provides an overview of the draft river basin management plans for the river basin districts in England.
The Environment Agency's decision not to carry out strategic environmental assessment for the third cycle of river basin management plans.
We want your views on the challenges our waters face and the choices we all need to make to help tackle those challenges. Your responses will help shape the way we manage the water environment.
We want your views on the extent and level of information to be included as part of the assessment process.
Seeking views on plans to remove Allonby South from the list of bathing waters designated under the Bathing Water Regulations (S.I. 2013/1675).
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
River stretches and bodies of water in England identified as sensitive areas under the urban waste water treatment regulations.
We want your feedback on the work programme, timetable and process for working together to review and update the river basin management plans in 2021.
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