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  • Programme of measures for Upper Costa Beck

    We want your comments on our proposed updated programme of measures for the Upper Costa Beck.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Notice of designation of sensitive catchment areas 2024

    Catchment areas in England designated as sensitive areas for phosphorus or nitrogen under the Water Industry Act 1991. 

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Charge proposals for water quality permits

    We want your comments on our proposed charges for water discharges (including groundwater activities).

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Charge proposals: Kielder Reservoir and transfer scheme

    We want your comments on our charge proposals for the licences that benefit from the operation of the Kielder Reservoir and transfer scheme.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Bathing waters: proposed designation of 27 new bathing waters in England

    Seeking views on the proposal to designate 27 sites in England as bathing waters.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016: Keeling Schedule

    Sets out the effect The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 have on the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Water fittings: preventing backflow of water from toilet cisterns

    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.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Assessing and scoring environmental permit and licence compliance

    How the Environment Agency assesses and scores compliance with environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Solway Tweed River Basin Management Plan

    These documents provide information on how the water environment is managed in the English part of the Solway Tweed River Basin District.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • River basin planning programmes of measures: mechanisms summary

    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.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • UK mandatory water efficiency labelling

    Seeking views on the introduction of mandatory water efficiency labelling on water-using products.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 3 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Storm overflows discharge reduction plan

    The storm overflows discharge reduction plan sets stringent new targets to protect people and the environment. This will require water companies to deliver the largest infrastructure programme in water company history.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan

    The UK government is consulting on the expansion of the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan to cover coastal and estuarine waters.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • National Policy Statement for water resources infrastructure

    Policies for developing nationally-significant infrastructure projects for water resources in England.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Continuous water quality monitoring and event duration monitoring

    Seeking views on the government’s proposals to enhance the monitoring of storm overflows and final effluent discharges into watercourses.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Wye Waterway Plan

    Plan for managing navigation on the Rivers Wye and Lugg.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Environment Agency strategy for safe and sustainable sludge use

    This strategy sets out our purpose, principles and priorities for how we will enable safe and sustainable sludge use on land.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Urban waste water treatment: updated sensitive areas maps 2023

    River stretches and bodies of water in England identified as sensitive areas under the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994. 

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Warwickshire Avon abstraction licensing strategy

    This abstraction licensing strategy (ALS) sets out how the Environment Agency manages water resources in the Warwickshire Avon catchment area.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Teme abstraction licensing strategy

    This abstraction licensing strategy (ALS) sets out how the Environment Agency manages water resources in the Teme catchment area.

    • From: Environment Agency
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