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Find all the documents, data and maps that make up the Humber river basin district river basin management plan.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
OSM management and operation rules for water companies.
The Environment Agency has issued this guideline to water undertakers that are wholly or mainly in England.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
How to control intermittent storm discharges from combined sewer overflows and waste water treatment works, and minimise the risk of emergency sewage discharges from sewage pumping stations.
Find out how the Environment Agency defines groundwater source protection zones.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
When you need a consent or permit to make a discharge from your reservoir and how to carry out a risk assessment.
T20 exemption allows you to treat certain waste at water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or to make it easier to handle for waste recovery.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing concrete at construction sites.
Environment Agency enforcement position for wetlands that receive treated final effluent discharged from water and sewerage company wastewater treatment works.
MCERTS standard specifying the minimum requirements for installing and using event duration monitors (EDMs) required by an environmental permit.
When and how to prepare a hydrogeological impact assessment (HIA) before you apply for a groundwater abstraction licence.
How to comply with your licence, including how to measure, record and report on the water you abstract.
The groundwater protection code of practice on how to prevent pollution from petrol, diesel and other fuel tanks.
A summary of the river basin planning process the Environment Agency and others have followed in reviewing and updating the river basin management plans.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily discharge water intended for drinking water supply to surface waters from water treatment works and water supply assets.
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