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When you may need an environmental permit or licence for activities that could pollute, increase flood risk, affect land drainage or affect water resources. Check the rules and get advice before you start operating.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Form for a duty of care waste transfer note for moving waste.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
Report water pollution in rivers or the sea, lakes or reservoirs, canals or smaller streams or watercourses.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
Summary reports on dry weather and drought in England in 2026 and how it affects public water supply, agriculture, energy and the environment.
Guidance, application forms and charges information to apply for a boat registration (licence) on the River Thames.
Sign up to get flood warnings for your home or business in England, Scotland or Wales, sign in to your flood warnings account, and find out how to check flood risk in Northern Ireland
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