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How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
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 meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
Current list of designated bathing waters in England.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
How to apply for environmental permit for an activity in England that could cause pollution, increase flood risk or affect land drainage.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
General binding rules for small sewage discharges from septic tanks or sewage treatment plants in England.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
What you must do to prevent water pollution when you manage organic manures, manufactured fertiliser, soil and livestock.
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