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  1. Discharge of hot tub and swimming pool effluent less than or equal to 10m³ per day

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed for the discharge of hot tub or swimming pool effluent less than or equal to 10m³ per day that is not authorised by water GBR 35.

  2. Borehole abstraction for testing and sampling more than 150m³ water per year

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed for the abstraction of groundwater for testing and sampling and any subsequent discharge of the abstracted water, where the total volume of water abstracted is more than 50 m³/day but less than or equal to 500 m³/day and more than 150 m³/yr but less than or equal to 5000 m³/year.

  3. Construction and operation of a borehole up to 200m deep

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed to carry out the construction, extension or operation, including the decommissioning, of any borehole with a depth of less than or equal to 200m, where the activity is not authorised by water General Binding Rule 3 (GBR3).

  4. Pesticide application near water

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed for the application of pesticides that are plant protection products (PPPs) and adjuvants, to plants where the application is within 1 metre of any watercourse or loch, any wetland, or transitional or coastal water, and where the plants being treated are not invasive non-native plant species.

  5. Bank works less than or equal to 50 metres

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed to carry out bank works less than or equal to 50 metres.

  6. The disposal of chemicals during the outbreak of a notifiable disease

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed to dispose of more than 10m3/d of detergent or disinfectant washings to vegetated land during an outbreak of a notifiable disease.

  7. Impoundments for peatland restoration or wetland creation

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed for the construction, modification, removal or operation of any impoundment in inland surface waters, or wetlands, for peatland restoration or wetland creation.

  8. Instream structures or placement of boulders which occupy more than 10% of the bed width

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed to carry out installation of instream structures or placement of boulders which occupy more than 10% of the bed width

  9. Removal of sediment from individual exposed sediment deposits within no more than 1 kilometre of channel

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed to carry out the removal of sediment from exposed deposits within no more than 1 kilometre of channel.

  10. Crossing with part of the crossing on the bed where watercourse bed width is 2 metres or less

    Find out about the registration authorisation needed to carry out installation of a crossing with part of the crossing on the bed where watercourse bed width is 2 metres or less.