Environmental permitting: groundwater activities in Wales
This guidance is intended to help the regulator, the regulated community, and others with an interest in groundwater activities.
Applies to Wales
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It describes the views of the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Welsh Ministers on how the legislation relating to groundwater activities should be applied and how particular terms should be interpreted in Wales.
In England, follow separate guidance for environmental permitting for groundwater activities.
This guidance explains the legal requirements but only the national courts can give a definitive interpretation of the legislation.
‘Groundwater activities’ includes both those activities that require a permit, and those activities that are unlawful, for instance causing pollution to groundwater, whether deliberate or accidental.
This guidance should be read in conjunction with the environmental permitting core guidance.
Further information
Updates to this page
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This guidance now only applies in Wales, there is separate guidance for England which is linked under the details section.
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First published.