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Use this page to apply for a new permit, or change a permit you already have, to discharge water from a heat exchanger to surface water.

Tell us how much water you have abstracted.

Find application forms and guidance on applying for environmental permits to discharge to ground or surface water

Which activities need a water abstraction or impoundment licence.

In order to register an exempt water discharge activity or groundwater activity you must read and understand the appropriate guidance below.

During periods of very low rainfall groundwater levels can become exceptionally low. This may affect private water supplies.

Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies (CAMS) assess the amount of water available in each river catchment. As part of this work we periodically review all abstraction licenses to determine whether or not they are having an unsustainable impact on the environment.

Find out how we are balancing the amount of water available for people, the economy and the environment.

View the current notices of licence applications to abstract or impound water and find out how to comment.

View the current applications for full licences to abstract or impound water and find out how to comment.

Find information on how to apply for a permit and the fees and charges for discharges of treated sewage effluent from water company wastewater treatment works.

If your discharge into surface water contains hazardous chemicals and elements, we may need to complete an Environmental Risk Assessment as part of assessing your permit application. This requires payment of an additional fee on top of the application fee for an Environmental Permit.

Do you want to discharge water or effluent to a surface water (for example a river, stream, estuary or the sea) or to groundwater? A discharge might be made through a pipe, drain, open channel, or infiltration system.

Information on the Water Framework Directive and how it applies to marine licensing

Find out what steps you should take before applying for a water abstraction or impoundment licence

After animal disease outbreaks, such as foot and mouth disease or salmonella, you must clean, disinfect and store and dispose of the wash-water.

View the current applications made by Natural Resources Wales (or at the directions of Welsh Ministers) for full licences to abstract or impound water, and find out how to comment

The publishing of decision statements on the internet originated from the Environment Agency's response to the Government's paper Taking Water Responsibly. As an interim measure Natural resources Wales will follow the same procedure.

08 Jul 2022

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is calling for water companies to step up and take action after its annual environmental performance reports for water companies highlighted an increase in pollution incidents and decrease in compliance with environmental permits for sewage discharges.