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How to use the maps to find out if you're at risk of flooding from surface water.
Consultation launched to expand the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan to cover all coastal and estuarine waters.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
What needs to be done to manage flood risk and adapt to rising sea levels in Rainham Marshes, one of 23 policy units in Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100).
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.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
A case study exploring the effectiveness and limitations of non-structural measures (NSMs) for flood mitigation in small urban catchments.
A project investigating whether a storm version of the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) model would make it easier to predict floods further ahead.
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