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A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
The purpose of Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100) and the challenges it aims to address.
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.
How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
Guidance on the handling of slurry and manure to help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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