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How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Information on the potential health impacts of drought in England and the measures that people can take to stay healthy during these events.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of industrial hydrogen production from methane or refinery fuel gas with carbon capture for storage.
Northumbrian Water will pay £50,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after a burst pipe polluted Monkton Burn in Jarrow, South Tyneside.
The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is a non-ministerial government department. We are the economic regulator for the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales. We are responsible for making sure that the companies we regulate provide consumers with...
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
Information on the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR).
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
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