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Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
Up to £11 million from water company fines and penalties will be reinvested to directly improve the water environment.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
The dangers of flash flooding and how to stay safe.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
Guidance primarily for local responders covering some infrastructure issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of a UK emergency.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
When you need a consent or permit to make a discharge from your reservoir and how to carry out a risk assessment.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
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