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How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Actions the government and others are taking to manage the risk of surface water flooding.
The dangers of flash flooding and how to stay safe.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor recreational and surface water.
Background to the surface access analysis in the Airports Commission's final report on increasing airport capacity in the UK.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Apply for a standard rules permit for a discharge to surface water or groundwater.
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
The government is asking the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) to do a study on the effective management of surface water flooding in England.
External quality assessment (EQA) scheme suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor recreational and surface water.
This series collects planning applications where removal of shallow coal resources is recommended as part of the ground works.
Environment Agency enforcement position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
Complete if you are applying for a new environmental permit, or to change or transfer an existing environmental permit.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is for laboratories that routinely monitor recreational and surface water.
Learn more about the history, science and policy behind GDF
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