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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.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Information on the potential health impacts of drought in England and the measures that people can take to stay healthy during these events.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
When you need a consent or permit to make a discharge from your reservoir and how to carry out a risk assessment.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
National Drought Group confirms water resources are healthy in first meeting this year
Environment Agency enforcement position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
What the reservoir flood maps show, how they were created and how to use them for your assessments.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
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