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How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
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.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Check if you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for a new closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Product Safety Report for Yangzi instant water heating faucet, YZJR-J08B presenting a serious risk of fire.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
For the first time, over 1.2 million ‘eligible’ non-household customers in England can choose their water supplier (from 3 April 2017).
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
How to meet the general binding rules or apply for a permit if you have a septic tank or treatment plant - fees, application forms and exceptions
This section explains how the Environment Agency describes the water environment geographical units, and how we assess their current condition.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
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