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How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Standards for the flood risk management industry on how to build and review hydraulic models and provide evidence for flood risk management decisions.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Find out how the Environment Agency defines groundwater source protection zones.
T21 exemption allows you to recover wastes such as sewage grits, screenings and sewage sludge at a waste water treatment works.
Environment Agency regulatory position on wetlands, operated by parties other than water and sewerage companies, that receive treated final effluent discharge.
Guidance and application forms to designate or de-designate a coastal or inland water as a bathing water.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
Appeal to the Environment Agency if you have been refused connection to the public sewer.
Current list of designated bathing waters in England.
For water companies in England and Wales to use for developing their water resources management plan. Also relevant to those producing regional plans.
When you need a consent or permit to make a discharge from your reservoir and how to carry out a risk assessment.
The monitoring certification scheme (MCERTS) standard that applies to holders of environmental permits who must monitor liquid flow (sewage or trade effluent).
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
Apply to replace a time limited licence or condition that is expiring.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
When and how to register if you are discharging small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test or remediation scheme.
Guidance for groundwater specialists explaining direct inputs, discernibility and permanently unsuitable.
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