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Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.
This guide explains the problems and risks which may come from extreme weather, how to mitigate them and how you can make your reservoir more resilient. You can read each section in isolation, or as a whole document.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.
Water companies who broke environmental rules are now funding the recovery of England’s waterways by local communities and environmental groups.
How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
Over £10 million in water company fines directed to restore local waterways through 51 projects aimed at cleaning up rivers, lakes and seas.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
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