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How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production, offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
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.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
An overview of the future requirements for rapid COVID-19 diagnostic assays for antigen lateral flow devices.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
If you are developing a site within a coalfield area you may need to give additional consideration to the proposed drainage and infiltration.
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
The D1 exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil on the banks of the water it was dredged from and treat it by screening and removing water.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
The Environment Agency’s national investigation into potential breaches of permit conditions at wastewater treatment works by water and sewerage companies.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
The roadmap sets out the measures government is taking to maximise the future success of Freeports.
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