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When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
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 carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
Your local council is responsible for public drains - report a blockage.
Kirstin Gray joined the Government Chemist in 2009. She worked at Leatherhead Food Research Association, before joining LGC, a life sciences research and testing company, in 1999. She has more than 20 years’ experience providing analytical services to private and...
Product Recall for Joule Victorum PrePlumb Hot Water Tank presenting a risk of fire.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Adopted EU recommendation POL-010. UK approved recommendation on the type approval of sewage systems
Two new mascots are helping bring to life the history and wildlife of a city centre urban watercourse.
This form may be used as part of a planning application that incorporates a proposed non-mains foul drainage system.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Evidence on the attitudes of householders towards measures to save water that can be retrofitted to existing properties.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
Non-statutory technical standards for the design, maintenance and operation of sustainable drainage systems to drain surface water.
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