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Your local council is responsible for public drains - report a blockage.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
This guidance supports water companies and heat network developers to use waste heat from sewers as a form of low carbon heat to supply for heat networks and determine an appropriate exclusion zone.
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.
This form may be used as part of a planning application that incorporates a proposed non-mains foul drainage system.
Announcement of the allocations for 18 local authorities for internal drainage board levy support.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
Check if you need to pay drainage charges, how much they are and how to pay.
Announcement of the allocations for 15 local authorities for internal drainage board levy support.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Ovey on 26 November 2025.
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