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Your local council is responsible for public drains - report a blockage.
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 meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
How to meet the general binding rules or apply for a permit if you have a septic tank or treatment plant - fees, application forms and exceptions
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application
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