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How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
Complete if you are applying for an environmental permit and full abstraction licence for a ground source or surface water source heating and cooling scheme.
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.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
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It's 5 years since the 2021 flash floods that affected 24 boroughs and over 2,000 properties, including homes, schools, hospitals, and Underground stations.
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