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Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
The latest updates on monitored groundwater levels and whether there are any groundwater alerts or warnings in force.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
Understand when your activities affect groundwater, what permissions you may need and how to prevent pollution.
Groundwater protection guides covering: requirements, permissions, risk assessments and controls (previously covered in GP3).
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
Guidance for groundwater specialists explaining direct inputs, discernibility and permanently unsuitable.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
This project examined how subsurface activities for unconventional and conventional oil and gas exploration might have an impact on groundwater.
The latest update on monitored groundwater levels and whether there are any groundwater alerts or warnings in force.
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