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Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Non-statutory technical standards for the design, maintenance and operation of sustainable drainage systems to drain surface water.
How to query UK data on waste transfers and emissions, by specific substance, area, river basin, industry or economic sector.
How to change, revoke or transfer your licence, including if the licence holder dies or becomes bankrupt and find out when changes can be enforced.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
The monitoring certification scheme (MCERTS) standard that applies to holders of environmental permits who must monitor liquid flow (sewage or trade effluent).
This document explains and gives guidance on issues which are likely to arise from the regulations on private sewers transfer.
Use the pre-application advice service to find out the likelihood of getting a licence, what restrictions it may have and what you need to send with your application.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Apply to replace a time limited licence or condition that is expiring.
When and how to register if you are discharging small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test or remediation scheme.
Guidance for groundwater specialists explaining direct inputs, discernibility and permanently unsuitable.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
Assessing the discharge of sanitary and other pollutants to surface waters.
The T21 exemption allows you to recover wastes such as sewage grits, screenings and sewage sludge at a waste water treatment works.
MCERTS standard specifying the minimum requirements for installing and using event duration monitors (EDMs) required by an environmental permit.
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