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As a business, you'll have to pay for any water you use, and for the drainage of water and any effluent (liquid waste) you produce
You’ll have to pay for any water your business uses, and for the drainage…
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Additional 5 billion litres of water needed every day by 2050.
Water resources are healthy following the wettest 12 months in England since 1836
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
View a list of applications that have been submitted to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract or impound water.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
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.
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