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Owners of septic tanks and small sewage treatment systems have a responsibility to keep their systems in good order to prevent pollution.

Find out what to do after you have been refused a free registration for your private sewage system.

Find information on how to apply for an emergency discharge from a foul sewer permit and the fees and charges for emergency discharge from foul sewer pumping stations.

Find information on how to apply for a permit and the fees and charges for discharges of treated sewage effluent from water company wastewater treatment works.

Find information on how to apply for a permit and the fees and charges for discharges from Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO). They are used during periods of heavy rain fall to help protect properties from flooding and prevent sewage from overflowing into our streets and homes.

This service is for water or sewerage companies applying to discharge water into a watercourse

How to pay for your consent application

We have changed how we regulate the use of herbicides Please see below for details, our herbicide guidance document can be found here.

Guidance for network rail and private heritage railways who need to use herbicides to manage vegetation on track and in off-track areas.

Information about flood risk activity permits, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and how to apply.

Use this service to check if you need a permit to work near a river, flood defence, sea defence or flood plain.

Use this service if you will be working on or near a main river, flood defence, sea defence or flood plain

Find out if you need to register a flood risk activity exemption

Flood risk activities that do not need permission before you start work