Advice on pumping

If you are thinking about where you will pump water to, you should contact:

• Your local Environment Agency office if you are thinking about pumping water into main rivers or boreholes
• Your local authority if you are thinking about pumping water into ditches, watercourses or piped watercourses
• The water company if you are thinking about pumping water into public surface water sewers or foul sewers
• The Highways Authority if you are thinking about pumping water into highway drains

Consider the risks of pumping onto or near a highway or footpath. You must make sure that pumping water from your property doesn’t impact others, this would include when the water freezes and causes a danger.