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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Guidance on how planning authorities can gather evidence to set optional requirements and the nationally described space standard.
Consumer Council for Water (CCW) represents water and sewerage consumers in England and Wales and takes up unresolved complaints. CCW is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
We know people are worried, so the government is offering help for households. See what cost of living support you could be eligible for.
The CMA has found Pennon’s purchase of Sumisho Osaka Gas Water UK (including its subsidiary Sutton and East Surrey Water), could harm Ofwat’s ability to make comparisons between water companies and carry out its statutory functions.
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
This ‘water diary’ documents the daily sources, uses, cost and sufficiency of water, along with weekly household expenditures
The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is a non-ministerial government department. We are the economic regulator for the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales. We are responsible for making sure that the companies we regulate provide consumers with...
Narratives of social capital, gender inequalities and household water security in Kitui county
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
Findings from an 18-week water diary study that documented daily water choices and expenditures of a sample of 120 households
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
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.
Soil-transmitted helminths, a class of parasitic intestinal worms, are pervasive in many low-income settings
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