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Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction 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.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Guidance on the pre-application stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
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...
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
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