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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Fibre in Water (FiW) is an open competition, run by DCMS from HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund and supported by DEFRA, BEIS and Cabinet Office. It will allocate up to £4 million of R&D funding to projects that develop and...
The characteristics, diagnosis, management, surveillance and epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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.
How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.
The purpose of Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100) and the challenges it aims to address.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
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
How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Clarification for the interpretation of the new elements within the Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMRs), as amended, relating to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the government cracks down on poor performing companies.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
The Environment Agency deals with applications for water abstraction and impoundment. The Planning Inspectorate deals with appeals.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Information and updates about the Barney Craig mine water treatment scheme in Northumberland, England.
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...
Use the RW1 form to register your fishery, stock ponds, cropping water, aquaponics unit or to register as a sole transporter
How to register a reservoir, appoint a panel engineer, produce a flood plan, prepare an inspection information pack and report an incident.
For the first time, over 1.2 million ‘eligible’ non-household customers in England can choose their water supplier (from 3 April 2017).
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