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How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Planting the right tree, in the right place, can help manage flooding, improve water quality, and support aquatic habitats. Find out more in the collection of resources below.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
How producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Esthwaite Water Ramsar.
Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
The Environment Agency's portal will allow water industry workers to report serious environmental wrongdoing by their organisations.
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...
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 apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
These external quality assessment (EQA) schemes are particularly suited to laboratories in the water testing and clinical microbiology sectors.
How to complete a water discharge return.
External quality assessment (EQA) scheme suitable for laboratories in the water testing and clinical microbiology sectors.
Product Safety Report for Magic Water Word Cards sold via Amazon presenting a serious risk of choking.
Product Safety Report for Diesel Van-Mounted Hot Water System presenting a high risk of asphyxiation.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
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