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What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
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.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
The Environment Agency’s national investigation into potential breaches of permit conditions at wastewater treatment works by water and sewerage companies.
100% of storm overflows now fitted with monitoring devices required by the government.
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the government cracks down on poor performing companies.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of industrial hydrogen production from methane or refinery fuel gas with carbon capture for storage.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
National Drought Group confirms water resources are healthy in first meeting this year
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Every storm overflow across England’s water network is now monitored.
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.
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