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This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is particularly suited to laboratories in the water testing and clinical microbiology sectors that examine hospital tap waters.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
Information about the Coombe mine water treatment scheme in Cornwall, England.
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...
How to change, revoke or transfer your licence, including if the licence holder dies or becomes bankrupt and find out when changes can be enforced.
How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Consultation launched on proposals to expand scheme to 1.6 million more people to help tackle tooth decay.
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.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
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...
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides proficiency testing (PT) schemes, also known as external quality assessment (EQA) schemes.
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