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How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
The Coal Authority is working with partners to unlock the heat within our historical coal mine network, to transform the homes and workplaces of the future.
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.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
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 producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.
Environment Agency prosecutes after routine sampling results. Court told how water company broke permitted levels 3 times in 10 months.
For the first time, over 1.2 million ‘eligible’ non-household customers in England can choose their water supplier (from 3 April 2017).
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
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...
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...
Information about the Coombe mine water treatment scheme in Cornwall, England.
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