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Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Find out how clean the water is on beaches and in other bathing areas in England, and if there is a problem with pollution
How to apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options for farming.
Apply for a screening study with the Environment Agency to assess and rank water resources options in your area.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
Up to £11 million from water company fines and penalties will be reinvested to directly improve the water environment.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
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