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Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Formerly part of M18, how to prepare and interpret analytical quality control (AQC) charts to verify the performance of your monitoring method.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
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.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
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.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
An annual update (until 2009) that measures chemical and biological river water quality. New indicator in development.
Good practice guidance for designing and reviewing routine water quality monitoring programmes at UK Nuclear Licensed Sites.
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