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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.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
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 register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.
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.
Use the pre-application advice service to find out the likelihood of getting a licence, what restrictions it may have and what you need to send with your application.
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.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
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.
Guidance for owners, operators and masters of vessels on inland waters, explaining the classifications and how to apply for categorisation.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
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