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How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
The majority of designated bathing waters across Devon and Cornwall have a good or excellent rating for water quality.
Government and Environment Agency outline action to further improve bathing water quality.
This Review summarises trials evaluating different interventions to improve water quality and prevent diarrhoea
Paper discusses water quality modelling approaches and their use at provincial level in China
This study assesses the formal and informal systems used by institutions with regulatory requirements for testing drinking water quality
Find out about the quality of water at England’s beaches and inland waters and signage rules for local councils.
Good practice guidance for designing and reviewing routine water quality monitoring programmes at UK Nuclear Licensed Sites.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Annual statistics showing if bathing waters in England meet regulatory standards.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
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.
The bathing water season has begun, with regular monitoring by the Environment Agency now underway
The Environment Agency has started a project to investigate the reasons behind poor water quality at Bridlington South beach, in East Yorkshire.
This paper proposes and applies a framework to reflect on the purposes of and approaches to monitoring drinking water safety
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