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How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
External quality assessment (EQA) of water microbiology.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is for laboratories that routinely monitor drinking water for low levels of indicator organisms.
External quality assessment (EQA) scheme suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor drinking water, examining for low levels of indicator organisms.
Report on the quality of all individual supplies of drinking water that exceed 1,000 cubic meters a day or serve more than 5,000 people in England.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is for laboratories that routinely monitor drinking water, examining for low levels of indicator organisms.
Current and future issues for drinking waters, with a review of current measures to address the challenges.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
Journal article and policy brief which test this theory in coastal Kenya
The study explored association among Socio-Ecological Systems, drinking water salinity and blood pressure
This paper seeks to understand which attributes of water services rural people value
This study examines the impact of inadequate water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income settings
Using in situ tryptophan-like fluorescence and conventional water quality indicators
Seeking views on implementing the EU Directive 2015/1787 on the safety and quality of spring water and bottled drinking water.
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