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The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your application is correct.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
As a business, you'll have to pay for any water you use, and for the drainage of water and any effluent (liquid waste) you produce
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Monthly water situation reports and weekly rainfall and river flow reports.
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.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
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