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Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Ofwat has referred its 2024 price reviews (PR24) for 5 water companies to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for redetermination.
Water companies in England achieve only 19 stars out of 36—the lowest since EPA began in 2011
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Sir Jon Cunliffe publishes final recommendations
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Chair of the Independent Water Commission spoke at the London Museum of Water & Steam
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