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Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Information on the potential health impacts of drought in England and the measures that people can take to stay healthy during these events.
For the first time, over 1.2 million ‘eligible’ non-household customers in England can choose their water supplier (from 3 April 2017).
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.
Consumer Council for Water (CCW) represents water and sewerage consumers in England and Wales and takes up unresolved complaints. CCW is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
This section describes the mechanisms protecting the quality or quantity of water used for drinking water supplies.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Fibre in Water (FiW) is an open competition, run by DCMS from HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund and supported by DEFRA, BEIS and Cabinet Office. It will allocate up to £4 million of R&D funding to projects that develop and...
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.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
How to meet the general binding rules or apply for a permit if you have a septic tank or treatment plant - fees, application forms and exceptions
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