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Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
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.
Information on the potential health impacts of drought in England and the measures that people can take to stay healthy during these events.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor bottled and mineral waters for indicator organisms.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
Formerly part of M18, how to prepare and interpret analytical quality control (AQC) charts to verify the performance of your monitoring method.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor bottled and mineral water for indicator organisms.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is for laboratories that routinely monitor drinking water for low levels of indicator organisms.
Find out about the quality of water at England’s beaches and inland waters and signage rules for local councils.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
External quality assessment (EQA) scheme suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor drinking water, examining for low levels of indicator organisms.
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