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2025 was landmark year of action on water, with biggest reforms in a decade.
This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
A new once-in-a-generation plan to overhaul the water system and protect households from disruption has been unveiled today (Tuesday 20 January).
The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is a non-ministerial government department. We are the economic regulator for the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales. We are responsible for making sure that the companies we regulate provide consumers with...
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
This white paper sets out the government's plans to reform the water sector and the wider water system.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Water companies who broke environmental rules are now funding the recovery of England’s waterways by local communities and environmental groups.
392 bathing waters in England are rated ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’, demonstrating the impact of designation, regulation and partnership working
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