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UK Health Security Agency's FW&E microbiology laboratories carry out specialist microbiological tests on food, water and environmental samples.
Public access to water refill stations on Defra premises.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Report describing the development of a new tool to take account of spatial variation when classifying water bodies for the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
In this study the variability of metrics is estimated for a specific classification tool in order to quantify precision and confidence as required by the Water Framework Directive.
The development of sediment bioassays using sediment spiked with model toxicants in the laboratory and contaminated field sediments.
An RAF C-17 aircraft is en-route to Egypt to deliver vital UK government humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for performance standards of water consumption rates for systems that use water.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on Defra's The Water and Sewerage Undertakers (Exit from Non-household Retail Market) Regulations 2016 PIR
A policy framework to encourage the wider adoption of an integrated Catchment Based Approach to improving the quality of our water environment.
This external quality assessment scheme (EQA) challenges the detection and quantification of Mycobacterium spp. by molecular methods.
Thousands of spills to be prevented by increased investment this year.
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