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Farmer Derek Dyer contaminated a private water supply and polluted a stream after a slurry store built from farmyard manure collapsed.
Government identifies wastewater treatment works to be upgraded to stringent nutrient removal limits
This article identifies the unintentional consequences of reallocating management responsibility away from government agencies towards households
Guides for using the online reporting system for entering the external quality assessment (EQA) results and accessing distribution reports.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Current and future issues for drinking waters, with a review of current measures to address the challenges.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is for laboratories that routinely monitor drinking water, examining for low levels of indicator organisms.
External quality assessment (EQA) of water microbiology.
This study used whole genome sequencing to investigate the links between E. coli and recent faecal contamination in drinking water
Summary of the policy context to recognize the increased risks facing an unregulated and unmonitored self-supply rural water service model
This report documents a global diagnostic survey to evaluate the status and prospects of rural water service providers from 68 countries
Local decision-making around fluoridation of drinking water: consultation responses.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
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.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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