Guidance

Water discharge and groundwater activity permits: additional guidance

How to comply with your environmental permit: guidance for sewage and trade effluent discharges that are classed as water discharge or groundwater activities.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 16 October 2012

This publication was withdrawn on 8 May 2018

This publication has been replaced by guidance on:

• Site-specific quality numeric permit limits: discharges to surface water and groundwater
• Domestic sewage: discharges to surface water and groundwater
• Calculating dry weather flow
• Reservoir discharges: consents, permits and risk assessment
• Waste water treatment works: treatment, monitoring and compliance limits
• Water companies: operator self monitoring (OSM) environmental permits
• Water companies: environmental permits for storm overflows and emergency overflows
• Water companies: control of chemicals used for dosing at waste water treatment works
• Water companies: water treatment works discharge limits for environmental permits

You can also find this content on the collection page for Water discharge and groundwater activity environmental permits.

The Environment Agency is currently updating guidance on:

• Water companies: discharge disinfection (UV and membrane), efficacy monitoring and reporting requirements and assessing compliance
• Water companies: discharge flow measurement and reporting requirements and assessing compliance

Documents

How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for water discharge and groundwater (from point source) activity permits (7.01)

Ref: LIT 7356

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Details

Withdrawn 8 May 2018

Published 16 October 2012