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The Environment Agency’s national investigation into potential breaches of permit conditions at wastewater treatment works by water and sewerage companies.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
How to meet the general binding rules or apply for a permit if you have a septic tank or treatment plant - fees, application forms and exceptions
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How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
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The T21 exemption allows you to recover wastes such as sewage grits, screenings and sewage sludge at a waste water treatment works.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
Daily discharge volume calculator for small sewage discharges from septic tanks and package treatment plants
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
How the Environment Agency is working to regulate the Slough sewage treatment works.
How to calculate dry weather flow (DWF) as part of an environmental permit application or to vary an existing permit.
How councils assess and deal with nuisance odours from industrial, trade and business premises.
Find out about discharge limits and controls for chemical dosing of treated sewage effluents, and when you need to apply to change your environmental permit.
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