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You may need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground.
Get permission to send liquid waste out from factories or places where sewage is dealt with and find how to contact Scottish water suppliers and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
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.
How to apply for and comply with environmental permits for surface water discharge activities or groundwater activities.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Standard rules for discharges to surface water.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Environment Agency enforcement position for wetlands that receive treated final effluent discharged from water and sewerage company wastewater treatment works.
You must have permission to discharge certain substances into a waterway or water contained in any underground strata in Northern Ireland
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
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