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General binding rules for small sewage discharges from septic tanks or sewage treatment plants in England.
This guidance sets out the statutory general binding rules which will…
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
Environment Agency enforcement position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal…
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
How the Environment Agency sets and assesses discharge quality numeric limits in environmental permits.
How to control intermittent storm discharges from combined sewer overflows and waste water treatment works, and minimise the risk of emergency sewage discharges from sewage pumping stations.
Tool to assist groundwater risk assessment for treated effluent discharges to infiltration systems.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily discharge water intended for drinking water supply to surface waters from water treatment works and water supply assets.
The T21 exemption allows you to recover wastes such as sewage grits, screenings and sewage sludge at a waste water treatment works.
When you do not need a water abstraction licence from the Environment Agency for passive dewatering.
Formerly part of M18, index of alternative monitoring methods for monitoring discharges to water.
Appeal to the Environment Agency if you have been refused connection to the public sewer.
Formerly part of M18, how to prepare and interpret analytical quality control (AQC) charts to verify the performance of your monitoring method.
The monitoring certification scheme (MCERTS) standard that applies to event duration monitors.
Formerly part of M18, index of CEN and ISO monitoring methods for monitoring discharges to water.
The T20 exemption allows you to treat certain waste at water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or to make it easier to handle for waste recovery.
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