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How to register a septic tank. If you're not connected the the public sewer, you probably use a private sewage treatment system, such as a septic tank or package treatment plant. This might only deal with the sewage and wastewater from your property, or it could be from several properties. This type of system discharges to land or water and could cause pollution. By law, it must be registered. If you're not sure if your treatme

If there is a change relating to a registered sewage discharge, you may need to apply to SEPA for a variation of the registration. If you want to add an additional property to the registration, contact water permitting to discuss this with us You do not need to apply for a variation to a registration if extra rooms or a toilet are being added to a domestic property the population equivalent (p.e.

Mean low water spring mark If you are discharging to the sea or an estuary, you must discharge below the Mean Low Water Spring (MLWS) mark. The MLWS mark is how far the sea goes out at low tide. The lowest point a tide will normally reach is marked on an Ordnance Survey (OS) map as MLWS. You can access maps using our NGR Tool. To see the MLWS you must click the "Zoom to OS 1:25,000 map" button. If

Before discharging to a watercourse, you must investigate if it is possible to discharge to land via a soakaway. Water flow You must not discharge to a watercourse that has a very low flow of water or dries up at certain times of the year. There needs to be enough water in a river, stream, or burn to properly dilute any sewage that discharges into it to prevent pollution. If the flow of water is l

In this section you will find information about whether you need to apply for authorisation and the process. Permitting Please see below for the services we are now running in relation to: Private sewage treatment systems (septic tanks/package treatment plants); Marine and freshwater pen fish farm authorisations; Other CAR authorisations (water engineering, water resources, point source discharges, construction site licenses/run-off permits); Simple waste management exemptions; Complex waste management

Page with all SEPA application forms included. Online applications The following services are available: small sewage (septic tank) discharges waste carriers and brokers – new registrations and renewals register a simple exempt waste activity managed and orphan source radioactive substances register as a producer for Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme Applications Please ensure you use the most up-to-date form from this website. Any incomplete

A soakaway is a sealed system of gravel filled trenches that allows the safe discharge of sewage effluent to the surrounding land. This is sometimes referred to as an infiltration system. A soakaway also includes mound soakaways. This is a type of soakaway that is built above ground where percolation is slow or where digging trenches may be too difficult. For example, where bedrock is close to the

Introduction On 30 May 2022 SEPA received an application from Dunbar Waste Services Limited for a substantial variation to the Permit number PPC/A/1032878/ CP01, as varied, for their energy from waste (EFW) facility at Dunbar, East Lothian. This activity is regulated under the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (commonly known as PPC). The initial four week public consult

Addressing Bathing Water quality As you may be aware, in light of Scotland's continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Scottish Government has not designated bathing waters for the 2020 season and has recently consulted on proposals to keep this under review across the summer. You may also be aware that over recent years, significant work has been undertaken by SEPA, Scottish Water and Scottis

Sustainable urban drainage systems SUDS, or sustainable urban* drainage systems are a sequence of water management practices and facilities designed to drain surface water in a manner that will provide a more sustainable approach than what has been the conventional practice of routing run-off through a pipe to a watercourse. * The use of the word 'urban' is frequently omitted, but the meaning is s