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The Water Environment Fund
Information regading the Water Environment Fund, including how to apply and the assessment process.
Information regading the Water Environment Fund, including how to apply and the assessment process.
Rivers are a vital part of our landscape and a great asset to Scotland. They provide wildlife corridors, opportunities for recreation and wellbeing and resources for farming, drinking water, beverage production and hydroelectricity.
Like many of our natural resources our rivers are under pressure and in places, damaged. This includes straightened and embanked channels which are cut off from
Diffuse pollution
Summary of rural and urban diffuse pollution issues in the environment.
Summary of rural and urban diffuse pollution issues in the environment.
Sources of diffuse pollution are often individually minor, but collectively can result in significant environmental damage.
Diffuse pollution is the release of potential pollutants from a range of activities that, individually, may have no effect on the water environment, but, at the scale of a catchment, can have a significant effect.
Problems occur in both rural and urban environments.
Rural pro
Inner Clyde Estuary monitoring buoy, Firth of Clyde
Continuous water quality monitoring equipment was deployed in the inner Clyde estuary adjacent to Govan in 2011. Low dissolved oxygen concentrations are known to occur in the inner Clyde estuary at this location as a result of the decomposition of organic wastes from discharges and urban run off.
Limited mixing between fresh water and more dense saltwater leads to large differences between the sal
Biodiversity
Biodiversity sustains the natural systems that provide vital goods and services to society, supporting tourism, farming, forestry, aquaculture and fishing industries. It adds variety to our urban green spaces and contributes to improving the health and wellbeing of the people of Scotland. For all of these reasons, biodiversity is important to SEPA.
SEPA is a key partner in the delivery of the Scot
Discharging to land via a soakaway
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
Campervan and motorhome wastewater disposal
You must never dispose of chemical toilet waste into a burn, river, loch, surface drain, the sea, or onto the ground.
If you are using a campervan or motorhome, it is your responsibility to dispose of your wastewater in the correct way. This should be done at a wastewater disposal facility.
If you operate a wastewater disposal facility, you must dispose of wastewater safely and legally. This means
Information on fish and fish habitat
SEPA will require information on how important the watercourses involved are to fish and fisheries at a local, regional, catchment, national or international level, and details including the locations of the present upstream limit(s) of salmon, sea trout, eels, lamprey, spawning river trout or loch trout (this list may include other species at certain sites) in the watercourses or, as appropriate,
Superglass Sustainable Growth Agreement
Find information about our Sustainable Growth Agreement (SGA) with Superglass here.
Find information about our Sustainable Growth Agreement (SGA) with Superglass here.
Through this Sustainable Growth Agreement (SGA), SEPA and Superglass have agreed to work collaboratively to deliver powerful environmental performance. The agreement aims to enable Superglass to further move its business towards long-term prosperity (environmental, social and economic success) by identifying opportunities for Superglass to go beyond compliance and develop new and innovative produc
Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme
Drinks producers and retailers will play an important role in Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). If you make, import, buy or sell drinks in Scotland you may have legal responsibilities (obligations) under The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020. This web page provides information and guidance on producer and retailer obligations and what you need to do to comply with the Regulations.
Drinks producers and retailers will play an important role in Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). If you make, import, buy or sell drinks in Scotland you may have legal responsibilities (obligations) under The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020. This web page provides information and guidance on producer and retailer obligations and what you need to do to comply with the Regulations.
On 7 June 2023, the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity announced that Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) will be delayed until at least October 2025. This is to align with schemes in the rest of the UK. As a result, it is likely elements of Scotland's scheme will need to be redesigned to be fully interoperable with the UK. You can read the full statement about the ann
Sea Lice Regulatory Framework Implementation
We will take on lead regulatory responsibility for managing sea lice and wild salmon interactions from 1st February 2024 and for managing sea lice and sea trout interactions from March 2025.
SEPA's consultation response describes the approach in more detail.
New or expanding sites
From 1st February 2024, we will apply the risk framework for managing interactions between sea lice from fish farms an