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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

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

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

Hydrological information

Supporting guidance for developers. Part of guidance document that is currently being updated.

Supporting guidance for developers. Part of guidance document that is currently being updated. The river flow information required by SEPA is summarised in Table 3, below. Where more than one flow information requirement may apply, please contact us to determine which is applicable. 　 The flow information supplied must be sufficient to give us confidence in the accuracy of our calculated flow duration curve for the river. We therefore recommend that you contact us at an early stage in the s

Marine pen fish farm pre-application process

Flow 1: Marine pen fish farm pre-application process Developer submits pre-application proposal to aquaculture.pre-app@sepa.org.uk SEPA carries out initial screening assessment: Organic solids Medicines Nutrients Sea lice (bespoke sea lice screening, if applicable) SEPA produces draft screening report Developer considers draft screening report SEPA publishes draft screening report Developer or

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