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Dunoon continuous water quality monitoring buoy, Firth of Clyde

Since 2009 a monitoring buoy has been deployed in the Firth of Clyde adjacent to Dunoon. This location is a long term monitoring site for both marine chemical and ecological parameters and was previously monitored on a monthly basis. Continuous monitoring equipment attached to the buoy detects short term changes in water quality that are missed by monthly monitoring. Firth of Clyde monitoring buoy

Gunnet Ledge monitoring buoy, Firth of Forth

Continuous salinity, temperature, and chlorophyll data has been collected from in the Inner Firth of Forth at Gunnet Ledge since 1993. Chlorophyll-a is used to indicate the biomass of phytoplankton. Phytoplankton growth is stimulated by nutrients exported from the estuary into the clearer coastal waters of the Firth of Forth. Excessive phytoplankton growth may cause an undesirable disturbance to t

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Disclaimer and terms and conditionsAll intellectual property rights are owned by SEPA or its licensors. The Controlled Reservoirs Register cannot be used for commercial purposes, by value added resellers or for income generating purpose. A full list of terms and conditions is available from the SEPA website or reservoirs@sepa.org.uk. You may only use the Controlled Reservoirs Register for your own

Submit data

Data returns Many environmental licences include a requirement to submit data returns or other reporting requirements on an annual or quarterly basis. What should you do? We are now actively reviewing many of the data returns and kindly request you to submit any outstanding returns for the following areas: Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) - SPRI returns are due by the 28th of February e

Non-renewable

Information regarding non-renewable energy and our role in regulating them.

Information regarding non-renewable energy and our role in regulating them. Our role in non-renewable energy is to protect the environment and human health. We regulate aspects of fuel extraction and storage, refining and energy generation from coal, oil and gas. Our regulatory roles include Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (known as PPC), Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (known as CAR) and the EU Emissions

Discharges of bath treatment medicine residues from wellboats

From Monday 9 November 2020, marine finfish farm operators must apply to SEPA for permission to discharge medicine residues from wellboats. Licences will no longer be issued for wellboat discharges by the Marine Directorate. All licences previously issued by the Marine Directorate will automatically transfer to us on Monday 30 November 2020 and be regulated under the Water Environment (Controlled

Reservoirs

The majority of dams will require an authorisation from SEPA under "The Water Environment (Controlled Activities)(Scotland) Regulations 2011 (CAR). This authorisation number will start CAR/.../... If you don't have a CAR authorisation for your dam, then you should contact your local SEPA team to discuss this. You can find more advice on impoundments and water resources authorisations on our Enviro

Aquaculture Regulatory

The role of regulation in aquacultire and the process for applying for a licence to operate a fish farm.

The role of regulation in aquacultire and the process for applying for a licence to operate a fish farm. Emamectin Benzoate position The below statement sets out our interim position on the environmental standards that we will apply when assessing new applications to discharge or increase volumes of in-feed sea lice medicine containing emamectin benzoate. We have requested that the UK Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG) consider all the available scientific evidence and make recommendations to Scottish

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)

We are responsible for regulating the keeping and use of radioactive substances and the accumulation and disposal of radioactive wastes. These pages describe the development of the UK strategy for managing wastes containing naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM).

We are responsible for regulating the keeping and use of radioactive substances and the accumulation and disposal of radioactive wastes. These pages describe the development of the UK strategy for managing wastes containing naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM). Naturally occurring radioactive materials exist in the earth’s crust as a result of the decay of heavy elements produced by cosmic processes. In their natural state they are not considered waste. NORM waste is produced when activities including mining and the processing of minerals and contaminated earth concentrate NORM. It is also produced as a result of maintenance and decommissioning of equipm

Technical concepts

Part IIA introduces a number of technical concepts and some key concepts are considered in this section. A number of methods and models are available to assist in the derivation of site specific assessment criteria, as highlighted in the other "technical concepts and tools" sections

Part IIA introduces a number of technical concepts and some key concepts are considered in this section. A number of methods and models are available to assist in the derivation of site specific assessment criteria, as highlighted in the other "technical concepts and tools" sections Part II A introduces a number of technical concepts and some key concepts are considered in this section. A number of methods and models are available to assist in the derivation of site specific assessment criteria, as highlighted in the other 'technical concepts and tools' sections. Site specific risk assessment A risk assessment represents the structured gathering of information in order to for

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