TABLE OF CONTENTS (Author's note: This procedure is based on an example where a consent to discharge effluents is required. The licence would be issued by the water company unless the site falls within the scope of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (PPC)) when it would be issued by the Environment Agency.)
This procedure describes the operations of the water treatment plant, to ensure that effluent discharged from the site is within the consent conditions laid down by ...... Water plc.
The Technical Manager has overall responsibility of water treatment, and also monitors the operation and investigates if it appears the analysis of untreated effluent is going out of control.
The Water Treatment Supervisor has day-to-day control of water treatment.
The Operator carries out sampling, analytical and dosing activities, and keeps records.
The Technical Manager or Water Treatment Supervisor is responsible for alerting ...... Water plc if there is any release that breaches the consent conditions.
The consent conditions are:
Maximum volume of effluent discharged shall not exceed 4500 m 3 per day.
pH shall not be less than 5 nor greater than 9.
Suspended solids concentration (dried at 105 C) shall not exceed 200 mg per litre.
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) shall not exceed 6000 mg O 2 per litre.
Temperature of the discharge shall not exceed 25 C.
Process effluents tend to be acidic.
Process effluents are...
