The Scottish Government is consulting on improvements to the way in which we protect groundwater in Scotland. The 'Protecting Scotland's groundwater from pollution' consultation proposes:
To align with the Scottish Government proposals, SEPA is consulting on revised guidance associated with the Scottish Government consultation:
We recommend that you read the Scottish Government consultation prior to reading this guidance. This will allow you to understand the changes being proposed by the Scottish Government before reading the more detailed guidance.
We want to better protect Scotland’s groundwater. The Scottish Government consultation sets out how we will so this in a fair and more environmentally based way.
To help industry and other interested stakeholders further understand the detail of the proposed approach SEPA have taken this opportunity to update the guidance, Land contamination and impacts on the water environment and guiance document WAT-PS-10, on assigning groundwater assessment criteria for pollutant inputs.
We would value your feedback on these consultations so we can improve our approach.
If you want to participate in all three consultations, we recommended that you complete them in the following order, or you can just complete the consultation that is of most interest to you.
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