Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018: ​Proposed Standard Conditions for Registration level activities

Activity description

The discharge of less than or equal to 10 cubic metres (m3) per day of:

1. swimming pool effluent to the water environment; or
    
2. hot tub effluent, from a site with more than one hot tub, to groundwater; or
    
3. hot tub effluent from a site to a surface water.

Standard conditions

1. The discharge must not result in the introduction of substances or heat to the water environment, which may cause harm to the water environment.
    
2. The discharge must not have a significant impact on any supply of water for human consumption that was in existence on the date of application for this authorisation.
    
3. Prior to being discharged, the effluent must:
   
   (a) be de-brominated or de-chlorinated; and
   (b) have a pH value of between 6 and 9.
    
4. Any discharge of effluent to a surface water must:
   
   (a) have a temperature of less than 20 degrees centigrade; and
   (b) be via a partial soakaway with a high level overflow.
    
5. Any partial soakaway must have a minimum area, in square metres (m2), of 10 multiplied by the total number of hot tubs or swimming pools.
    
6. The discharge must not be directly into groundwater.
    
7. Any soakaway must be located 50 metres or more from any spring, well or borehole that supplies water for human consumption that was in existence on the date of application for this authorisation.