If you are a farmer or land manager in Scotland, you need to comply with new regulations to control diffuse pollution. The regulations introduce new rules to protect the water environment from diffuse pollution and allow alternative ways of disposing of certain types of slurry and silage effluent.

The new regulations make changes to the general binding rules (GBRs) that control the impact of diffuse pollution on the water environment from activities on rural land.

The regulations add new GBRs relating to:

The GBRs introduce a simple set of rules for controlling diffuse pollution. As long as you comply with these rules, you won’t need to complete any forms or seek authorisation from SEPA. 

You can now use alternative methods to dispose of certain types of slurry and silage effluent, also known as ‘dirty water’. You can now drain and treat dirty water run-off from certain areas through a constructed farm wetland. These wetlands must sufficiently treat the dirty water before you can discharge it without damage into the water environment.

The full text of the Regulations can be accessed from:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2008/ssi_20080054_en_1

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk  (accessed 03/04/08)

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