ID:
policies-67
Name:
The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
Issuing organisation:
Scotland
Geographical Scope:
Scotland
Type:
Legislative
Scientific domain:
Chemical
Type of water:
surface and groundwater, drinking water, wastewater and treated water
Water management focus:
Mangement, Monitoring
Parameter change rate assumption:
Water Pollutants: Organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment. 2. Organophosphorous compounds. 3. Organotin compounds. 4. Substances and preparations, with carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties which may affect steroidogenic, thyroid, reproduction or other endocrine-related functions 5. Persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccumulable organic toxic substances. 6. Cyanides. 7. Metals and their compounds. 8. Arsenic and its compounds. 9. Biocides and plant protection products. 10. Materials in suspension. 11. Substances which contribute to eutrophication (in particular, nitrates and phosphates). 12. biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) etc.).
Description:
These Regulations, made under the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, implement key requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive and related groundwater and water quality directives. They establish a regulatory framework for protecting and sustainably managing the water environment by controlling activities that may affect surface water and groundwater. The Regulations set out a system of authorisations administered by SEPA, including general binding rules, registrations, and licences; procedures for applications, consultations, decisions, variations, and appeals; and powers for enforcement, monitoring, information gathering, and public registers. They also provide for offences, penalties, and remediation, replace the 2005 Controlled Activities Regulations, and integrate water protection with wider environmental and planning controls.
Status:
Non Effective
Effect Date:
31/03/2011 - 01/11/2025 Amended in 2013 and again in 2021
Resource:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/209/contents
Recommendations:
These Regulations apply to— (a)activities liable to cause pollution of the water environment; (b)abstraction of water from the water environment; (c)construction or alteration of impounding works in inland water (other than groundwater) or wetlands, (cc)operation of impounding works in surface water or wetlands]; (d)carrying out building or engineering works, or works other than those referred in paragraph (c) or (cc) (i)in inland water (other than groundwater) or wetlands; or (ii)in the vicinity of inland water or wetlands and having or likely to have a significant adverse impact on the water environment; (e)artificial recharge or augmentation of groundwater; (f)the direct or indirect discharge, and any activity likely to cause a direct or indirect discharge, into groundwater of any hazardous substance or other pollutant; and (g)any other activity which directly or indirectly has or is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the water environment. (2) These Regulations do not apply to the discharge of any reagent or chemical or particle tracer used in connection with any scientific experiment or survey in transitional waters or coastal waters
