Code of Practice Assesses Surface Water Treatment

'Assessment of Manufactured Treatment Devices Designed to Treat Surface Water Runoff' - This Code of Practice has been developed by a group of British Water members representing regulators and manufacturers of surface water treatment devices.

Part of the project was delivered by HR Wallingford, who was contracted by British Water to supply the necessary supporting information.

The Code of Practice defines an assessment method which allows the manufacturers of surface water treatment devices to measure the pollutant capture and retention capability of their device and to declare those capabilities as they offer their product for sale on the UK market.

This Code of Practice has been developed because there is no existing published Standard test in the UK and allows manufacturers to complete an agreed test protocol.

Approval and certification under this Code of Practice will allow manufacturers to demonstrate that their published capture and retention capabilities have been tested with appropriate evidence, confirmation from an independent testing body, and relevant test data.

The philosophy of this Code of Practice is to allow designers and approvers to apply a risk based approach, based on the type of application, to minimise the environmental impact of diffuse pollution associated with runoff.

The declaration of capture and retention capabilities for a variety of pollutants will allow regulators, designers, specifiers and local authorities to select the most appropriate treatment device for the treatment of contaminated surface water in different situations.

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Source: British Water

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Taxonomy

• Treatment
• Treatment Methods
• Integrated Water Management
• Stormwater
• Water Management
• Storm Water Management
• Surface-Groundwater Interaction
• water treatment