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UK Wash Bay Environmental Compliance: Drainage, Oil Separators & Trade Effluent Consents

A legal and engineering roadmap to BS EN 858 interceptor sizing, Environment Agency pollution prevention (GPP 13), and Water UK trade effluent licensing.

Discharging vehicle or plant wash water to a clean surface water drain is a criminal offence under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016. Here is the complete engineering specification guide to UK wash bay compliance.

Claire Jenkins

Environmental Compliance Advisor

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