Statutory guidance

SR2010 No 2: discharge to surface water from cooling circuits and heat exchangers

Standard rules for discharges to surface water: cooling water and heat exchangers.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 7 June 2013
• Last updated: 10 April 2019
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  1. 10 April 2019

     Updated SR2010 No. 2 to bring wording in line with the conditions that have been subject to appeal decisions under the Environmental Permitting Regulations, and updated the reference to the Flows and Loads document.

  2. 3 April 2019

     We have updated the interpretation section 4.4 of the standard rule with a revised definition for the term ‘European Site’.

  3. 7 June 2013

     First published.

Documents

Standard rules SR2010 No 2: discharge to surface water

Ref: LIT 8383

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Generic risk assessment for SR2010 No 2

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Details

These rules allow you to discharge up to 1,000 cubic metres of water per day from a cooling circuit or heat exchanger to inland surface freshwaters, coastal waters or relevant territorial waters (as defined in Section 104 of the Water Resources Act 1991).