Section 119: Application for consent.

Water Industry Act 1991 · 1991 c. 56View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: SEWERAGE SERVICES — CHAPTER III: TRADE EFFLUENT

An application to a sewerage undertaker for a consent to discharge trade effluent from any trade premises into a public sewer of that undertaker shall be by notice served on the undertaker by the owner or occupier of the premises.

An application under this section with respect to a proposed discharge of any such effluent shall state—

the nature or composition of the trade effluent;
the maximum quantity of the trade effluent which it is proposed to discharge on any one day; and
the highest rate at which it is proposed to discharge the trade effluent.

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