Maintenance
The Environment Agency’s ‘Consent to Discharge’ requires all Consent holders to ensure that their sewage treatment plant be ‘operated and maintained in accordance with good operational practice (Section 1.8 -Consent to Discharge)’.
In addition, ‘the Consent Holder shall establish and operate a documented maintenance program and record all non-routine actions undertaken that may have adversely affected effluent quality (1.9.1 Consent to Discharge)’.
Copies of such actions should be kept for a minimum of five years and a written report of all such actions can be requested by the Environment Agency. This includes the regular emptying of the tankage, recorded in the form of Waste Transfer notices from a licensed waste disposal company.
WCI offers an annual service contract on all sewage treatment plants that we, WCI Pollution Control, install. The cost starts from as little as £85 per year, depending on the size of the application.
This entitles you to one scheduled visit per year during which we change filters, check the operation of the Treatment system and associated parts such as the aerators, and test the treatment quality achieved to be sure that you are meeting your EA obligations. We also advise on the ‘desludging’ frequency required for your particular circumstances.
Under a service contract, should any problem arise between visits, one of our British Water certified service engineers would offer advice and come to site if deemed necessary, at no additional cost. Replacement parts are charged at the listed prices, less 5%.
If you have any questions or wish to take up a service contract, please contact us now on 01984 623404.