Sewage and Effluent Spillages Management Awareness
Sewage and Effluent Spillages Management Awareness
Sewage and Effluent Spillages Management Awareness
• Water body
• Land area
• Building
• Recreational waterway
• High pressure systems will push leaks to the soil surface where they
can be easily detected by sight or odor
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Septic Systems
• Settling and anaerobic processes reduce solids and organics, but the
treatment efficiency is only moderate (referred to as "primary
treatment").
• Pipe leaks
• Flooding
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Effects of Sewage Spillages on the
Environment
• If sewage is only partially treated or untreated before it is disposed of,
it can contaminate water and harm huge amounts of wildlife
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Legal Implications of non-compliance
•Contractors who are using potable or mobile toilets should send the sewage waste disposal
certificates to the Environmental Department to ensure that waste is disposed of at a registered site.
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Legal Implications of non-compliance
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Reporting
• The supervisor/manager is
responsible to generate a flash report
and submit to the environmental
officer within 24 hours of the incident
occurring.
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Details of flash report
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THANK YOU
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