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Local Environmental Quality: Odour and insect nuisance

Code of Practice on Odour Nuisance from Sewage Treatment Works

Odour from the majority of sewage treatment works is regulated by local authority Environmental Health Practitioners under the statutory nuisance provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

This Code of Practice aims to:

  • provide a framework under the statutory nuisance regime in England and Wales within which the appropriate regulators and sewerage undertakers can operate, to minimise the likelihood and impact of nuisance from odours;
  • provide practical advice and a framework for local authority Environmental Health Practitioners who enforce the statutory nuisance regime;
  • set out for the public what they can expect during an investigation of a complaint of odour nuisance from sewage treatment works.

Code of Practice on Odour Nuisance from Sewage Treatment Works PDF logo (465 KB) - April 2006

Paper copies are available from:

Defra Publications
Admail 6000
London SW1A 2XX

Tel: 08459 556000
Email: defra@iforcegroup.com

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Page published: 12 April 2006

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs