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Division BAT 25 In order to reduce emissions to water from surface run-off water, BAT is to use a combination of the techniques given below.

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Descriptions of the techniques are given in Section 1.4.2.

TechniqueApplicability
aMechanical separation of coarse materials by screens and sieves as preliminary treatmentGenerally applicable
bOil-water separationf1 Generally applicable
cRemoval of solids by sedimentation in retention basins or settlement tanks There may be restrictions to the applicability of sedimentation due to space requirements

Table 6

BAT-associated emission levels (BAT-AELs) for TSS for the direct discharge of surface run-off water to a receiving water body

ParameterUnitBAT-AELs(average of samples obtained during one year)
TSS mg/l10–40

The associated monitoring is in BAT 14.

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Footnotes

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Descriptions of the techniques are given in Section 1.4.2.