Publication C648 Control of water pollution from linear construction projects: technical guidance

Publication Year

2006

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Linear construction projects, such as roads, railways, pipelines, cables and water courses, could all have negative impacts on the environment. This document looks at the issues of controlling and managing water pollution. Covers the characteristics of linear projects, water environment, water pollution and the law, planning and design, stakeholder consultation, development consent, site investigations and monitoring, programming and seasonal influences, contracts, construction, site planning, licenses and consents, emergency and contingency planning, site set-up, adjacent land and water use, runoff and sediment control, water treatment methods and disposal, works in or near water, excavations and dewatering, concrete and grouting activities, contaminated land and ecology.

Document History

Based on research project RP708.

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