Dirty water

[Exfarmer]

Asking for a friend based in a farmyard who has relatively small amounts of washings down from a brewery to dispose of. Nothing nasty and probably 99% water. Can this be disposed of on agricultural land, with /without licence
are there time of year limitations?
currently he is using a soakaway which has passed inspection , but as he ramps up production looking at other options.

 

[sjt01]

Asking for a friend based in a farmyard who has relatively small amounts of washings down from a brewery to dispose of. Nothing nasty and probably 99% water. Can this be disposed of on agricultural land, with /without licence
are there time of year limitations?
currently he is using a soakaway which has passed inspection , but as he ramps up production looking at other options.

If it is not part of the farming business, at the very least it would need a waste transfer certificate to a licensed waste collector. If it is part of the farming business, then it is a lot easier.
That is what applies to cheesemaking whey, despite an EA inspectors insistence on a licence for a Devon cheesemaker.

 

[Yale]

Local brewery here had the same issue, soak away had an issue where in high rainfall times the liquid would pool in the neighbouring field. The owners had horses and went to the council complaining so the brewer had to stop using the soak away. He had a couple of big plastic storage tanks which were emptied by a local ag contractor who does septic tanks. I believe he just spread the liquid on fields he owns.