Schedule 3, Part 3, paragraph 5(2)

For the purpose of paragraphs 7(a)(ii) and 8(a)(ii) of that Schedule, the conditions in relation to a groundwater activity of that description are— that nothing must be added to water discharged from the system; that the temperature of water discharged from the system— subject to sub-paragraph (ii), must not exceed 25o C, and must not vary by more than 10o C compared to that in the aquifer from which it was abstracted; that the system must not be on a known contaminated site or have had a previous contaminative use; that water from the system must not be discharged less than 50 metres from a watercourse or groundwater-fed wetland; in relation to Wales, that water from the system must not be discharged— less than 50 metres from a point at which water is abstracted from underground strata, or within a zone defined by a 50-day travel time for groundwater to reach a groundwater abstraction point that is used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes; in relation to England, that water from the system must not be discharged within a groundwater Source Protection Zone 1; that the discharge of water from the system must be to the same aquifer as that from which it was abstracted; that water within the system must not be used for any other purpose.

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