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First edition, March 2009 Engineering in the water Environment Good Practice guide Temporary Construction Methods Page 1 of 59 Your comments SEPA is committed to ensuring its Good Practice Guides are useful and relevant to those carrying out activities in Scotland s water environment. We welcome your comments on this Good Practice guide so that we can improve future editions. A feedback form and details on how to send your comments to us can be found at the back of this guide in Appendix 1. Page 2 of 59 Engineering in the water Environment Good Practice guide : Temporary Construction Methods First edition, March 2009 (Document reference: WAT-SG-29) Contents 1 Introduction 3 What s included in this guide ? 4 2 Impact of the Construction phase on the water environment 6 pollution 6 Damage to habitats 7 3 Good practice guidance 9 Planning and site set-up 9 Site clearance 12 Minimise run-off of contaminated water 14 Isolation of works area 20 De-watering of isolated area 37 Treatment and/or disposal of contaminated water 39 Temporary river crossings 43 Re-instatement of bed and banks 50 Appendix 1: Feedback form Good Practice guide WAT-SG-29 57 Page 3 of 59 1 Introduction This document is one of a series of

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