Animal disease outbreak: prevent pollution from cleaning and disinfection
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How to store and dispose of washwater when cleaning and disinfecting after an animal disease outbreak.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How to store and dispose of washwater when cleaning and disinfecting after an animal disease outbreak. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- How to clean and disinfect
- Free-range poultry farms
- How to dispose of washwater
- Option 1: Drain to a foul sewer (best option)
- Option 2: Use a registered waste carrier
- Option 3: Dispose on to land
- Environmental permit application forms
- How to store washwater before disposal
- Slurry stores
- Check how much storage you need
- Build temporary storage
- Using temporary storage
- Your responsibilities when storing and disposing of washwater
Source and licence
Environment Agency
AttributionEnvironment Agency, ‘Animal disease outbreak: prevent pollution from cleaning and disinfection’ (updated 13 April 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026