Clean Water & Sanitation
Focus area – Improve water quality and increase water usage efficiency (Water treatment)
As an operator of terminals based on major water ways, we can contribute to improvements in water quality and reduce pollution by ensuring that we only discharge clean water back into the local environment. Strict management and stewardship of our systems and processes coupled with adherence to the permits we operate under all combine to minimise water usage and the effluent that we produce.
Our seal sands terminal does not discharge any effluent to the water system as all water is pumped via a pipeline directly to a water treatment works. All other terminals have on site effluent collection and treatment systems and only discharge clean water within strict environmentally permitted parameters. The Thames terminal has an abstraction licence and once used for plant integrity testing purposes the water is returned to the river cleaner than it was when it was extracted (reduced solids).

2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | FY22 Q4 | FY23 Q1 | FY23 Q2 | FY23 Q3 | FY23 Q4 | 2024 Target | |
MMO Notices – Marine pollution events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Awaiting Score |
Awaiting Score |
0 |
Water usage m3
General (boilers, bathrooms, tank cleaning) Hydrotest (Seal Sands- only) |
64,000
60,511 3,489 |
62,028 | 56,249
54,788 1,461 |
65,825
63,154 2,671 |
14,433 est
Projected = 57,732 |
15,287 fytd | 31,518 fytd | Awaiting Score |
Awaiting Score |
50,000 |