What is MCERTS?
The MCERTS scheme was launched in April 2003 to fulfil the Environment Agency’s obligation under the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. This allows environmental measurements to be made in accordance with the Environment Agency’s quality requirements under the MCERTS framework.
Do I need MCERTS?
You will need MCERTS certification if your business discharges to water at a rate of above 50m3/day or if your consent to discharge has MCERTS compliance stated within the consent.
What do we offer?
We offer MCERTS Site Inspections for the self monitoring of flow.
Our experienced MCERTS Inspector, Jim Corris will organise the visit, carry out your MCERTS inspection and write the inspection report. Your MCERTS certificate will be issued through the CSA group. Environmental Flow Ltd are accredited by the Environment Agency (CSA Group) to assess consent holders environmental measurement arrangements under the Monitoring CERTification Scheme (MCERTS).
Our MCERT Inspector
Our MCerts Inspector, Jim Corris, is one of the most experienced in the Industry. He has been an MCERTS Inspector since 2003 and has carried out approximately 4000 site audits including MCERTS.
Jim has carried out MCERTS Inspections on the following flow structures: weirs, flumes and velocity area open channel systems and electromagnetic and ultrasonic pipe flow meters; within the following industries:
- Water Companies – Severn Trent Water, Southern Water, Affinity Water, South Staffs Water, Thames Water, Wessex Water, United Utilities, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Anglian Water, Albion Water, Portsmouth Water, (1996 ~)
- Power Companies – Eon, EDF Energy, Magnox. (2005 ~)
- Food Industry – Muller, Gingsters, Rowntrees, Dairy Crest, St Merryn Meats (Kepac). (1996 ~)
- Waste Management Companies- Viridor, Veolio Water, FCC Environmental, CMS Enviro, Alder and Allan, Tradebe. (1996 ~)
- Steel Industry – British Steel (2005 ~)
- Car Industry- Peugeot (1998- 2002)
- Paper Mills - Kemsley, Hollingsworth and Vose (2000~)
- Various Private Industrial Companies – Over 70 (1996 ~)
MCERTS is the Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme for equipment, personnel and organisations. It provides a delivery vehicle for compliance with European Directives which regulate industrial emissions, monitoring data, equipment and personnel. The scheme is built around proven International and European standards to ensure monitoring data is of a high standard.
CSA Group (under Sira Certification Service) is the MCERTS certification body and provides certification of equipment, personnel and inspection services. Sira is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) according to the ISO/IEC 17000 series of conformity assessment standards. UKAS accreditation provides confidence in the impartiality, competence and consistency of the certifications provided by Sira.
MCERTS promotes public confidence in monitoring data, equipment and personnel and provides a framework for choosing monitoring equipment and services that meet the Environment Agency’s specifications.
The MCERTS scheme covers a range of monitoring, sampling and inspection activities including:
- MCERTS product certification
- MCERTS personnel certification for manual stack emission monitoring
- MCERTS for the self monitoring of flow"
- www.csagroupuk.org/services/mcerts/
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Download this publication, written by our MCERTS Inspector, to learn more about the MCERTS Scheme. Included are some useful facts detailing why some sites still fail their MCERTS Site Inspections.
