Hi Janet,

 

The attached may be of use to you. I believe the cemetery would be classed as made ground and therefore require a risk assessment?

 

Kind Regards,

 

Christiaan

 

 

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Good afternoon,

Any advice on this would be very much appreciated: this authority has recently laid a water supply pipe through a cemetery, standard MDPE/HPPE construction as we have done at other sites. On this occasion, Anglian water have refused to accept the connection on the grounds that a cemetery is classed as a potentially contaminated site and so the pipe should be made a 'protectaline' barrier pipe.

Now my previous dealings with both issues can be summed up with: cemeteries=controlled water risks and hydrocarbons=protectaline required. The site is obviously on our historical database but I'm doubtful this is sufficient to justify the requirement. I've gone through the Environment Agency document on 'assessing groundwater pollution potential of cemetery developments', but there's not much to go on for this scenario. Can anyone point me in the direction of something on human health risks/pathways for cemeteries that might clarify the situation for everyone concerned?

Of course, if there is a viable risk to water supply pipes I may have to dig up some long dead pets…..

Thankyou!

Janet Robb
Principal Environmental Health Officer

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