Report an environmental event

We often receive reports that should be directed to local authorities or other agencies. You can check our who to contact page to help ensure your report reaches the correct organisation.

If you are reporting to us, there are different options depending on the time and nature of the environmental event:

8am to 6pm: please get in touch via our online report form. If you are unable to access this, or would like to report anonymously, call our pollution hotline on 0800 80 70 60.
6pm to 8am: For ongoing significant pollution: call our hotline on 0800 80 70 60. The automated system will triage your report and escalate urgent issues.
Other pollution: submit your report via our online form. Our team will review these reports from 8am on the next working day.

If there is an immediate threat to life, health or property, please contact the emergency services on 999.

Once a report is submitted, it will be prioritised based on environmental significance.

You can read more about how we prioritise.

Anonymous complaints

If you wish to complain anonymously, contact the pollution hotline on 0800 80 70 60 to ensure we have the required information to take action. Anonymous notifications submitted via the webform are not included in SEPA's overall events notification numbers.

Contacting you

We will only make further contact where necessary. In most cases you will not receive any further update from us with respect to this event. SEPA complies with the Data Protection Act 2018 and our Privacy notice outlines the way in which we use this information.