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Reservoirs: forms and guidance

Our reservoir forms and guidance are published in MS Word format.

To submit a form to us:  

1. please download and complete the form

2. send the completed form to the email or postal address featured on the document

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Forms

• Report a reservoir incident

• Registering a controlled reservoir

• Ceasing to be a reservoir manager

• Notification of a new reservoir manager

• Appointment Of Construction Engineer and notification of relevant works (new reservoir)

• Appointment Of Construction Engineer and notification of relevant works (existing reservoir)

• Notification of change of controlled reservoir information

• Risk designation representation

• Risk designation review application

• Notice of appointment of qualified engineer

Forms available on the Scottish Government's website

Visit the Scottish Government's reservoirs legislation page. 

The notice of appointment of supervising engineer and notice of appointment of inspecting engineer forms can be found in the reports, statements and forms set out in schedules 6 to 15 of the Reservoirs (Scotland) regulations 2016 document.

Guidance and position statements

• Reservoir registration process overview

• Guidance for reservoir managers on the management of controlled reservoirs

• Assessment of potential application of the reservoir inundation maps for land use planning purposes

• Guidance on abandonment and discontinuance

• Guidance for engineers on the completion of Schedule 12

• Guidance for engineers on the completion of Schedule 15

• Information for panel engineers who operate in Scotland

• Reservoir risk designations: guidance on representations and reviews

• Reservoir risk designation process guidance

• Position statement: consideration of new downstream development in SEPA’s reservoir risk designation process

• Position statement: assessment of potential application of the reservoir inundation maps for land use planning purposes

Reservoirs Act 2011 briefing notes

• Overview briefing note

• Frequently asked questions briefing note

• Glossary briefing note

• Registration process briefing note

• Reservoirs guidance for managers briefing note

• Risk designation briefing note

• Inundation mapping briefing note

• Inundation mapping emergency response briefing note

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