b'The Environment Agencys pollution prevention guidance and manufacturing businessesAcross UK manufacturing businesses:60%40% 45%37%60% dont have a aJust 40% of businesses37% have a pollutionOnly 45% know where drainage plan/assetdrains comply withincident responsethe surface water map in place. current pollutionplan. and foul water drains prevention guidance. are located on their business premises.Correct Use of Drains is one of seven chapters in the Environment Agencys pollutionOnly 40% of prevention for business guidance. It containsmanufacturing40%instructions such as, the need to make a drainbusinesses have plan detailing where drains are, what typedrains which of drains they are, their direction of flow andcomply with current EA where they discharge into, as well as the needguidance.to mark manhole covers and install an oil separator.Furthermore, only 37% of business have a However, our research found that only two inpollution incident response plan, outlining the five manufacturing businesses (40%) have drainactions they should take to reduce the level plans which comply with the guidance. Justof pollution created by an accident on site, 45% of businesses know where the surfacemeaning that if an issue does arise, very few water and foul water drains are located, andbusinesses are fully prepared to prevent the only 39% know how to access them.environment from unnecessary harm.'