No argument about the particulate, etc, pollution aspects of burning wood. Personally, I think all wood burning (and most other burning) should be considered off-topic for a green forum. I usually skip threads on the subject here. Also, the embodied carbon of wood chips shipped from America or wherever really has to be considered - I haven't checked it out so don't know off hand how significant it is.

There's also the concern that removing wood from a forest area takes away not only the carbon and oxygen extracted from the air by photosynthesis but also trace chemicals from the soil which should be recycled as the wood rots.

(Perhaps the ashes should be collected and recycled properly. Does that ever happen?)

However, burning wood which would have fallen down and rotted in the next decade or six is not even close to being as much of a net release of COâ‚‚ into the ecosystem as burning the same quantity of carbon as coal, oil or natural gas as it's already in the system of stores which are closely coupled with the atmosphere. At most setting up to do this makes a one-off reduction to one of the stores (by thinning out the forest).

Here's an example of burning wood which I think is only a small producer of net COâ‚‚, much less than the amount burned or that which would be released by burning, say, natural gas or propane: http://mistersustainable.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/firewood-it-warms-you-twice.html

I am not involved but know all about is a someone I know is trying to sort out the controls there, they also loose lots of energy

I can try asking for release of details but I am more interested to know how widespread dumping hot water is than blowing the whistle on this particular case.

Presumably someone, a commercial heating and plumbing company must have advised the set up.

Posted By: bxmanIs there any way to establish the weekly/monthly fuel burn or RHI payment

As it's a local authority then freedom of information should apply?

Posted By: tonyI am more interested to know how widespread dumping hot water is than blowing the whistle on this particular case.

It may be that publicising one case will cause many more to appear from the woodwork.

It hasn't been publicised yet.

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On a completely seperate angle - Pharmacuetical companies operate what's called WFI (Water for Injection) systtems. Under the rules, the water (and we are talking tons of water) in the system must be heated up to >80C every 24 hours