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Decree-Law No. 194/2009 establishing the legal regime of municipal services for the public water supply, wastewater sanitation and urban waste management.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Series, No. 161, 20 August 2009.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Effluent waste water/discharge Waste disposal Water quality standards Water supply Pollution control Potable water Waste domestic sources Water abstraction Basic legislation Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Decree-Law enters info force on 1 January 2010.
Abstract

This Decree-Law, consisting of 9 Chapters, establishes the legal regime of municipal services for public water supply, wastewater sanitation and urban waste management. It establishes that Municipal services are responsible for: management of municipal collection systems for handling, storage and distribution of water for public consumption, as well as management of pipes not connected to the public water distribution, which are source of water for human consumption; management of municipal collection systems for treatment and disposal of urban waste water and collection, transportation and final disposal of sludge from individual septic tanks; management of municipal collection systems for transportation, storage, sorting, treatment and disposal of urban waste, decontamination of soils and monitoring of waste disposal locals after the closure of facilities.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.dre.pt

References - Legislation

Implements

Regulation No. 23/95 on the Public System for water supply and drainage of residual water.

Legislation | Portugal | 1995

Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Waste disposal, Water quality standards, Water supply, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Law No. 12/2014 amending the legal regime of municipal services for the public water supply, wastewater sanitation and urban waste management.

Legislation | Portugal | 2014

Keyword: Waste disposal, Water supply, Pollution control, Potable water, Waste domestic sources, Offences/penalties, Inspection, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX