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Environment Protection (Standards for effluent discharge) Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. 44 of 2003).

Country/Territory
Mauritius
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Regulation provides that no person shall discharge effluent onto land, into a watercourse or into a waterbody unless he ensures that the parameters of the effluent do not exceed the permissible limits set out in the Second Schedule to this Regulation. “Waterbody” includes a stream, a river, a canal, a lake, a pond, a reservoir, an estuary, a wetland and underground water and “watercourse” means any natural or artificial channel, pipe or conduit, excluding the sewerage system, carrying, or that may carry, and discharging water directly or indirectly into a water body. Under no circumstance a person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any effluent into a waterbody or watercourse used or earmarked to be used for potable water supply and at any rate, any person using an influent, the limits concentration or value of the any parameters of which exceeds the permissible limit for that parameter set out in the Second Schedule, shall ensure that the concentration or value of the parameters of in the effluent does not exceed those that of the influent.

Full text
English
Website
environment.gov.mu

References - Legislation

Implements

Environment Protection Act 2002 (No. 19 of 2002).

Legislation | Mauritius | 2002 (2022)

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment, Framework law, Basic legislation, Institution, EIA, Enforcement/compliance, Environmental audit, Court/tribunal, Access-to-information, Authorization/permit, Environmental fees/charges, Environmental planning, Early warning system, Hazards, Special fund, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning, Land-use planning, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Coastal zone management, Waste management, Waste prevention, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Pesticides, Freshwater pollution, Water quality standards, Sustainable development

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Environment Protection (Standards for Effluent Discharge) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (G.N. No. 44 of 2004).

Legislation | Mauritius | 2004

Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX