Government Decree No. HG890/2013 validating the Regulation on requirements for environmental quality for surface water.

Subject

Water

Keyword

Freshwater resources management Surface water Water quality standards Pollution control Classification/declassification Monitoring Freshwater pollution

Geographical area

CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations

Abstract

This Regulation is a working tool for authorities responsible for water resources management and environmental protection in assessing the quality of water resources, which involves determining the values of temperature, acidity/alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, chemical and microbiological indicators. It establishes environmental quality requirements for surface water and the procedure for their classification into quality classes. Quality requirements are a set of physicochemical, biological and bacteriological characteristics, expressed in quantitative form, that allow a sample to be included in any category to serve a specific purpose. Environmental quality requirements for surface water with reference to physicochemical, hydrobiological, microbiological, virological and helminthological parameters are established in Appendix No. 1. Classification of surface water with reference to water quality requirements is carried out for the purposes of: (a) supervision of the quality of surface waters to prevent pollution by certain substances considered hazardous to humans and the environment; (b) determining the quality of water in order to establish its quality class and type of use based on monitoring results; (c) development and implementation of hydrographic basin management plans; and (d) identifying waterbodies that do not meet the quality requirements for the assigned type of use.

Full text

Russian/Romanian

Website

www.legis.md

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No. 272 “On water”.

Legislation | Moldova, Republic of | 2011 (2018)

Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Policy/planning, Surface water, Groundwater, Water abstraction, Potable water, Water supply, Water rights, Water shortage/drought, Effluent waste water/discharge, Waterworks, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Public participation, EIA, Authorization/permit, Freshwater resources management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX