Hazardous Installations Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Document type Regulation Date 1993 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on installations handling substances being hazardous to water and on specialized enterprises. Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater pollution Hazardous substances Water conservation zone Freshwater resources management Groundwater Surface water Effluent waste water/discharge Inspection Offences/penalties Monitoring Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to installations handling substances being a hazard to water. Article 3 establishes that installations for the loading and unloading of substances constituting a hazard to water and installations for the storage and filling of liquid manure, slurry and silage seepage must be designed, installed, erected, maintained and operated in such a way that the best possible level of protection of waters from pollution or other detrimental changes to their properties is achieved. The text consists of 29 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Installation for the storage, filling and transshipment of substances being a hazard to water (II); Plants operation (III); Monitoring (IV); Specialized industries (V); Penalties (VI); Transitional and final provisions (VII). Two Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.mecklenburg-vorpommern.de