Municipal Waste Water Treatment Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Thüringen Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleThuringia Ordinance implementing the Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment. Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Industrial water use Inspection Monitoring Offences/penalties Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance 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 implements the Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment. The text consists of 11 articles as follows: Purpose and sphere of application (1); Definition of terms (2); Canalisation (3); Discharge of municipal waste water (4); Discharge of industrial waste water into public waters (5); Discharge of industrial waste water into canalisation (6); Exceptions (7); Reports and programmes (8); Public requirements (9); Sludge (10); Entry into force (11). Six Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.thueringen.de