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Order No. 50/2005 instituting several programmes for improving water quality standards.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário Da República, I Série-B No. 14, 20 January 2005, pp. 462-486.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Water abstraction Standards Potable water Irrigation Water quality standards Classification/declassification Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Groundwater Hazardous substances Inland waters Inspection Policy/planning Pollution control Surface water
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force the day after its publication in the O.J.
Abstract

This Order, composed of 4 articles and 17 Annexes, approves 15 programmes aimed at reducing and controlling some dangerous substances present in water resources listed in the Annexes. For the substances not listed in the afore said Annexes, the Order recalls to the provisions set under Decree-Law No. 236/98 establishing water quality standards.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Decree-Law No. 236/98 establishing quality standards, criteria and objectives in order to protect the aquatic environment and improve the quality of water according to its main uses.

Legislation | Portugal | 1998

Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Institution, Water abstraction, Standards, Potable water, Irrigation, Water quality standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX