Ordinance on the implementation of the Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Berlin Document type Regulation Date 1997 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Sewerage Surface water Industrial water use Waste non-domestic sources Monitoring Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance 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 10 articles as follows: Purpose of the Ordinance, sphere of application (1); Definition of terms (2); Canalisation (3); Discharge by local authorities (4); Discharge of industrial waste water in public waters (5); Monitoring (6); Exceptions (7); Other provisions (8); Sludge (9); Reports (10). One Annex is enclosed. Full text German Website www.hamburg.de References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment. Legislation | European Union | 1991 Keyword: Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX