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Precipitation Water Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Territorial subdivision
Berlin
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
Ordinance on permission free percolating of precipitation water.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Rainwater Groundwater Effluent waste water/discharge Authorization/permit Pollution control Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

Article 1 of the present Ordinance establishes that it is not necessary to apply for a permission for the harmless percolating of collected precipitation water outside water protection areas, if the water is not altered in its quality by domestic, commercial, industrial. agricultural or other sources, or mixed with other effluent waste water discharges. The competent authority may in individual cases authorize an exception to this rule, if by doing so the groundwater shall not be polluted. The text consists of 5 articles.

Full text
German
Website
www.berlin.de