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Regional Act No. 61 laying down provisions to implement Legislative Decree No. 152 of 11 may 1999 in matter of protection of waters.

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Piemonte
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Piemonte No. 1, 3 January 2001.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Pollution control Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Effluent waste water/discharge Waste domestic sources
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Regional Act entered into force on 4 January 2001.
Abstract

These provisions implement Legislative Decree No. 152 of 1999, which sets forth at national level measures intended to protect waters against pollution. Article 1 concerns the exercise of relevant administrative functions, whereas article 2 provides for the simplification of the administrative proceedings mentioned in Annex A and regarding surface and underground waters. With a view to fully implementing Legislative Decree No. 152, the Region shall adopt regulations concerning the issues referred to in Annex B (such as safeguarding areas for surface and underground waters for human consumption, supplement to the code of good agricultural practice, sewerage). The discharges specified in article 4 are regarded as domestic waste water discharges. As a consequence, such discharges shall be permitted into surface waters or soil.

Full text
Italian
Website
www.regione.piemonte.it

References - Legislation

Implements

Legislative Decree No. 152 concerning the protection of waters against pollution and implementing Directive 91/271 concerning urban wastewater treatment and Directive 91/676 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources, integrated and amended by Legislative Decree No. 258 on the protection of waters against pollution.

Legislation | Italy | 1999 (2000)

Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Decree of the President of the Regional Executive No. 7 on duties related to the measurement of intake and returns of public waters.

Legislation | Italy | 2007

Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Data collection/reporting, Water abstraction

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree of the President of the Regional Executive No. 8 on minimum water flow.

Legislation | Italy | 2007

Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Sustainable development, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree of the President of the Regional Executive No. 17 on projects and authorizations concerning urban waste water treatment plants.

Legislation | Italy | 2008

Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater resources management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Authorization/permit, Waste domestic sources, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree of the President of the Regional Executive No. 15 on protection of waters for human consumption.

Legislation | Italy | 2006

Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Water conservation zone, Water supply, Zoning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree of the President of the Regional Executive No. 10 concerning the procedure for the issue of concessions for diversion of public waters.

Legislation | Italy | 2003

Keyword: Concession, Water abstraction, Water rights, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Surface water, Groundwater

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree of the President of the Regional Council No. 9/R defining the zones vulnerable to nitrates of agricultural origin and laying down the related action programme.

Legislation | Italy | 2002

Keyword: Zoning, Fertilizers/nutrients, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regional Regulation No. 7 on the agricultural use of weedy waters and olive residue oils.

Legislation | Italy | 2010

Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Waste non-domestic sources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX