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