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Resolution CONAMA No. 357 providing for the classification of water bodies as well as environmental directives for their framework, conditions and standards for effluent discharge.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea, Water
Keyword
Pollution control Classification/declassification Marine area Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment Freshwater pollution Inland waters Effluent waste water/discharge
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution, consisting of 50 articles divided into six Chapters, provides for the classification, environmental guidelines and surface water bodies, as well as establishes the conditions and standards for effluent discharge. The quality standards set by this Resolution establish individual limits for each substance within a given class. Possible interaction between substances, specified or not by this Resolution, cannot confer water characteristics that can lead to lethal effects, affect reproduction of life physiognomy, as well as restrict the foreseen preponderant uses. Water quality parameters aimed at the substantiation of the framework proposal must be regularly monitored by the Public Powers. The Resolution is divided as follows: Definitions (Chap. I); Classification of Water Bodies (Chap. II); Water Quality Condition and Standards (Chap. III); Conditions and Standards for Effluents Discharge (Chap. IV); Water Environment Framework Guidelines (Chap. V); Final and Transitional Provisions (Chap. VI).

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.mma.gov.br

References - Legislation

Repeals

Resolution Conama No. 20 establishing a classification of fresh, brackish and marine waters.

Legislation | Brazil | 1986

Keyword: Pollution control, Classification/declassification, Marine area, Freshwater pollution, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Resolution CONAMA No. 393 providing for the continuous disposal of process or production water on offshore oil and natural gas platforms.

Legislation | Brazil | 2007

Keyword: Marine pollution, Oil pollution, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment, Pollution control, Classification/declassification, Marine area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX