Self-Monitoring Waste Water Facilities Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Sachsen Document type Regulation Date 1994 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance by Ordinance by the Ministry for Environment and Development of Saxony on the kind and frequency of self-monitoring of waste water plants and direct discharge of waste water. Subject Water, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Monitoring Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to self-monitoring of waste water facilities and waste water discharge. Article 2 establishes that anyone running a waste water discharge facility shall, adopt at his own expenses, all necessary operations as well as tests according to the general recognized rules of the latest technique to ensure the orderly functioning of his plant. Moreover, he shall employ qualified personnel to carry out the self-monitory system provided that those functions have not been devolved to a third party. The text consists of 10 articles and 3 Annexes. Full text German Website www.sachsen.de