Sewerage Act (Act No. 79 of 1958). Country/Territory Japan Document type Legislation Date 1958 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Sewerage Local government Freshwater pollution Public health Surface water Groundwater Standards Offences/penalties Pollution control Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of the present Act is to contribute to the sound development of cities and improvement of public health and to preservation of water quality in public water areas, by prescribing matters relating to comprehensive basin-wide planning of sewerage systems and standards, on installation and other administrative operations of public sewerage systems, regional sewerage systems, and urban storm drainage systems to develop sewerage systems. Chapter II - consisting of 2 sections - deals with public sewerage systems considering management of public sewerage systems and special measures in flood damage control areas. The text consists of 51 articles divided into 5 chapters as follows: General provisions (I-1); Comprehensive basin-wide plans of sewerage systems (I-2); Public sewerage systems (II-1); Regional sewerage systems (II-2); Urban storm drainage systems (III); Miscellaneous provisions (IV); Penal provisions (V). Full text English Website www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp