Third Waste Water Emission Ordinance. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Resources on limitation of waste water emission from sources existing in places difficult to reach. Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Monitoring Waste non-domestic sources Environmental standards Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract An Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Resources to limit the amount of contaminated water emission from sources existing in places difficult to reach. At the outset the Ordinance contains a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed, such as “waste”, “domestic waste”, “disposal”, ”contaminated water”, etc. The maximum residue amounts are laid down in Annex A. In particular, article 4 deals with self-monitoring of sampling and a Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at