Urban Waste Water Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Nordrhein-Westfalen Document type Regulation Date 1997 (2005) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance implementing Council directive 91/271 of 21 May 1991 on urban waste water treatment. Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Industrial water use Inspection Monitoring Offences/penalties Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance 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 implements the EU-directive 91/271/ of 21 May 1991 on urban waste water treatment. The text consists of 11 articles as follows: Purpose and sphere of application (1); Definition of terms (2); Catchment area (3); Canalisation (4); Discharge of municipal waste water (5); Discharge of waste water resulting from precipitations (6); Discharge of industrial waste water in public waters (7); Discharge of industrial waste water into canalisation (8); Monitoring and reports (9); Further requirements (10); Sludge (11). Full text German Website www.nrw.de References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment. Legislation | European Union | 1991 Keyword: Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX