Waste Water Emission Ordinance - Textile, Leather and Paper. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Resources on limitation of waste water emission from the textile, leather and paper industry. Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Waste non-domestic sources Monitoring Environmental standards Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract An Ordinance limit the discharge of waste water from the Austrian textile, leather and paper industry into public waters; in particular, waste water containing polluting substances must be monitored and amounts curtailed. The maximum residue amounts are laid down in Annex A. The Ordinance consists of 5 articles and 2 Annexes. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at