Water Quality Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Nordrhein-Westfalen Document type Regulation Date 2001 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on quality requirements for certain hazardous substances and on reduction of water pollution through special programmes. Subject Water Keyword Surface water Freshwater pollution Hazardous substances Policy/planning Enforcement/compliance Pollution control Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements the Council Directive 76/464/EEC on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community. The Ordinance sets out quality requirements for certain substances and lists programmes for the reduction of pollution through these substances within the water resources management. Article 3 establishes that the Water Resources Office adopts programmes to reduce the pollution of surface water as listed in the Annex. The text consists of 5 articles and 1 Annex. Full text German Website www.nrw.de