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Water Services Industry (Prohibited Effluent) Regulations 2021 (P.U. (A) 426).

Country/Territory
Malaysia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Sewerage Authorization/permit Pollution control Offences/penalties Recycling/reuse Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

These Regulations stipulate that no person shall discharge or permit discharging any prohibited effluent as specified in the Schedule of the Regulations to a public sewage system or public sewage treatment plant without the approval of the National Water Services Commission (SPAN). Applications for approval on discharge of wastewater must be made in a manner to be determined by SPAN. Prohibited effluent includes, amongst other things, any discharge and substance that affects the disposal of sewage sludge as organic compound and discharges having a toxic effect in the watercourse that constitute a hazard to humans or animals.

Full text
English/Malay
Website
lom.agc.gov.my

References - Legislation

Implements

Water Services Industry Act, 2006.

Legislation | Malaysia | 2006 (2009)

Keyword: Water supply, Authorization/permit, Sewerage, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement, Offences/penalties, Special fund

Source: FAO, FAOLEX