S.L. 549.22 Art. 19Language of Annexes.

The Annexes to these regulations are being published in the English language with the English text of these regulations. ANNEX I

REQUIREMENTS FOR URBAN WASTE WATER * Collecting systems systems shall take into account waste water treatment requirements. construction and maintenance of collecting systems shall be accordance with the best technical knowledge not entailing excessive regarding: volume and characteristics of urban waste water, prevention of leaks, limitation of pollution of receiving waters due to storm water overflows. Discharge from urban waste water treatment plants to receiving waters†

water treatment plants shall be designed or modified so that samples of the incoming waste water and of treated effluent can be before discharge to receiving waters. Discharges from urban waste water treatment plants subject to treatment in with Articles 4 and 5 shall meet the requirements shown in Table l. Discharges from urban waste water treatment plants to those sensitive areas subject to eutrophication as identified in Annex II shall in addition meet requirements shown in Table 2 of this Annex. stringent requirements than those shown in Table 1 and,or Table 2 applied where required to ensure that the receiving waters satisfy any other Directives.

points of discharge of urban waste water shall be chosen, as far as to minimize the effects on receiving waters.

Industrial waste water waste water entering collecting systems and urban waste water plants shall be subject to such pre-treatment as is required in order to: protect the health of staff working in collecting systems and treatment plants, ensure that collecting systems, waste water treatment plants and associated equipment are not damaged, ensure that the operation of the waste water treatment plant and the treatment of sludge are not impeded, ensure that discharges from the treatment plants do not adversely affect the environment, or prevent receiving water from complying with other regulations, ensure that sludge can be disposed of safety in an environmentally acceptable manner. Reference methods for monitoring and evaluation of results not possible to construe collecting systems and treatment plants in a way such that all waste treated during situations such as unusually heavy rainfall. Member States shall decide on pollution from storm water overflows. Such measures could be based on dilution rates or to dry weather flow, or could specify a certain acceptable number of overflows per year.