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Wastewater

Description of the concept that applied to: 23.08.2017


Definition:

Discharged into water or into the ground:

a) water used for household or utility purposes,

b) liquid animal faeces, excluding unfermental or fermental liquid manure for agricultural use in the manner and according to the rules specified by law on fertilizers and manuring,

c) rainwater or snowmelt, contained in open or closed sewage systems, originating from contaminated surfaces with a permanent surface, in particular from cities, ports, aiports, industrial, commercial and service areas, transport bases as well as roads and parking lots,

d) leachte water from dumps, used brines, health and thermal waters,

e) water from drainage of mines, excluding water entered to formation, if the types and quantities of substances contained in the water entered to formation are equivalent to types and quantities of substances contained in collected water,

f) waters used, discharged from fishing industry structures, if they contain new substances or quantities of substance in relation to the one contained in the collected water are increased.


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