Regulation on the methodology, reference measurement methods, manner and parameters of wastewater monitoring, including sludge from urban wastewater treatment.

This Regulation, based on the provisions of the Law on waters, prescribes the methodology, reference measurement methods, method and parameters of wastewater monitoring, including sludge from urban wastewater treatment (see annex of this publication which contains related parameter lists). The purpose of this text is to control emissions and to protect the environment from harmful effects of discharged wastewater. The minimum number of samples per year shall be taken to examine specific parameters as determined in the Regulation on detailed conditions for collection, drainage and treatment, manner and conditions for design, construction and operation of systems and stations for urban wastewater treatment, as well as technical standards, parameters, emission standards and norms for quality of pretreatment, disposal and wastewater treatment, taking into account the load and the method of treatment of urban wastewater discharged in areas sensitive to urban wastewater discharge (Official Gazette 73/2011). This text is harmonized with the provisions of the Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment.