Sewage Disposal Regulations 1996

THE SE\VAGE DISPOSAL REGIJLATIONS 1996 In accordance with the powers vested in the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the mandate of the Maldives Water and Sanitation Authority, the Minister of Health and Welfare hereby makes the following regulations. l. Title and Commencement (I) The Regulations may be cited as the Sewage Disposal Regulations 1996. (2) The Regulations shall come into force on the first day of April, 1996. 2. Purpose (1) The purpose of these regulations is to require any sewage disposal undertakingto provide a service which has adequate capacity for all its customers, and to treat and dispose of sewage in a way which will protect public health and environmental quality 3. Licensing (1) No person, company or organisation shall undertake the disposal of sewage (or other waste water) except pursuant to a licence issued by the Maldives Water and Sanitation Authority on such terms and conditions as the Authority may specify. (2) Any licence issued by the Authority to a sewage disposal undertaking shall be for a term or 12 months and may be renewed, varied or declined as the Authority may decide, taking into account the performance of the undertaking in complying with these regulations (3) Any sewage disposal undertaking which is aggrieved by the terms or conditions of a licence issued. renewed. varied.ior declined by the Authority may appeal to the Minister of liealth and Welfare for a review of that decision. 4. SCOPf and Applications (I) The Regulations shall apply throughout the Republic ofMaldives, to <lily sewage disposal undertaking. whether private or public, which undertakes the disposal of sewage 5. Service Criteria (I) All sewage disposal undertakings shall comply with the service criteria prescribed in the hrst Schedule to these regulations. together with such other conditions as the ·\uthorjt~, mav specify 6. Quality Criteria (I) All sewage disposal undertakings shall comply with the quality criteria prescribed in the Second Schedule to these regulations. together with such other conditions as the ,\uthorit~ may specify 7. Monitoring (1) Every sewage disposal undertaking shall monitor the performance of the sewage disposal system under its control. (2) Such monitoring shall include information on the volume, rate of flow. number of people served, raw and treated effluent quality, overflows, disruptions, operating costs. complaints and any other information relevant to the performance of the sewage disposal system 8. Record Keeping ( 1) Every sewage disposal authority shall keep adequate records of the monitoring of its sewage disposal system as required by Regulation 7 of these regulations. (2) Every sewage disposal undertaking shall submit a monthly record of the monitoring of its sytsem no later than the twentieth day of the month following the month to which the record relates, to the Director of the Maldives Water and Sanitation Authority. 9. Tariffs and Charges ( I) The Authority shall, in consultation with the sewage disposal undertaking, and any other government agencies, determine the tariffs and charges to be paid for the disposal of sewage and for connection to the sewage disposal system. 10. OfTe-nces ( I) Every person commits an offence against these regulations who contravenes or fails to camp" with any provision of these regulations, or with any requirement. direction, notice. or approval made or givcn bv the Maldives Water Sanitation Authoritv under these rcuulations hen- . . - . such person is liable. upon conviction. to such penalty as the Maldivian Penal Code mav prescribe (2) For the purpose of this regulation, the continued existence of any work or thing in a state contrary to any of the provisions of these regulations shall he deemed to he a continuing offence. These regulations are administered in the Ministrv of Health and Welfare hv the Maldives Water Sanitation Authority First Schedule Service and design criteria for sewage disposal Systems serving more than 500 people The design and construction of sewerage systems for the collection and transmission of fouI sewage shall be in accordance with the document Construction Guide for Separate Foul Sewerage Systems (1996) issued by the Maldives Water Sanitation Authority, and with such other documents which the Authority may issue from time to time. Second Schedule Quality criteria for sewage treatment and disposal systems serving more than 500 people Population size Effluent Quality Requirements 0-1000 Substantial removal ofgrease, oil, fats. and suspended solids. 1000-2000 Removal of grease, oil, fats, and suspended solids. Maximum concentration of suspended solids not to exceed 100 rng/! 2000-5000 Maximum concentrations of BOD (5-day) and suspended solids not to exceed 50 mWI. Over 5000 BOD (5-day) concentration of not more than 20mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not more than 30mgil NOH'S: ( 1) The above effluent quality criteria are applicable to situations v.. here effluent is disposed PI' I" ground, or lagoons with an initial dilution ratio of less than 20 to J Where the initial dilution ratio at the point of discharge exceeds 2(} 10 1. the effluent qualitv requirement shall be as for populations in the range 2000-~()O() i e removal of grease oil. f<1IS and sedimentation. with a maximum concentration of suspended solids not 10 exceed c;O me I (2) The Authority may specify additional or alternative quality criteria as the case may require