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Wastewater

The Wastewater Sector is governed by Law No (17) of 2005, as amended.

In addition, Law No (19) of 2007 identifies the regulated activities that are the responsibility of the Bureau. With regard to the Wastewater Sector, the following activities are defined:

Collection of sewerage from premises;
Treatment and process of sewerage and wastewater; and
Disposal of wastewater and sewerage.

These three regulated activities are illustrated below:

Collection		Treatment		Disposal
Sewerage network or tankered collection of wastewater or grey water from domestic, commercial or industrial customers. Industrial discharges will be subject to the Trade Effluent Control Regulations.		Wastewater Treatment Appropriate treatment of collected wastewater or grey water to relevant quality standard as defined in the Recycled Water and Biosolids Regulations.		Safe and sustainable reuse, transfer or disposal of wastewater residuals, including recycled water, treated grey water and biosolids. Disposal must be in accordance with the Recycled Water and Biosolids Regulations.

There are a number of current licence holders within the wastewater sector.
They are listed on our website and their licences can be viewed by clicking here.

A prospective Licensee can apply to the Bureau to carry out some or all of the regulated activities in the wastewater sector. If the prospective Licensee does not intend to carry out the three activities then it must ensure that robust commercial and technical arrangements are in place with the relevant existing wastewater licensee.