Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, shared on his official social media account the "Regulation on Amending the Regulation on Water Pollution Control", which came into force after being published in the Official Gazette today. Emphasizing that water resources are rapidly decreasing, the Minister Kurum said, "If it continues like this, it is not too far away, there may be a global water scarcity within 10 years. We have to use our resources more efficiently. Within this framework, we have arranged our Water Pollution Control Regulation according to today's conditions. It was published in the Official Gazette.” made statements.
Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum, in his post on his official social media account, emphasized that water resources are rapidly decreasing.
Minister Murat Kurum, who shared about the "Regulation Amending the Regulation on Water Pollution Control", which was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force today, said, “Our water resources are rapidly decreasing. If it goes on like this, it's not too far away, there may be a global water shortage in 10 years. We have to use our resources more efficiently. Within this framework, we have arranged our Water Pollution Control Regulation according to today's conditions. It was published in the Official Gazette.” used his statements.
With the amendment in the Water Pollution Control Regulation, it is aimed to bring the treatment sludge into the economy.
With the aim of protecting water resources within the framework of the developing and changing conditions of the day, a regulation was made in the Water Pollution Control Regulation. With the new regulation, it is aimed to bring the treatment sludge into the economy. In this context, while the obligation to prepare a Sewage Sludge Management Plan will be made, unplanned management of sewage sludge will be prevented. With the regulation, the legal basis for its management as a resource providing added value has been strengthened.
With the change in the regulation, strict monitoring came to the municipalities
With the change in the Water Pollution Control Regulation, industrial wastewater pollution will now be detected in urban wastewater and measures will be taken to reduce pollution. In order to prevent industrial pollution, additional monitoring is required for municipal wastewater treatment plants. Industrial pollution parameters will also be monitored at the exit of urban wastewater treatment plants with an installed capacity of 5 thousand cubic meters/day and above. Parameter(s) exceeding the limit values will be added to the discharge standards table of the urban wastewater treatment plant.
Dredging in lakes
It is aimed to prevent sludge-induced pollution in lakes by bringing certain standards to the dredging works to be carried out in the lakes.
Restriction in industrial wastewater discharge standards
In the current industry-based wastewater discharge standards, restrictions of up to 50 percent have been made for the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) parameter. Thus, water pollution caused by industrial wastewater will be reduced and the quality of water resources will be increased. In addition, with the arrangements made; Technical details regarding the discharge of naturally occurring waters in mining areas to the receiving environment were determined. It was possible to produce more sustainable alternatives for the disposal of domestic wastewater originating from small settlements with a population of less than 2, taking into account local conditions.
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