A — Definitions Protocol betreffende verontreiniging afkomstig van bronnen en activiteiten op het land bij het Verdrag inzake de bescherming en ontwikkeling van het mariene milieu in het Caraïbisch gebied, met bijlagen
Definitions
For the purposes of this Annex:
1. “Domestic wastewater" means all discharges from households, commercial facilities, hotels, septage and any other entity whose discharge includes the following:
a) Toilet flushing (black water);
b) Discharges from showers, wash basins, kitchens and laundries (grey water); or
c) Discharges from small industries, provided their composition and quantity are compatible with treatment in a domestic wastewater system.
Small quantities of industrial waste or processed wastewater may also be found in domestic wastewater. (See Part D - Industrial Pretreatment.
2. “Class I waters" means waters in the Convention area that, due to inherent or unique environmental characteristics or fragile biological or ecological characteristics or human use, are particularly sensitive to the impacts of domestic wastewater. Class I waters include, but are not limited to:
a) waters containing coral reefs, seagrass beds, or mangroves;
b) critical breeding, nursery or forage areas for aquatic and terrestrial life;
c) areas that provide habitat for species protected under the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife to the Convention (the SPAW Protocol);
d) protected areas listed in the SPAW Protocol; and
e) waters used for recreation.
3. “Class II waters" means waters in the Convention area, other than Class I waters, that due to oceanographic, hydrologic, climatic or other factors are less sensitive to the impacts of domestic wastewater and where humans or living resources that are likely to be adversely affected by the discharges are not exposed to such discharges.
4. “Existing domestic wastewater systems" means, with respect to a particular Contracting Party, publicly or privately owned domestic wastewater collection systems, or collection and treatment systems, that were constructed prior to entry into force of this Annex for such Contracting Party.
5. “New domestic wastewater systems" means, with respect to a particular Contracting Party, publicly or privately owned domestic wastewater collection systems, or collection and treatment systems, that were constructed subsequent to entry into force of this Annex for such Contracting Party, and includes existing domestic wastewater systems which have been subject to substantial modifications after such entry into force.
6. “Household systems" means on-site domestic wastewater disposal systems for homes and small commercial businesses in areas of low population density, or where centralised collection and treatment systems of domestic wastewater are not economically or technologically feasible. Household systems include, but are not limited to, septic tanks and drain fields or mounds, holding tanks, latrines and bio-digesting toilets.
7. “Wastewater collection systems" means any collection or conveyance system designed to collect or channel domestic wastewater from multiple sources.
- Regeling
- Protocol betreffende verontreiniging afkomstig van bronnen en activiteiten op het land bij het Verdrag inzake de bescherming en ontwikkeling van het mariene milieu in het Caraïbisch gebied, met bijlagen
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 06-10-1999
- BWB-id
- BWBV0002980
- Versie
- 1999-10-06_0