C — Effluent Limitations 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
Effluent Limitations
Each Contracting Party shall ensure that domestic wastewater that discharges into, or adversely affects, the Convention area, is treated by a new or existing domestic wastewater system whose effluent achieves the effluent limitations specified below in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Part, in accordance with the following timetable:
Category | Effective Date of Obligation (in years after entry into force for the Contracting Party | Effluent Sources
1 | 0 | All new domestic wastewatersystems
2 | 10 | Existing domestic wastewater systems other than community wastewater systems
3 | 10* | Communities with 10,000 - 50,000 inhabitants
4 | 15 | Communities with more than 50,000 inhabitants already possessing wastewater collection systems
5 | 20 | Communities with more than 50,000 inhabitants not possessing wastewater collection systems
6 | 20 | All other communities except those relying exclusively on household systems
* Contracting Parties which decide to give higher priority to categories 4 and 5 may extend their obligations pursuant to category 3 to twenty (20) years (time frame established in category 6).
1. Discharges into Class II Waters
Each Contracting Party shall ensure that domestic wastewater that discharges into, or adversely affects, Class II waters is treated by a new or existing domestic wastewater system whose effluent achieves the following effluent limitations based on a monthly average:
Parameter | Effluent Limit
Total Suspended Solids | 150 mg/l*
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) | 150 mg/l
pH | 5-10 pH units
Fats, Oil and Grease | 50 mg/l
Floatables | not visible
* Does not include algae from treatment ponds
2. Discharges into Class I Waters
Each Contracting Party shall ensure that domestic wastewater that discharges into, or adversely affects, Class I waters is treated by a new or existing domestic wastewater system whose effluent achieves the following effluent limitations based on a monthly average:
Parameter | Effluent Limit
Total Suspended Solids | 30 mg/l*
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) | 30 mg/l
pH | 5-10 pH units
Fats, Oil and Grease | 15 mg/l
Faecal Coliform (Parties may meet effluent limitations either for faecal coliform or for E. coli (freshwater) and enterococci (saline water).) | Faecal Coliform: 200 mpn/100 ml; or a. E. coli: 126 organisms/100ml; b. enterococci: 35 organisms/100 ml
Floatables | not visible
* Does not include algae from treatment ponds
3. All Discharges
a) Each Contracting Party shall take into account the impact that total nitrogen and phosphorus and their compounds may have on the degradation of the Convention area and, to the extent practicable, take appropriate measures to control or reduce the amount of total nitrogen and phosphorus that is discharged into, or may adversely affect, the Convention area.
b) Each Party shall ensure that residual chlorine from domestic wastewater treatment systems is not discharged in concentrations or amounts that would be toxic to marine organisms that reside in or migrate to the Convention area.
- 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