Circular 35: 03 cases exempted from connection in management of industrial park wastewater in Vietnam

According to current regulations, wastewater of production, business and service establishments operating in an industrial park shall be treated to meet the conditions specified in written agreements signed with the owner of the industrial park infrastructure construction and commercial operation project before being connected to the collection system of the industrial park for further treatment at the centralized wastewater treatment plant up to environmental technical regulations before being discharged into receiving waters.

However, Circular No. 35/2015/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam stipulates 03 cases exempted from connection, specifically including:

- Production, business and service establishments apply wastewater treatment measures complying with environmental technical regulations and the connection to the centralized wastewater collection and treatment system of the industrial park causes unreasonable costs to such establishments;

- Production, business and service establishments generate an wastewater volume beyond the receiving and treatment capacity of the centralized wastewater treatment system of the industrial park and concurrently apply wastewater treatment measures up to environmental technical regulations;

- Production, business and service establishments apply wastewater treatment measures up to environmental technical regulations and operate in an industrial park that has no centralized wastewater treatment system.

View more details at Circular No. 35/2015/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, effective from August 17, 2015.

Thu Ba

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