What is Industrial Wastewater?

According to Clause 2, Article 2 of Decree 53/2020/ND-CP (effective from July 1, 2020), the definition of industrial wastewater is stipulated as follows:

Industrial wastewater is wastewater from factories, locations, and production, processing establishments (hereinafter collectively referred to as establishments) of organizations, households, and individuals, including:

- Production and processing establishments: agricultural products, forestry products, aquatic products, food, alcohol, beer, beverages, tobacco.

- Livestock and poultry farming establishments on a farm scale according to the law on livestock; slaughterhouses for livestock and poultry.

- Aquaculture establishments required to prepare environmental impact assessment reports or environmental protection plans.

- Handicraft production establishments in craft villages.

- Establishments: tanning, leather recycling, textiles, dyeing, garment.

- Establishments: mining, mineral processing.

- Production establishments: paper, pulp, plastics, rubber; components, electrical and electronic equipment.

- Establishments: mechanical engineering, metallurgy, metal processing, machinery and spare parts manufacturing.

- Establishments: preliminary waste processing, ship dismantling, ship cleaning, waste treatment.

- Establishments: basic chemicals, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, plant protection drugs, building materials, office supplies, household goods.

- Clean water plants, power plants.

- Centralized wastewater treatment systems in urban areas.

- Centralized wastewater treatment systems in industrial zones, industrial clusters, export processing zones, economic zones, fishing ports, high-tech zones, and other zones.

- Other production and processing establishments that generate wastewater from production and processing activities.

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