Vietnam: Establishments receiving wastewater must have a detailed plan to receive and treat wastewater

According to Circular No. 31/2016/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, establishments receiving, handling and treating wastewater shall assume the following obligations:

- Draw up the plan to receive and treat wastewater which is specified in the following submissions: the approved environmental impact statement, certified environmental protection proposal, approved environmental protection scheme, certified simplified environmental protection scheme or other equivalents;

- Operate the wastewater treatment system built on the suitable technology and having sufficient capacity to treat influent wastewater; 

- Have the meter to measure the flow volume of wastewater after treatment;

- Apply the same national technical regulations on wastewater as those applied to wastewater transferring establishments;

- Permissibly receive wastewater from wastewater transferring establishments which have signed wastewater treatment contracts agreeing to wastewater treatment method and volume of wastewater which is not in excess of the volume specified in the plan as prescribed; 

- Do not transfer received wastewater to another third party for treatment purposes;

- Keep a logbook written in the Vietnamese language and retained for a minimum period of 02 years which records details about time, method and volume of received wastewater. Receiving wastewater for treatment purposes must be fully recorded in the environmental compliance management report prepared on a periodic basis as prescribed by laws and regulations.

View details at Circular No. 31/2016/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, effective from December 01, 2016.

-Thao Uyen-

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