Singapore legislation
Regulation 9A
Regulation 9A
Order to stop discharge of trade effluent containing specified substances
Subregulation 1
Where a person discharges or causes to be discharged any trade effluent containing a specified substance into a public sewerage system, or a drain-line or sewer connected to the public sewerage system, the Board may order the person to do any one or more of the following:
immediately stop the discharge of the trade effluent;
take any steps that are specified in the order to treat the trade effluent;
immediately stop the carrying on of any process or work that produces the trade effluent,and the person must comply with the order.
Subregulation 2
For an order under paragraph (1)(a) or (c), the Board may specify that the order has effect indefinitely or until any steps that are specified in the order have been taken to treat the trade effluent before it is discharged into a public sewerage system or the drain-line or sewer connected to the public sewerage system.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation, “specified substance” means a substance that is of a nature that is likely, either alone or in combination with or by interaction with another substance, to severely disrupt —
any process of treating trade effluent, sewage or other waste for reuse; or
any process of water reclamation.