A brief description of the “Municipal Wastewater Treatment” main committee

In the different sub-committees within the "Municipal Wastewater Treatment" main committee, the subjects dealt with include:
  • Requirements of indirect dischargers,
  • Procedures for treating wastewater,
  • Construction and size of wastewater treatment plants,
  • Technical equipment in wastewater treatment plants,
  • Automation,

Staffing requirements at wastewater treatment plants.

In addition, special issues are dealt with such as the specific aspects of rural areas as well as new sanitation systems. A further subject dealt with in the main committee is procedures for further treatment of wastewater. These procedures are applied when there is a need to protect surface water above the normal requirement level and there are special requirements on the processes within the wastewater treatment plants.
These can relate both to the degree of purification as well as to questions of hygiene.
Yet another aspect of the work of the "Municipal Wastewater Treatment" main committee is that of "odours".
The findings and the experience gathered in each of the areas of concern have been brought together in the form of standards and advisory leaflets in the DWA rules and standards.