On choosing the priority pollution indicators while designing treatment facilities for surface runoff discharged into public wastewater disposal systems of settlements or water bodies

Summary

An overview of the main federal laws and regulations of the Russian Federation governing discharges of wastewater, including surface runoff, into water bodies and public wastewater disposal systems (combined, storm, combination) is provided. A new (updated) list of pollutants of water bodies subject to state control measures, approved by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 20, 2023 No. 2909-r effective January 1, 2024 is discussed. Based on the specific origine of the qualitative composition of surface runoff, a priority list of pollution indicators that should be taken into account while designing, constructing and reconstructing (upgrading) engineering structures for surface runoff handling systems is substantiated with account of the transition of discharge regulations to the principles of the best available technologies. Noted are legislatively unsettled problems contained in the regulatory-technical and legal basis for engineering in terms of surface runoff discharge into water bodies and public wastewater disposal systems.

Key words

best available techniques , surface runoff , standards for permissible discharges , best available techniques (BAT) , public wastewater disposal systems , priority pollution indicators