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Federal Act
on the Protection of Waters
(Waters Protection Act, WPA)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 24 January 1991 (Status as of 1 January 2021)

Art. 9 Federal Council regulations on the discharge and infiltration of substances

1The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify the wa­ter qual­ity re­quire­ments for sur­face and un­der­ground wa­ters.

2It shall en­act reg­u­la­tions on:

a.
the dis­charge of waste wa­ter in­to bod­ies of wa­ter;
b.
the in­filt­ra­tion of waste wa­ter;
c.
sub­stances which may ac­cord­ing to the meth­od of their use enter in­to wa­ter and which, by reas­on of their prop­er­ties or the quant­it­ies used, risk pol­lut­ing wa­ters or im­pair­ing the op­er­a­tion of waste wa­ter treat­ment plants.