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

of 24 January 1991 (Status as of 1 February 2023)

Art. 11 Duty to connect to sewers and to accept polluted waste water

1Pol­luted waste wa­ter which ori­gin­ates in an area served by pub­lic sew­ers shall be dis­charged in­to such sew­ers.

2The areas served by pub­lic sew­ers shall in­clude:

a.
build­ing zones;
b.
oth­er zones as soon as they are con­nec­ted to the pub­lic sew­ers (Art. 10 para. 1, let. b);
c.
oth­er zones where con­nec­tion to the pub­lic sew­ers is ex­pedi­ent and reas­on­able.

3The per­son re­spons­ible for the sew­ers is ob­liged to ac­cept waste wa­ter and con­vey it to the ap­pro­pri­ate cent­ral waste wa­ter treat­ment plant.