Waters Protection Ordinance
(WPO)

¹ This Or­din­ance reg­u­lates:

a.

eco­lo­gic­al goals for wa­ters;

b.

re­quire­ments on wa­ter qual­ity;

c.

dis­pos­al of waste wa­ter;

d.

dis­pos­al of sewage sludge;

e.

re­quire­ments for an­im­al hus­bandry farms;

f.

pro­tec­tion of wa­ters in terms of area plan­ning;

g.

main­ten­ance of ap­pro­pri­ate re­sid­ual flow;

h.³

pre­ven­tion and re­medi­ation of oth­er harm­ful ef­fects on wa­ters;

i.

grant­ing of fed­er­al con­tri­bu­tions.

² The Or­din­ance ap­plies to ra­dio­act­ive sub­stances, in­so­far as such sub­stances have bio­lo­gic­al ef­fects res­ult­ing from their chem­ic­al char­ac­ter­ist­ics. In­so­far as these sub­stances have bio­lo­gic­al ef­fects res­ult­ing from ra­di­ation, the le­gis­la­tion on ra­di­ation pro­tec­tion and nuc­le­ar en­ergy ap­plies.