Waters Protection Ordinance
(WPO)

¹ The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies shall en­sure that stor­age fa­cil­it­ies for farm ma­nure and li­quid di­gest­ate are reg­u­larly in­spec­ted; the fre­quency of the in­spec­tions shall cor­res­pond to the risk of pol­lu­tion to the wa­ters.²⁹

² The fol­low­ing shall be in­spec­ted:

a.

wheth­er the pre­scribed stor­age ca­pa­city is avail­able;

b.

wheth­er the stor­age fa­cil­it­ies (in­clud­ing pipes) leak;

c.

wheth­er fa­cil­it­ies are in work­ing or­der;

d.

wheth­er the fa­cil­it­ies are op­er­ated in ac­cord­ance with the reg­u­la­tions.