The laboratory of “Apă-Canal Chișinău” determined that the wastewater that reaches the municipal wastewater treatment station significantly exceeds the maximum allowable concentrations of pollutants. The water supplier warns business entities that they risk being disconnected from the drinking water supply and sewerage systems, IPN reports.

In accordance with the current regulations, the consumers, others than the domestic ones, are obliged to pre-treat wastewater. When wastewater is discharged into the public sewerage system, the admissible values of the quality parameters and indicators should be met. These are stipulated in the notice of connection to the system and in the wastewater collection agreement that is attached to the contract for the provision of water supply and sewerage services.

As of January 1, 2022, additional payments are calculated for each pollutant or quality indicator that exceeds the admissible value and for each manhole stipulated in the wastewater collection agreement or the contract for the provision of water supply and sewerage services.

“If the maximum admissible concentrations of pollutants are considerably exceeded, the water supplier will continue to warn the business entities about the prohibition on the discharge of wastewater in the public sewage systems and, if need be, will ask the responsible institutions to take the required measures,” “Apă-Canal Chișinău” noted in a press release.