Environmental Engineering Reference
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for disposing of huge amounts of polluting coal dust from power generation in
India by discharge to the open seas
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See section on “Emergencies Management” for discussion of Thailand's sys-
tem for managing oil spills.
BOX 4.3 GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF ORDINANCES
FOR REGULATING AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISCHARGES FOR
MUNICIPALITIES IN INDONESIA
by H. Ludwig for UNDP/UNOTC, 1978
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Abstract
Interest in environmental protection in Indonesia, including protection of the
quality of the water resources of the country, has progressed greatly over the
past decade. There is now considerable interest in formulating and
establishing a national program for protecting the quality of these water
resources, including rivers, lakes, estuaries, and marine waters.
An important aspect of a national water quality control program relates to
the management of public sewerage systems in urban areas, so that the
system will fulfil its primary objective of collecting and disposing of
sanitary wastes, while at the same type furnishing reasonable service for
receiving and disposing of industrial wastes. Thus, a municipality having a
public sewerage system needs to enact ordinances which will provide for the
proper controls for protecting both (1) the public sewerage system including
treatment plants, and (2) the environment in waterways that received the
treated wastewater.
A preliminary step toward formulation of such guidelines for municipal
sewerage systems was carried out as part of the Jakarta Sewerage and
Sanitation Project completed in 1978 by the Ministry of Public works in
cooperation with the United Nations Development Program and the World
Health Organization. The Jakarta Project report includes sections, prepared
by Dr. Harvey F. Ludwig as the Project's Consultant on Environmental
Technology, on a recommended municipal ordinance for control of industrial
wastes discharged to municipal sewers, which were adapted from the
requirements utilized by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
circa 1970.
The information in the current report includes the salient aspects of
municipal ordinances that are needed to control discharges to the public
sewerage system, both for sanitary and industrial wastes. A glossary is also
included to define the technical terms and abbreviations used in the report.
Although the information presented in this report was initially prepared for
consideration for use at Jakarta, it has been edited to make it generally
useful by all municipalities in Indonesia.
