Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope and regulated entities
1. This Decree regulates the drainage and treatment of wastewater in the urban areas, industrial zones, economic zones, processing and exporting zones, hi-tech zones (hereinafter referred to as industrial zones) and rural residential areas; rights and obligations of organizations, individuals and households having activities related to the drainage and treatment of wastewater within Vietnam’s territory.
2. This Decree applies to organizations, individuals and households in Vietnam; foreign organizations and individuals having activities involved to the drainage and treatment of wastewater within Vietnam’s territory.
Article 2. Interpretation of terms
1. The drainage and treatment of wastewater is the activities of planning, designing and investing in construction, management and operation of drainage systems.
2. The wastewater treatment and drainage services (hereinafter referred to as drainage service) are the activities of management and operation of drainage systems in order to meet the demands for rainwater, wastewater drainage and wastewater treatment according to the regulations of the Law.
3. The cost of the drainage service is the costs for collecting, draining rainwater and wastewater in the covered area.
4. The price of drainage service is the price for drainage service on 1m3 of wastewater after considering all the costs and a reasonable profit.
5. A drainage unit is an organization that is paid to manage and operate the drainage system under a management and operation contract.
6. Discharging entities are the Vietnamese or foreign organizations, individuals and households within Vietnam’s territory who discharge wastewater into drainage systems.
7. Wastewater is water of which characteristics changed after use and discharged into drainage systems or the environment.
8. Domestic wastewater is the wastewater discharged during human daily life activities i.e. dining, bathing, washing etc.
9. Other wastewater is water after use other than domestic wastewater.
10. Drainage system includes drainage networks (pipelines, canals, channels, culverts, controlling wells etc.), pump stations for rainwater and/or wastewater , wastewater treatment structures and other auxiliary structures supporting collecting, carrying and draining rainwater and/or wastewater, avoiding flooding and treating wastewater. Types of drainage systems:
- A combined drainage system is a drainage system in which rainwater and wastewater are collected and carried in the same network.
- A separate drainage system is a drainage system in which rainwater and wastewater are collected and carried separately.
- A semi-separate drainage system is a combined drainage system with a combined sewer overflow and sewer to carry wastewater to the treatment facility.
11. A rainwater drainage system includes network of sewer and channels for collecting and carrying rainwater, detention basins, pump stations, catch basins, rainwater inlets and outlets and other auxiliary structures for collecting and draining rainwater.
12. A wastewater drainage system includes network of sewer, combined sewer overflows, sewers for collecting and carrying wastewater, pump stations, wastewater treatment plants, discharge outlets etc. and other auxiliary structures for collecting, draining and treating wastewater.
13. A separate sewer is the sewer carrying wastewater or a part of combined wastewater (in wet weather) from combined sewer overflows to pump station or wastewater treatment plant.
14. A detention basin is a natural or excavated basin used for storing rainwater and managing water quantity for a drainage system.
15. Connection points are the locations through where the discharging entities discharge wastewater into drainage systems.
16. Discharge points are the locations where wastewater from drainage systems is discharged into receiving waters.
17. A drainage area is a specific area that rainwater or wastewater is collected into a drainage system and carried to wastewater treatment plants or discharged into receiving waters.
18. Receiving waters are the permanent or seasonal water sources i.e. rivers, streams, canals, channels, lakes, ponds, lagoons, sea or groundwaters.
19. Specialized planning for the drainage and treatment of wastewater(hereinafter referred to as drainage planning) is planning for drainage areas (rainwater and/or wastewater), wastewater divisions; estimating a total volume of rainwater and/or wastewater; proposing receiving waters; locating and sizing sewer networks, sewer junctions and wastewater treatment (i.e. pump stations, wastewater treatment plants, discharge outlets).
20. COD (standing for Chemical Oxygen Demand) is the volume of oxygen needed for oxidation of inorganic and organic chemical compounds in the wastewater.
21. Waste sludge are inorganic or organic sludge collected from septic tanks, collecting and carrying networks, detention basins, canals, channels, catch basins, rainwater inlets, rainwater pump stations, wastewater, discharge outlet and wastewater treatment plants.
Article 3. Rules of the drainage and treatment of wastewater
1. Water drainage for urban and rural residential areas is a public service which is encouraged and given priority by the Government in order to meet the demand for the drainage and treatment of wastewater for ensuring sustainable development.
2. Polluters must pay for pollution treatment; the income from drainage service must step by step cover the cost of drainage service.
3. The collection of rainwater and wastewater and the treatment of wastewater must comply with technical regulations.
4. Hazardous wastewater must be managed in accordance with regulations on hazardous wastes and other relevant regulations of the Law.
5. Drainage system must be consistently constructed, maintained and repaired Wastewater treatment technology which is environmentally friendly and suitable for the local socio-economic conditions shall be preferred. The drainage and treatment of wastewater must ensure the safety according to current technical regulations and standards.
6. Investment projects for drainage system constructions that may cause impact on road traffic infrastructure must ensure safety for traffic and the infrastructure, and repairing any road traffic works that are damaged.
7. Investment projects for technical infrastructural constructions that may cause impact on drainage systems must ensure the normal operation of the drainage systems.
8. It is necessary to encourage the community involvement in investing, managing and operating the drainage systems.
Article 4. Regulations on wastewater technical standards
1. Wastewater discharged from drainage systems of urban areas, industrial zones and rural residential areas into receiving waters must reach the environmental technical standards issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
2. The discharge of wastewater from factories in an industrial zone into the combined drainage system of the industrial zone must comply with current provisions on environmental management for industrial zones and drainage system management office of the industrial zones.
3. The discharge of wastewater from rural residential areas into drainage system in the areas must comply with current provisions on environmental protection for rural residential areas and local regulations on drainage system management.
4. Wastewater discharged from discharging entities and industrial zones into urban drainage system must reach the technical standards applied to wastewater discharged into drainage system regulated by competent State agencies. The Ministry of Construction shall issue technical standards applied to wastewater discharged into urban drainage system.
5. In case the wastewater is treated separately, depending on the receiving capacity and purpose of the receiving waters, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall issue technical standards applied to separate wastewater discharged into the receiving waters which is suitable for treating wastewater in small scale with simple technology that ensures the treatment quality, supports the management, operation and maintenance of drainage systems.
6. Wastewater discharged from urban drainage system, industrial zones, rural residential areas into irrigation system must reach the technical standards applied to wastewater discharged into irrigation system regulated by competent State agencies. The Ministry of Construction shall issue technical standards applied to wastewater discharged into urban drainage system.
Article 5. Drainage planning
1. Urban drainage planning is part of the overall urban planning, detailed urban planning and urban zoning. With regard to centrally-affiliated cities, drainage planning is a separate project, which elaborates the drainage system of an overall urban planning approved by a competent authority With regard to provincially-affiliated cities (class 3 and over), if the drainage planning in the approved urban planning is ineligible for setting up a construction project to be called for investment, the provincial People’s Committees shall consider making a specialized drainage planning. The specialized drainage planning must contain: scope and divisions; indexes of economy – technology, applied technical standards; drainage areas and divisions; selected receiving waters, estimating total volume of wastewater; network, location and size of drainage works.
2. Drainage planning for industrial zones is part of the overall planning for industrial zone construction. Drainage planning for industrial zones must contain: assessments of rainwater drainage and wastewater collection in the zone; estimating total volume of rainwater and wastewater; selected receiving waters, the environmental solution, location and size of wastewater treatment plant, wastewater treatment technology that suitable for the zone condition.
3. Drainage planning for rural residential areas is part of the rural development planning. Drainage planning for rural residential areas must contain: estimating total volume of rainwater and wastewater; sewer networks; location and size of pump stations and wastewater treatment stations; priority projects and investment distribution stages.
4. The formulation, assessment and approval of drainage planning must comply with the regulation of the Law on Urban Planning, Law on Construction and other relevant regulations.
Article 6. Management of altitudes pertaining to drainage
1. Managing the urban ground altitude
a) The urban ground level in compared to the National Coordination System in a construction planning scheme must ensure the drainage of rainwater and wastewater and be approved by a competent authority.
b) The decentralized management offices of construction planning are responsible for providing the information on urban ground level upon requests of entities.
c) The entities who invest in construction must apply the provided altitude of urban ground.
d) The offices appointed to assess fundamental designs and issue construction permits are responsible for checking the conformity between the altitudes of the designs and the urban ground.
2. Drainage altitude management
A drainage unit is responsible for:
a) Determining and managing the water levels in the detention basins and sewers in order to optimize the drainage of rainwater, avoid flood and protect the environment.
b) Managing the altitudes of the main sewers and collecting sewers of rainwater and wastewater;
c) Providing altitudes of drainage systems for entities upon request.
3. The agencies which are appointed to manage rivers, lakes, canals and/or channels related to urban drainage are responsible for cooperating with drainage units in ensuring the requirements for urban drainage.
Article 7. Regulations on local drainage management
1. Regulations on local drainage management must be conformable with current provisions on the drainage and treatment of wastewater and suitable for the local conditions.
2. Regulations on local drainage management must contain the followings:
a) Scope and regulated entities;
b) The local drainage system
c) Determination of owners;
d) Standards on drainage service, connection and disconnection; tasks and powers of investors, discharging entity; financial obligations with regard to connection, local support policy for investment in construction, management and operation of the drainage system;
dd) Technical conditions and standards applied to wastewater discharge;
e) The management of waste sludge in drainage system and septic tanks;
g) The treatment of combined or separate wastewater;
h) The investment, construction, management and operation of drainage system;
i) The contracts of management and operation of drainage systems (hereinafter referred to as operation contracts);
k) The responsibility for formulation, management and use of the database of the local drainage system.
l) Responsibility of making report on the drainage and investment projects of the drainage and treatment of wastewater
m) Rights and obligations of relevant parties.
3. Provincial People’s Committees shall formulate and approve regulations on local drainage management.
Article 8. The community involvement
1. Supervise the construction, management and operation of drainage systems according to the regulations of the Law.
2. Establish connections to drainage systems according to the regulations.
3. Detect, prevent and report violations against regulations on drainage to competent agencies.
Article 9. Propagation of regulations on drainage
1. The Ministry, ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, People’s Committees, drainage units shall cooperate with mass media agencies, organizations and schools to propagate and give guidance on the protection of drainage works and compliance with the regulations on drainage.
2. Political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-political-professional organizations shall cooperate with drainage authorities to run propagation and encourage people to comply the regulations on drainage.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 80/2014/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)
Nghị định 80/2014/NĐ-CP (Bản Pdf)