Chapter V
WATER DRAINAGE SERVICES
Article 41.- Connection points
1. Water drainage units shall establish connection points for households to drain water into water- collecting networks of the water drainage systems. All water drainage households in water drainage service areas shall be requested and obliged to make connections into water-collecting networks of water drainage systems, except for cases defined in Article 45 of this Decree.
2. Connection point positions are determined as lying on water-gathering lines of water drainage systems. The elevation and technical requirements of connection points shall be provided by water drainage units.
3. Water drainage system owners shall invest in the construction of water-collecting networks to connection points. Water drainage households shall invest water drainage pipelines and preliminary treatment facilities to connection points; restore the original state of public grounds used for construction; have the obligation to notify the time for construction of connections so that water drainage units check to ensure the connections in strict accordance with regulations.
Article 42.- Provisions on wastewater discharge at connection points
1. For daily-life wastewater:
a/ For water drainage systems newly built with collecting networks and concentrated waste water treatment facilities, the daily-life wastewater from water drainage households is permitted for discharge directly into wastewater-gathering networks;
b/ For urban centers where already exist common or semi-separate water drainage systems, the daily- life wastewater shall be collected and preliminarily treated before being discharged into connection points.
The Construction Ministry shall promulgate standards on design, construction and operation of works for preliminary treatment of daily-life wastewater at water drainage households. Water drainage units have the responsibility and competence to supervise the construction of works for collection and preliminary treatment of daily-life wastewater of water drainage households to ensure that the construction of these works comply with regulations.
2. For other types of wastewater:
a/ Water drainage households must have systems to collect and preliminarily treat wastewater to ensure its permitted standards before discharging it into connection points;
b/ Water drainage households shall sign contracts with standard laboratories for periodically sampling and analyzing the quality of wastewater once every two months before discharging it into connection points. Testing results must be sent to water drainage state management bodies in localities, water drainage units and households.
3. Water drainage units shall inspect the discharge of wastewater by water drainage households into water drainage systems under their management to ensure the prescribed standards, organize samplings and tests by themselves when necessary.
Article 43.- Connecting industrial park water drainage systems to urban water drainage system
When water drainage systems of industrial parks are connected to urban water drainage systems, such industrial parks are regarded as households using urban water drainage services and they shall comply with regulations of urban water drainage systems.
Article 44.- Connection agreement
Connection agreement means a written agreement between a water drainage unit and a water drainage household on the connection position, technical requirements of the connection point, connection time, quality and volume of water discharged into the connection point.
Article 45.- Connection exemption
Works are exempt from connection to water drainage systems in the following cases:
1. It is near the receiving sources and the wastewater quality satisfies the environmental hygiene requirements and the connection to a common water drainage system may result in unreasonable economic burdens for water drainage households.
2. In the areas, there is no collecting network of the concentrated water drainage system.
Article 46.- Water drainage service contracts
1. Water drainage service contracts are legal documents concluded between water drainage units and water drainage households (excluding family households) for discharge of waste water into water drainage system.
2. A water drainage service contract has the following principal contents:
a/ The contracting parties;
b/ The connection point;
c/ Volume and quality of waste water discharged into the system;
d/ Service quality;
e/ Rights and obligations of the contracting parties;
f/ Water drainage charges, mode of payment;
g/ Handling of contractual breaches;
h/ Other contents agreed upon by the two parties.
Article 47.- Termination of water drainage services
1. For households: Water drainage units may not stop providing water drainage services in any circumstance, unless it is specified in management and operation contracts. Water drainage households that fail to perform the obligation to pay water drainage changes or arbitrarily alter or repair water drainage systems or violate regulations on water drainage shall be handled according to law; and clean water supply units are obliged to stop supplying clean water at the request of water drainage units.
2. For other water drainage households:
a/ If they violate water drainage regulations but do not cause adverse impacts on the environment, water drainage units shall send written notices on the violations and request the water drainage households to redress the situation. If within 15 days, the water drainage households fail to abide by such requests, the water drainage units shall issue the second notices. If within subsequent 15 days, the water drainage households still fail to abide by the requests, the water drainage units may stop providing water drainage services as agreed upon ill the water drainage service contracts and provided for by the law on water drainage; at the same time, the clean water supply units are obliged to stop supplying clean water at the request of water drainage units.
b/ If they violate water drainage regulations and cause adverse impacts on the environment, water drainage units shall make written records thereof and request the water drainage households to immediately redress the situation. If they fail to abide by such requests, the water drainage units may stop providing water drainage services and request water supply units to stop supplying clean water; at the same time, the water drainage households shall be handled according to law.
3. Water drainage services and clean water supply will be restored after water drainage households address the consequences of their violations and fulfill the obligations according to regulations
4. In case of cessation of water drainage services for repair, renovation or upgrading of water drainage systems, water drainage units shall notify in writing related water drainage households of the reasons therefor, the cessation duration, and at the same time, the water drainage units shall apply temporary water drainage measures to limit the impacts on production and daily-life activities of water drainage households and minimize environmental pollution.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 88/2007/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)