On the Issue of Correctness of Permissible Discharges Norms Setting
Practical analysis of the currently active methods of development of Permissible Norms for water users concerning Discharges of substances and micro-organisms to water bodies has been made. It was demonstrated that these methods possess serious methodical disadvantages. Provided that the term of the current methods implementation is formal, waste water quality at the discharge point in the most cases should be characterized by considerably lower pollutant content than water meant for drinking. The norms set on the basis of these methods are not only practically and unattainable but economically inefficient and have no ecological grounds; alternative approaches and order of waste water discharge regulation have been discussed.