Circular 15/2021/TT-BXD providing guidance on technical infrastructure facilities for wastewater collection and drainage in urban areas and concentrated residential areas

CIRCULAR

Providing guidance on technical infrastructure facilities for wastewater collection and drainage in urban areas and concentrated residential areas^[1]

Pursuant to the June 18, 2014 Construction Law; and the June 17, 2020 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Construction Law;

Pursuant to the November 17, 2020 Law on Environmental Protection;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 81/2017/ND-CP of July 17, 2017, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Construction;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 80/2014/ND-CP of August 6, 2014, on water drainage and wastewater treatment; and the Government’s Decree No. 98/2019/ND-CP of December 27, 2019, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees regulating the field of technical infrastructure;

At the proposal of the Director of the Technical Infrastructure Agency;

The Minister of Construction promulgates the Circular providing guidance on technical infrastructure facilities for wastewater collection and drainage in urban areas and concentrated residential areas.

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Circular guides a number of provisions on facilities for wastewater collection and drainage in urban areas and concentrated residential areas, covering requirements to be satisfied in the construction, management and operation of these facilities.

Article 2. Subjects of application 

This Circular applies to agencies, organizations, individuals and households involved in the construction, management and operation of technical infrastructure facilities for wastewater collection and drainage in urban areas and concentrated residential areas.

Article 3. Interpretation of terms

In this Circular, the terms below are construed as follows:

1. Technical infrastructure facilities for wastewater collection and drainage in urban areas and concentrated residential areas (below referred to as wastewater collection and drainage facilities) include connection boxes, grade-3 sewers, grade-2 sewers, grade-1 sewers, water drainage pumping stations, wastewater separator wells, probe wells, sluicegates, etc., and other auxiliary facilities for use for collecting, conveying and treating wastewater up to national technical regulations on environment for discharge into receiving waters.

2. Connection box means an equipment or a test well or a probe well built at a connection point for connecting wastewater or rainwater plumbing of a water draining household to the drainage system, and arranged to help perform the connection and serve the maintenance, repair, blow-cleaning and dredging.