Post-combustion carbon dioxide capture: best available techniques (BAT) gov.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gov.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Alongside rising global population levels is the continual development and expansion of various industries, including pharmaceuticals, refining and manufacturing.
In spite of their differences, each of these industries is responsible for a generation of extremely contaminated waters and has a vested interest in ensuring water quality.
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Both municipal and industrial wastewaters present considerable health risks to human health and also endanger the environment; thus, all wastewaters must be carefully treated and closely monitored before being discharged.
As the public continues to push for human health and environmental protection, wastewater discharge regulations are becoming more strict. Each country possesses its own wastewater governing body and various discharge limits, resulting in the development and use of a diverse range of monitoring methods.
EC urges Bulgaria to improve rules on industrial pollution, projects environmental impact EU Commission headquarters in Brussels; Author: Radomir Ralev
SOFIA (Bulgaria), June 9 (SeeNews) - The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday urged Bulgaria to fully bring national rules on pollution arising from industrial activities in line with the relevant EU legislation.
Although Bulgaria has correctly transposed most of the Industrial Emissions Directive s provisions, there are certain aspects which are not correctly reflected, the Commission said in a reasoned opinion on the matter being sent to Bulgarian authorities. Among these are the explicit requirement to re-assess the emissions derogation for less strict emission limits each time a permit is reviewed, and to carry out inspections investigating serious environmental complaints, accidents, incidents and occurrences of non-compliance as soon as possible instead of within 30 days, the Commission said.
EC opens three new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria sofiaglobe.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sofiaglobe.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission pursues legal action against EU Member States for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. These decisions, covering various sectors and EU policy areas, aim to ensure the proper application of EU law for the benefit of citizens and businesses.
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The key decisions taken by the Commission are presented below and
grouped by policy area. The Commission is also closing 239 cases in
which the issues with the Member States concerned have been solved
without the Commission needing to pursue the procedure further.