HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 16/9

NITROGEN REMOVAL AT MUNICIPAL SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS

     
     
Adopted 15 March 1995
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1974 (Helsinki Convention), in which the Contracting Parties undertake to take all appropriate measures to control and minimize land-based pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area,

RECALLING ALSO Paragraph 1 of Annex III of the Helsinki Convention in which the Contracting Parties agree to treat municipal sewage in an appropriate way so that the amount of organic matter does not cause harmful eutrophication of the Baltic Sea Area,

RECALLING FURTHER HELCOM Recommendation 9/2 in which the use of effective methods in waste water treatment is stressed upon,

RECOGNIZING that nitrogen removal has been found to be necessary in many parts of the Baltic Sea Area,