HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 11/10

GUIDELINES FOR CAPACITY CALCULATION OF SEWAGE SYSTEM ON
BOARD PASSENGER SHIPS

     
     
Adopted 14 February 1990
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Paragraph C of Regulation 7 of Annex IV to the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1974, (Helsinki Convention), concerning the discharge of sewage,

RECALLING ALSO that the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO has adopted, at its sixth session, Resolution MEPC.2(VI) - Recommendation on International Effluent Standards and Guidelines for Performance Tests for Sewage Treatment Plants,

RECALLING FURTHER that the Commission has adopted, at its first meeting, a Recommendation concerning the application by the Baltic Sea States of guidelines for type testing and approval of sewage treatment systems,

RECOGNIZING the need for the standardization of the capacity calculation of sewage systems,