Flemish Region

Timeline

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Characteristics 2016

Type of sensitive area:	Catchment of Sensitive area
Total load entering:	4,684,200
Total design capacity:	5,195,948

	Date of designation	Starting date of application
All territory covered (5.8):	-	-
75% removal nitrogen and phosphorus (5.4):	-	-
Article 5(2) applied: When this Article of the urban waste water treatment directive 91/271/EC applies, Member States shall ensure that urban waste water entering collecting systems shall before discharge into this sensitive areas be subject to more stringent treatment for all discharges from agglomerations of more than 10 000 population equivalent. The starting date of application is the deadline that each agglomeration has to respect in this sensitive area.

Criteria
Eutrophication - Nitrogen: Designation Criteria (a, b, c): a - Nitrogen	01/06/1995	31/12/1998
Eutrophication - Phosphorus: Phosphorus Criteria that is defined to be reduced in this sensitive area due to existing Eutrophication or potential future Eutrophication problems. This criteria is related to the annex II.a of the urban waste water treatment directive 91/271/EC	01/06/1995	31/12/1998
Drinking water - Nitrogen: Nitrogen Criteria that is defined to be reduced in this sensitive area due to nitrogen quality of drinking water when this receiving area is intended to be used for the asbtraction of drinking water. This criteria is related to the annex II.b of the urban waste water treatment directive 91/271/EC	-	-
Other directives: Other parameters related to further treatment than secondary treatment that are defined to fulfil other European directive objectives. This criteria is related to the annex II.c of the urban waste water treatment directive 91/271/EC	-	-
Comment other directive:

Parameter (s) subject to more stringent treatment
Nitrogen: Nitrogen Criteria that is defined to be reduced in this sensitive area due to existing Eutrophication or potential future Eutrophication problems. This criteria is related to the annex II.a of the urban waste water treatment directive 91/271/EC
Microbiology:
Phosphorus: Phosphorus Criteria that is defined to be reduced in this sensitive area due to existing Eutrophication or potential future Eutrophication problems. This criteria is related to the annex II.a of the urban waste water treatment directive 91/271/EC
Other: When required agglomerations of more than 10 000 population equivalent that are discharging in this area have to implement a more stringent treatment adapted to the quality objectives of the directive that is related to designation criteria other

General comment:

The whole territory of Flanders is designated as SA under the UWWTD. This is also the case for the Nitrates Directive. All treatment plants >10,000 p.e. are equipped with N- and P-removal in order to reduce the nutrient load to the receiving waters itself and to the North Sea as well.

Beginlife of the SA: 01/06/1995
Evolution Type: Not provided

Endlife of the SA: -

Area : Flemish Region - Identifier : BE-3 - Reporting year : 2016

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