Provisions of this Regulation shall be compulsory for organizations and specialists projecting and operating irrigated fields. It determines sanitary and hygienic requirements for quality wastewater and sewage sludge used for land irrigation and fertilization, selection of area for arable irrigated fields and supervision of management thereof. It shall not be applicable to specialized land reclamation systems with the use of liquid manure and wastewater of stockbreeding farms. Domestic sewage, industrial sewage and agricultural sewage can be used for arable irrigated fields after mechanical and biological wastewater treatment. Use wastewater of enterprises processing raw materials of animal origin, slaughterhouses, biofactories, medical and preventive treatment institutions, pesticide factories, wastewater containing radionuclides and wastewater of galvanic production for arable irrigated fields shall be prohibited.
Decree No. 46 of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision validating Hygienic requirements to wastewater and sewage sludge used for land irrigation and fertilization.