Sewage Discharge Standards for Medical Institutions

Legal analysis: Comprehensive medical institutions and other medical institutions with 20 beds or more at the county level and above or at the county level implement the provisions of Table 2 for sewage discharge. Sewage discharged directly or indirectly into surface water bodies and sea areas implement the discharge standards, and sewage discharged into sewers whose terminals have been built with normal operation of urban secondary sewage treatment plants implement the pretreatment standards. Sewage from comprehensive medical institutions and all other medical institutions below the county level or with less than 20 beds shall be discharged only after disinfection and treatment. It is prohibited to directly discharge sewage from medical institutions to drinking water protection areas and swimming areas of GB3838 Class I, II and III waters, and GB3097 Class I and II waters. Comprehensive medical institutions with infectious disease rooms should separate infectious disease room sewage from non-infectious disease room sewage. Sewage and feces from infectious disease rooms shall be disinfected before they are combined with other sewage. Sewage from medical institutions using chlorine-containing disinfectants for disinfection shall be dechlorinated so that the total residual chlorine is less than 0.5mg/L if it is directly discharged into surface water bodies and sea areas.

Legal Basis: "Discharge Standards for Water Pollutants for Healthcare Institutions GB18466-2016"3. Comprehensive medical institutions with 20 beds or more at the county level and above the county level or Medical institutions and other medical institutions sewage discharge to implement the provisions of Table 2. Sewage discharged directly or indirectly into surface water bodies and sea areas implements the discharge standards, and sewage discharged into sewers whose terminals have been built with normally operating urban secondary sewage treatment plants implements the pretreatment standards.4. Sewage from comprehensive medical institutions and all other medical institutions below the county level or with less than 20 beds can be discharged only after disinfection.5. It is forbidden to discharge into drinking water protection zones of GB38381, class waters and class waters and swimming areas, and GB3097 Class I and Class II waters for direct discharge of medical institution sewage.6. Comprehensive medical institutions with infectious disease rooms should separate infectious disease room sewage from non-infectious disease room sewage. Infectious room sewage, feces after disinfection before combined treatment with other sewage.7, the use of chlorine disinfectant disinfection of medical institutions sewage, if directly discharged into surface waters and marine areas, should be deoxygenated, so that the total residual chlorine is less than 0.5 mg / L.