Discharge permit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008124",
  "term": "Discharge permit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Discharge Permit",
  "definition": "A discharge permit is formal permission to release water, stormwater, combined sewer overflow, or wastewater to a receiving water body obtained by an individual, commercial or industrial business entity, institutional entity, or governmental entity from an agency that regulates discharges to waters. A permit can also be issued to a group of dischargers; this type of permit is referred to as a general permit. Regulating agencies that issue discharge permits are typically governmental or privatized agencies. The term discharge permit may apply to either the concept of permission or to the actual document that confers permission. Discharge consent is used synonymously with discharge permit.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/discharge-permit/"
}