Effluent Guideline

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009018",
  "term": "Effluent Guideline",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Technical EPA documents that set effluent limitations for given industries and pollutants. Restrictions established by a state or EPA on quantities, rates, and concentrations in wastewater discharges.\n\n2. National standards for wastewater discharges to surface waters and publicly owned treatment works (municipal sewage treatment plants). EPA issues effluent guideline regulations for categories of dischargers under Title III of the Clean Water Act. The standards are technology-based, i.e. they are based on the performance of treatment and control technologies. They are not based on risk or impacts upon receiving waters..",
  "references": [
    "Urban Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/effluent-guideline/"
}