Indirect Discharge

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014108",
  "term": "Indirect Discharge",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The introduction of pollutants from a non-domestic source into a publicly owned wastewater treatment system. Indirect dischargers can be commercial or industrial facilities who must pre-treat their wastes before discharge into local sewers.\n\n2. A nondomestic discharge introducing pollutants to a publicly owned treatment works.\n\n3. The introduction of pollutants into a municipal sewage treatment system from any nondomestic source (i.e., any industrial or commercial facility) regulated under Section 307(b), (c), or (d) of the CWA.\n\n4. A non-domestic discharge introducing pollutants to a publicly owned treatment works.\n\n5. Introduction of pollutants from a non-domestic source into a publicly owned waste-treatment system. Indirect dischargers can be commercial or industrial facilities whose wastes enter local sewers.\n\n6. The introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under CWA section 307(b), (c), or (d).\n\n7. Introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any non-domestic source regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.\n\n8. The introduction of pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) (e.g., a municipal sewage treatment plant), from any non-domestic source regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).",
  "subject": "Water",
  "see_also": [
    "Discharge"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary",
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 403.3(i)",
    "40 CFR 403.3 (CFR 2017)",
    "Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/indirect-discharge/"
}