Part 7: Nutrient Pollution Standards Section 168: Nutrient pollution standards to apply to certain sewage disposal works Background
This section inserts new provisions (sections 96B to 96N) into the Water Industry Act 1991 and makes consequential amendments to section 213 of that Act.
	This section allows the Secretary of State to designate catchment areas for certain habitats sites polluted by nitrogen and/or phosphorus. It also requires sewerage undertakers to ensure that treated effluent from sewage disposal works in England that discharge into the designated catchments will, unless exempted, meet specified standards for the removal of nitrogen and/or phosphorus from wastewater by the applicable upgrade date.