Water Pollution Control Measures and Test Reporting Management Regulations Article 54

In the event that enterprises or sewage systems jointly discharge wastewater or sewage into the ocean through a marine outfall, the discharge point shall be set up at a proper location between the joint wastewater or sewage treatment/pre-treatment facilities and the marine outfall. In the absence of any joint wastewater or sewage treatment/pre-treatment facilities, the discharge point shall be established at a proper location between the outer boundary of the work environment of an enterprise or sewage system and the marine outfall.In the event that an enterprise or sewage system discharges wastewater or sewage through an attached pipeline along an irrigation or drainage channel, the discharge point shall be established at the location which wastewater or sewage flows through before entering the receiving water body. In the event that wastewater or sewage is discharged through a joint pipeline, a sampling point shall be established at a proper location between the outer boundary of the work environment of an enterprise or sewage system and the joint pipeline.The preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the establishment of the sampling point referred to in the preceding paragraph. The same punishment for rerouted discharge shall be imposed on the discharge of wastewater or sewage from the sampling point.In all cases of joint discharge before the Regulations were amended on November 24, 2015, setup of sampling points and alteration of water pollution control permits (documents) shall be completed by March 31, 2016.