Small wastewater treatment systems in Austria

Legal situation with respect to their approval

The Construction Products Regulation stipulates that every EU member state must establish a product contact point that provides information on the country-specific requirements for the declaration of performance and any other, nationally determined specifications pertaining to a particular construction product. The following requirements can be relevant to small wastewater treatment systems as a construction product: structural stability, water tightness, durability, behavior under fire, and treatment performance. For instance, many European countries specify discharge limit values or minimum...

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