A team of experts from the environmental agency and Hamburg Water provides information on heavy rain prevention. The aim is to keep the damage that could be caused by heavy rain events in the city as low as possible.
If you want to discharge commercial wastewater into a public wastewater plant or sewer system, you need a permit. Under certain conditions, the competent authority may allow you to start discharging before you have received approval.
If you want to discharge wastewater (sewage or stormwater) into a public sewage treatment plant or sewer system, you need a permit. Here you can find information about costs, duration, and required documents.
If you want to discharge commercial wastewater into a private wastewater plant or sewer system, you need a permit. Under certain conditions, the competent authority may allow you to start discharging before you have received approval.
Would you like to discharge commercial wastewater into a private wastewater plant and be exempt from the permit requirement? You must then submit an application for exemption from the approval requirement to the responsible authority.
You must notify the responsible authority under certain conditions of any change in the location, condition or operation of a wastewater treatment plant.
