Direct discharge definition

Direct discharge means the discharge of a pollutant.
Direct discharge means the discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State of Tennessee.
Direct discharge means a discharge without prior opportunity for mixing and dilution sufficient to prevent a lowering of the existing ambient water quality.

Examples of Direct discharge in a sentence

  • Direct discharge usually requires extensive wastewater treatment to reduce pollutants and achieve effluent requirements.

  • Direct discharge of this effluent into the water bodies or open land is undesirable not only because of its Manuscript received January 30, 2012; revise March 6, 2012.


More Definitions of Direct discharge

Direct discharge means the concentrated release of stormwater to tidal waters or vegetated tidal wetlands from new development or redevelopment projects in the Critical Area.
Direct discharge means the discharge of treated, partially treated, or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State.
Direct discharge means the discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly into the waters of the State of Michigan.
Direct discharge means any discharge to any surface waters or subsurface waters, including discharge from rapid infiltration basins, related to Cherry Creek or its tributaries, except by land disposal or land treatment. "Direct discharge" does not include discharges from regulated stormwater and background sources.
Direct discharge means, for purposes of this Volume, either a point or nonpoint discharge which enters Class I, Class II, Outstanding Florida Waters, or Class III waters which are approved, conditionally approved, restricted, or conditionally restricted for shellfish harvesting without an adequate opportunity for mixing and dilution to prevent significant degradation. Examples of direct discharge include the following:
Direct discharge means the discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State of New Hampshire.
Direct discharge or “point source” means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including, but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation or vessel or other floating craft, from which Pollutants are or may be discharged.