title: [Monitoring sewage plants by the public health office].
abstract: According to the Federal law concerning the prevention and control of epidemics (Bundes-Seuchengesetz) and according to the third enforcement law about the standardisation of the public health system (Dritte Durchführungsverordnung zum Gesetz über die Vereinheitlichung des Gesundheitswesens) it is incumbent upon the local Public Health Authorities to supervise the sewage treatment plants within their respective administrative district. In practice, that task is hardly ever realised since it is often not clear exactly which hygienic aspects should be checked and what the benefit of such supervision could be. The following paper is an attempt to make suggestions how to carry out such supervising activities in practice. Furthermore, the paper shows the results of the 1993 supervising activities in the sewage treatment plants in the Limburg-Weilburg area. This is illustrated on the basis of the checklist which has been developed at the public health office of Limburg.
authors.affiliation: Kreisgesundheitsamt Limburg.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Täger
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012722:Sewage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage
vernacular_title: Kläranlagenüberwachung durch das Gesundheitsamt.