Where should waste water from restaurants be discharged into V public foul sewers or storm drains ?
Waste water from restaurants must be discharged into public foul sewers and not into storm drains as the discharge of restaurant waste water into storm drains is illegal. According to the Water Pollution Control Ordinance, restaurants must be granted valid Discharge Licence. Licence application forms are available free of charge from various offices of the Environmental Protection Department or can be downloaded from the EPD website. Submission of forms must be accompanied by the photocopies of applicants business registration certificates or certificate of incorporation and recent water bills or information for the assessment of water consumptions. The validity of licence is normally 5 years.
