Governmental Agreement 236-2006 and its requirements for industry
- Water for industry
- Industrial water, wells and discharges
- Audited
It is the Regulation on Wastewater Discharges and Reuse and Sludge Disposal, in force since May 2006, and today the only national water obligation with teeth. Every generating entity must draw up a Technical Wastewater Study (ETAR) characterizing its effluents, discharges, reuse water and sludge, with technical endorsement, and keep it available to MARN. It set a staged reduction of loads (BOD and the other parameters) in four stages from 2011; the final phase, with full parameters, has been mandatory for private generating entities since 2 May 2024. Municipalities obtained an extension to 2 May 2025 through AG 285-2022, for municipal systems only. For foreign investment held to ESG standards it is the design floor for any industrial wastewater treatment plant (PTAR).
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Figures
- AG 236-2006 in force since
- since May 2006
- Load-reduction stages
- 4 phases since 2011
- Full parameters mandatory, private generating entities
- 2 May 2024
- Extension for municipal systems (AG 285-2022)
- 2 May 2025
Sources
- MARN, Reglamento de las Descargas y Reúso de Aguas Residuales, AG 236-2006
- Consortium Legal, Reglamento de descargas y reúso de aguas residuales — parámetros obligatorios al 2-may-2024
- Lexology, reglamento de descargas de aguas residuales en Guatemala
- MARN, Municipalidades tienen nuevos plazos para cumplir con el tratamiento de aguas residuales (AG 285-2022)
Related records
- Absence of a general water law and national extraction fee
- Right to drill a well and ownership of the water (Civil Code)
- Industrial self-supply and the 2,000 wells of Guatemala's valley
- Procedure to drill an industrial well in the metropolitan area
- Cost and regulation of the municipal well-drilling license
- MARN environmental license costs and categories
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