---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 403.2"
title: "40"
number: "403.2"
heading: "Objectives of general pretreatment regulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/403.2"
---

# §403.2. Objectives of general pretreatment regulations.


By establishing the responsibilities of government and industry to implement National Pretreatment Standards this regulation fulfills three objectives:

- (a) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into POTWs which will interfere with the operation of a POTW, including interference with its use or disposal of municipal sludge;
- (b) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into POTWs which will pass through the treatment works or otherwise be incompatible with such works; and
- (c) **To improve opportunities to recycle and reclaim municipal and industrial wastewaters and sludges.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 9439, Jan. 28, 1981, unless otherwise noted.