There are two key issues regarding water which must be dealt with during the operation of the units.
Firstly, the drinking water which is provided to the operating units, intensive care units, ambulatory care units and emergency care units (or to the larger hospital to which these units are attached) must meet the quality requirements laid down in the Water for human consumption Directive (see section 2.1.3) and in the Romanian transposing legislation.
Secondly, all discharges of used water from the hospital must be collected and treated in accordance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (see section 2.1.3) and in the Romanian transposing legislation. Romanian legislation on the collection, treatment and discharge of waste waters is found in GD 188/2002, amended and supplemented by GD 352/2005. There is a specific mention in the Romanian legislation that discharges of waste water from sanitary establishments (e.g. hospitals) shall be subjected to prior treatment if it does not comply with the requirements of microbiological standards before it is discharged into the public sewage system.
