1. This Regulation applies to municipal wastewater treatment works situated south of the 54th degree north latitude and whose average annual flow rate is greater than 10 m3 per day, including those situated on immovables comprised in a reserved area or in an agricultural zone established in accordance with the Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities (chapter P-41.1).
A municipal wastewater treatment works means any works used to collect, store, transport and process wastewater, in whole or in part of domestic origin, before being discharged into the environment, and operated by an intermunicipal board, a municipality or a person acting as a grantee for a municipality in accordance with section 43 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) and section 22 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1).