(LAW N°96/12 OF 05 AUGUST 1996 ON THE FRAMEWORK LAW ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN CAMEROON)
Inland waters are public property, the use, management and protection of which are subject to the above law and regulations in force.
The Administration in charge of water resources management draws up an inventory establishing the degree of pollution of continental waters, according to physical, chemical, biological and bacteriological criteria. This inventory is revised periodically or whenever exceptional pollution affects the state of these waters.
Floodplains are given special protection. This protection takes account of their role and importance in conserving biological diversity.
The protection regime for inland waters is the subject of a special law.
Subject to the provisions of article 30 of the law, the following are prohibited: discharges, run-off, dumping, direct or indirect deposits of any kind and, more generally, any action likely to cause the deterioration of surface or underground waters by modifying their physical, chemical, biological or bacterial characteristics chemical, biological or bacteriological characteristics.
A decree implementing the law shall establish the list of noxious or dangerous substances produced in Cameroon, the discharge, dumping, immersion or introduction of which, directly or indirectly, into Cameroon’s continental waters are either prohibited or subject to prior authorisation.
The discharge of wastewater into the public sewerage system must not be detrimental to the conservation of the works or the management of the systems.
Installations discharging wastewater into Cameroonian continental waters established prior to the date of promulgation of the law must comply with the regulations within a period set by a decree implementing the said law.
Installations established after the date of promulgation of the present law must, as soon as they come into operation, comply with the discharge standards set by the regulations in force.
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