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Section: E. Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

Division: 37. Sewerage

Subcomponents of this SIC division include:

• Group 37.0. Sewerage

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Sewerage

37.0 Sewerage

37.00 Sewerage

This class includes:
- the operation of sewer systems or sewer treatment facilities
- collecting and transporting of human waste water from one or several users, as well as rain water by
means of sewerage networks, collectors, tanks and other means of transport (sewage vehicles etc.)
- emptying and cleaning of cesspools and septic tanks, sinks and pits from sewage; servicing of chemical
toilets
- treatment of waste water (including human and industrial waste water, water from swimming pools etc.) by means of physical, chemical and biological processes like dilution, screening, filtering, sedimentation etc.
- maintenance and cleaning of sewers and drains including sewer rodding

This class excludes:
- decontamination of surface water and groundwater at the place of pollution, see 39.00
- cleaning and deblocking of drainpipes in buildings, see 43.22