Old Water Quality Law - Kyuusui Shitsu Niho

Japanese: 旧水質二法 - きゅうすいしつにほう
Old Water Quality Law - Kyuusui Shitsu Niho

...The predecessors of this law were the Law Concerning the Preservation of Water Quality in Public Water Areas (Water Quality Preservation Law) and the Law Concerning the Regulation of Factory Wastewater, etc. (Factory Wastewater Regulation Law), which were promulgated in December 1958. These are called the Old Water Quality Laws, in contrast to the Water Pollution Prevention Law. The impetus for the legalization of water pollution prevention was the Urayasu Incident, in which pulp wastewater discharged from the Honshu Paper Edogawa Factory polluted downstream fishing grounds, and fishermen from Urayasu protested against this by storming into the factory on June 10, 1958, and clashing with the waiting police force. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Old Water Quality Laws" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この法律の前身は,1958年12月に公布された,〈公共用水域の水質の保全に関する法律〉(水質保全法)と〈工場排水等の規制に関する法律〉(工場排水規制法)である。これらは水質汚濁防止法に対して,旧水質二法と呼ばれる。水質汚濁防止の法制度化が進められることになった契機は,本州製紙江戸川工場から放出されたパルプ廃液が下流の漁場を汚染し,それに抗議する浦安漁民が1958年6月10日に本州製紙江戸川工場に突入し,待機していた警官隊と衝突した浦安事件であった。…

※「旧水質二法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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