(k) the container cooling water is of an acceptable microbiological quality and, in the case of water used in a cooling canal system, contains a residual amount of a bactericide at the discharge end of the canal; and

Although the quantity of water in the world remains unchanged, the quality of groundwater is impaired by pollution from agriculture, building work, landfill sites, residual contamination and increased traffic.

Studies clearly show that the residual freeboard of the vessel and the wave height in a given sea area have a significant effect on the amount of water likely to accumulate following collision damage.

31. Considers that water abstraction must be by law in line with concerns which take environmental protection into account and sustainable development, thus maintaining water-dependent eco-systems and the capacity of the resource to meet demands of future generations, e.g. rate of replenishment of groundwater, levels of consumption and remaining amounts; legal authorisations and permits for large scale public and all commercial abstraction of water may be granted only after careful examination of abstraction body by the water authorities in the Member States;

Centrifuge the oil to eliminate any small quantities of residual water.