SECTOR SPECIFIC EFFLUENT QUALITY GUIDELINES FOR DISCHARGES INTO NATURAL WATER BODIES (MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVELS)

PARAMETER
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. pH BOD5 (mg/l) Oil & Grease (mg/l) Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l) Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) Cadmium (mg/l) Total Phosphorus (mg/l) Temperature increase Colour (TCU) COD (mg/l) Chromium (+6) mg/l Sulphide (mg/l) Phenol (mg/l) Total Coliforms (MPN/100 ml) E. Coli (MPN/100 ml) Turbidity (N.T.U.) Lead (mg/l) Nitrate (mg/l) Conductivity ( S /cm) Mercury (mg/l) Zinc (mg/l) Tin (mg/l) Total Chromium (mg/l) Total Iron (mg/l) Free Cyanide (mg/l) Cyanide as Weak Acid Dissociable (mg/l) Total Cyanide (mg/l) Aluminium (mg/l) Total Antimony (mg/l) Fluoride (mg/l) Chloride (mg/l) Alkalinity as CaC03 (mg/l) Copper (mg/l) Total Arsenic (mg/l) Soluble Arsenic (mg/l)

Mining and Minerals Processing

6-9 50 10 1000 50 0.1 2.0 < 3oC above ambient 150 250 0.1 1.5 2 400 10 75 0.1 50 1500 0.005 10 0.5 10 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.5

5 1.0 0.1