Environmental Standards

Effluent
SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY : WASTEWATER DISCHARGE STANDARDS
Sl.No. Parameters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Mercury (Hg) pH Suspended solids Concentration not to exceed, limits in mg/l (except pH, temperature and bioassay test) 0.01 5.5 - 9.0 250

Biochemical oxygen demand (3 150 days at 27C) Temperature Free available chlorine Oil & grease Cu (total) Iron (total) Zinc Cr (total) Phosphate (as P) Bioassay test Sulphide (as S) Phenolic C6H5OH) compounds (as Shall not exceed 5C above the ambient temperature of the receiving body 0.5 10 3.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 90% of test animals survival after 96 hrs with 1:8 dilution 2 5 0.1 3.0 2.0 1000 1000 0.2 50 0.1 10.0

Hexavalent chromium (as Cr) Nickel (as Ni) Cadmium (Cd) Chloride (as Cl) Sulphate (as SO4) Cyanide (asCN) Ammoniacal nitgrogen (as N) Lead (as Pb) Total Metal

Note: The standards may be relaxed in cases where the wastewater from small scale industrial units are collected and treated in a Terminal Treatment Plant. These standards are laid down without prejudice to the Board varying or modifying them while issuing consents pursuant to Section 25 and 26 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Source : CPCB Notification No. 1/2(71)/87 plg. dt 7th April, 1988, The Gazette of India, April 23, 1988.