Environmental Management and Coordination (Water Quality) Regulations, Legal Notice No. 177 of 2024

Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3079 ! THIRD SCHEDULE (r. 6(1)) FEES Individual producer registration (one off) – Ksh. 5, 000 Registration 1.! Collective Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes – Ksh. 10,000 2.! Individual Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes - Ksh. 5,000 Annual Licence 1.! Collective Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme – Ksh. 100,000 2.! Individual Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme – Ksh. 50,000 Made on the 14th October, 2024. ADEN DUALE, Cabinet Secretary for Environment Climate Change and Forestry. LEGAL NOTICE NO. 177 THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO ORDINATION ACT (Cap. 387) THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO ORDINATION (WATER QUALITY) REGULATIONS, 2024 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS Regulation PART I—PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 1—Citation. 2—Interpretation. 3—Application. PART II—PROTECTION OF SOURCES OF WATER 4—Prevention of water pollution. 5—Standards for sources of domestic water. 6—Protection of lakes, rivers, streams, springs, wells and other water sources. 7—Restrictions and other measures on use of water sources. 8—Compliance with water quality standards. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3080 9—Water quality monitoring. PART III—WATER FOR INDUSTRIAL USE AND EFFLUENT DISCHARGE 10—Water for industrial use and compliance with industrial standards. 11—Discharge into the environment. 12—Compliance. 13—Discharge into public sewers. 14—Discharge monitoring. 15—Review of records. 16—Application for effluent discharge licence. 17—Effluent discharge licence. 18—Validity. 19—Register of licences. 20—Licence not transferable. PART IV—WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL USE 21—Use of waste water for irrigation. 22—Abstraction from a water body under environmental management plan. 23—Creation of buffer zone for irrigation scheme. 24—Transitional provision. 25—Compliance with irrigation water standards. PART V—WATER FOR OTHER USES 26—Water pollution. 27—Recreational uses. PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 28—Offences. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3081 ! THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO ORDINATION ACT (Cap. 387) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 147 of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, in consultation with the relevant lead agencies, makes the following Regulations— THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO ORDINATION (WATER QUALITY) REGULATIONS, 2024 PART I—PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 1.! These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Water Quality) Regulations, 2024. Citation. 2.! In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation. “Buffer Zone” means distinct or established areas that separate potentially competing users and that serve to lessen the danger of potential conflicts; “Designated Representative” means any person authorized by the Authority to act on its behalf; “Ground water” means the water of underground streams, channels, artesian basins, reservoirs, lakes and other bodies of water in the ground, and includes water in interstices below the water table; “Natural water body” means any river, stream, spring, lake, swamp, pond, estuary, reservoirs, coastal or other water source in a natural water course; “pH” means the negative base 10 logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration; “Point Sources” means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, conduit, tunnel, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation or vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharged; “Resource Quality” in relation to a water resource, means the quality of all the aspects of a water resource including— (a)! the character and condition of the in-stream and riparian habitat; (b)! the characteristics, condition and distribution of the aquatic biota; (c)! the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the water; (d)! the quantity, pattern, timing, water level and assurance of in stream flow; and Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3082 (e)! the water quality stipulated for the reserves. 3.! These Regulations shall apply to— Application. (a)! drinking water; (b)! water used for industrial purposes; (c)! water used for agricultural purposes; (d)! water used for recreational purposes, (e)! water used for fisheries and wildlife; and (f)! water used for any other purposes. PART II—PROTECTION OF SOURCES OF WATER 4.! (1) Every person shall refrain from any act which directly or indirectly causes, or may cause immediate or subsequent water pollution, and it shall be immaterial whether or not the water resource was polluted before the enactment of the Act. Prevention of water pollution. (2) No person shall throw or cause to flow into or near a water resource any liquid, solid or gaseous substance or deposit any such substance in or near the water course, as to cause pollution. 5.! All sources of water for domestic uses shall comply with the standards set out in First Schedule of these Regulations. Standards for sources of domestic water. 6.! No person shall— Protection of lakes, rivers, streams, springs, wells and other water sources. (a)! discharge any effluent from sewage treatment works, industry or other point source into the aquatic environment without a valid effluent discharge license issued in accordance with the Act; (b)! abstract ground water or carry out any activity near any lakes, rivers, streams, springs or wells that is likely to have an adverse impact on the quantity and quality of the water without an Environmental Impact Assessment license issued in accordance with the Act; or (c)! cultivate or undertake any development activity within a minimum of six metres and a maximum of thirty metres from the highest ever recorded flood level, on either side of a river or stream, and as may be determined by the Authority. 7.! The Authority, in consultation with the relevant lead agency, may impose restrictions and other measures on the use of sources of water for domestic use in order to prevent and control the degradation of those sources. Restrictions and other measures on use of water sources. 8.! Each operator and supplier of treated water, containerised water and each water vendor shall comply with the relevant quality standards in force as promulgated by the relevant lead agencies. Compliance with water quality standards. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3083 ! 9.! The Authority, in consultation with the relevant lead agency, shall collect and maintain water quality monitoring records for sources of domestic water at least twice every calendar year and such records shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule. Water quality monitoring. PART III—WATER FOR INDUSTRIAL USE AND EFFLUENT DISCHARGE 10.! (1) No person shall use water for trade or an industrial undertaking unless that person complies with the standards prescribed by the relevant lead agency in regard to that particular activity. Water for industrial use and compliance with industrial standards. (2) The Authority, in consultation with the relevant lead agencies, shall take measures to ensure compliance with the standards contemplated under subregulation (1) by the user of water for trade or an industrial undertaking. 11.! No person shall discharge or apply any poison, toxic, noxious or obstructing matter, radioactive waste or other pollutant or permit any person to dump or discharge such matter into the environment unless such discharge, poison, toxic, noxious or obstructing matter, radioactive waste or pollutant complies with the standards set out in the Third Schedule. Discharge into the environment. 12.! (1) Each county government, or person operating a sewage system, or owner or operator of any trade or industrial undertaking issued with an effluent discharge licence under the Act shall comply with the standards set out in Third Schedule. Compliance. (2) Each county government, or person operating a sewage system, or owner or operator of any trade or industrial undertaking shall be guided by the monitoring guide for discharge into the environment set out in the Fourth Schedule. 13.! Each owner or operator of a trade or industrial undertaking issued with a licence by a county government or sewerage service provider to discharge effluent into any existing sewerage system shall comply with the standards set out in the Fifth Schedule. Discharge into public sewers. 14.! (1) Each person who generates and discharges effluent into the environment under a licence issued under the Act shall— Discharge monitoring. (a)! carry out effluent discharge quality and quantity monitoring in accordance with methods and procedures of sampling and analysis prescribed by the Authority; and (b)! submit records of effluent discharge quality and quantity monitoring to the Authority at least once in every six months or as the Authority may prescribe. (2) The effluent discharge quality and quantity monitoring record shall be in the form set out in Sixth Schedule. 15.! The Authority shall review the monitoring records in order— Review of records. (a)! to verify compliance with these Regulations; and Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3084 (b)! to determine the fees payable in the subsequent year where the scale set out in the Eleventh Schedule is applicable: Provided that where (b) is applicable, the Authority may inspect the premises and carry out its own analysis in accordance with section 117(3) of the Act. 16.! (1) An application for an effluent discharge licence shall— Application for effluent discharge licence. (a)! be in Form A as set out in the Seventh Schedule; and (b)! accompanied by the fee set out in the Eleventh Schedule. (2) The decision of the Authority together with the reasons thereof shall be communicated to the applicant within thirty working days from the date of submission of the application under subregulation (1). (3) Where the Authority approves an application for the grant of an effluent discharge licence, it shall issue an effluent discharge licence within twenty-one days. 17.! An effluent discharge licence shall be in Form B as set out in the Seventh Schedule. Effluent discharge licence. 18.! An effluent discharge licence shall be valid for such period of time as the Authority may determine. Validity. 19.! The Authority shall maintain a register of effluent discharge licences. Register of licences. 20.! An effluent discharge licence issued under the Act shall not be transferable. Licence not transferable. PART IV—WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL USE 21.! No person shall use wastewater for irrigation purposes unless the water meets the quality guidelines set out in the Eighth Schedule. Use of waste water for irrigation. 22.! Where the Cabinet Secretary, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 42(3) of the Act has issued an order for the management of a natural water body, no person shall abstract water from such body for irrigation unless the water meets the standards set out in the Ninth Schedule. Abstraction from a water body under environmental management plan. 23.! An owner or operator of an irrigation scheme shall create a buffer zone of at least fifty meters in width between the irrigation scheme and the natural water body into which such irrigation scheme discharges its waters. Creation of buffer zone for irrigation scheme. 24.! Each owner or operator of an existing irrigation scheme shall, within ninety days upon the coming into force of these Regulations, take necessary steps to comply with these Regulations. Transitional provision. 25.! The Authority, in consultation with the relevant lead agency, shall take measures to ensure compliance with these Regulations by the owner or operator of an existing irrigation scheme. Compliance with irrigation water standards. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3085 ! PART V—WATER FOR OTHER USES 26.! No person shall discharge or apply any poison, toxic, noxious or obstructing matter, radioactive wastes, or other pollutants or permit any person to dump or discharge any such matter into water meant for fisheries, wildlife, recreational purposes or any other uses unless such discharge, poison, toxic, noxious or obstructing matter, radioactive waste or pollutant complies with the standards set out in the Third Schedule. Water pollution. 27.! No person shall use or allow to be used any natural water body for recreational purposes unless the water body meets the quality standards for recreational use set out in Tenth Schedule. Recreational uses. PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 28.! Any person, who upon the coming into force of these Regulations, discharges or applies any poison, toxic, noxious or obstructing matter, radioactive waste or other pollutants or permits any person to dump or discharge such matter into the aquatic environment in contravention of water pollution control standards established under this Part commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, the penalty prescribed under section 144 of the Act. Offences. ! Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3086 FIRST SCHEDULE (r. 5) QUALITY STANDARDS FOR SOURCES OF DOMESTIC WATER Parameter Guide Value (max allowable) pH 6.5 – 8.5 Suspended solids 30 (mg/L) Nitrate-NO3 10 (mg/L) Nitrite –NO2 3 (mg/L) Total Dissolved Solids 1200 (mg/L) Total coliforms Nil/100 ml Fluoride 1.5 (mg/L) Phenols Nil (mg/L) Arsenic 0.01 (mg/L) Cadmium 0.01 (mg/L) Lead 0.05 (mg/L) Selenium 0.01 (mg/L) Copper 0.05 (mg/L) Zinc 1.5 (mg/L) Alkyl benzyl sulphonates 0.5 (mg/L) Permanganate value (PV) 1.0 (mg/L) Nil means less than limit of detection using prescribed sampling and analytical methods and equipment as determined by the Authority. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3087 ! SECOND SCHEDULE (r. 9) WATER QUALITY MONITORING FOR SOURCES OF DOMESTIC WATER Name of Water Source……………………...……………………………………………… Sample No ………………………………….…………………………………..…………. Description of sample (untreated)…………………………………………………….…… Date and time sample received in lab ………………...…………………………………… Date and time sample was examined ……………………………………………………… Parameter RESULTS Observed value Guide value (max allowable) pH 6.5 -8.5 Suspended solids 30 (mg/L) Nitrate-NO3 10 (mg/L) Ammonia –NH3 0.5 (mg/L) Nitrite –NO2 3 (mg/L) Total Dissolved Solids 1200 (mg/L) Total coliforms Nil/100 ml Fluoride 1.5 (mg/L) Phenols Nil (mg/L) Arsenic 0.01 (mg/L) Cadmium 0.01 (mg/L) Lead 0.05 (mg/L) Selenium 0.01 (mg/L) Copper 0.05 (mg/L) Zinc 1.5 (mg/L) Alkyl benzyl sulphonates 0.5 (mg/L) Permanganate value 1.0 (mg/L) And any other parameters as may be prescribed by the Authority. 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Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3088 THIRD SCHEDULE (rr. 11, 12(1), 26) STANDARDS FOR EFFLUENT DISCHARGE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT Parameter Max Allowable Limits 1,1,1-trichloroethane (mg/l) 3 1,1,2-trichloethane (mg/l) 0.06 1,1-dichloroethylene 0.2 1,2-dichloroethane 0.04 1,3-dichloropropene (mg/l) 0.02 Alkyl Mercury compounds Nd Ammonia, ammonium compounds, NO3 compounds and NO2 compounds 100 (Sum total of ammonia-N times 4 plus nitrate-N and Nitrite-N) (mg/l) Arsenic (mg/l) 0.02 Arsenic and its compounds (mg/l) 0.1 Benzene (mg/l) 0.1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD 5days at 20 oC) (mg/l) 30 Boron (mg/l) 1.0 Boron and its compounds – non marine (mg/l) 10 Boron and its compounds –marine (mg/l) 30 Cadmium (mg/l) 0.01 Cadmium and its compounds (mg/l) 0.1 Carbon tetrachloride 0.02 Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD (mg/l) 50 Chromium VI (mg/l) 0.05 Chloride (mg/l) 250 Chlorine free residue 0.10 Chromium total 2 cis –1,2- dichloro ethylene 0.4 Copper (mg/l) 1.0 Dichloromethane (mg/l) 0.2 Dissolved iron (mg/l) 10 Dissolved Manganese(mg/l) 10 E.coli (Counts / 100 ml) Nil Fluoride (mg/l) 1.5 Fluoride and its compounds (marine and non-marine) (mg/l) 8 Lead (mg/l) 0.01 Lead and its compounds (mg/l) 0.1 n-Hexane extracts (animal and vegetable fats) (mg/l) 30 n-Hexane extracts (mineral oil) (mg/l) 5 Oil and grease Nil Organo-Phosphorus compounds (parathion,methyl parathion,methyl demeton and Ethyl parantrophenyl 1.0 phenylphosphorothroate, EPN only) (mg/l) Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs (mg/l) 0.003 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3089 ! pH (Hydrogen ion activity----marine) 5.0-9.0 pH (Hydrogen ion activity--non marine) 6.5-8.5 Phenols (mg/l) 0.001 Selenium (mg/l) 0.01 Selenium and its compounds (mg/l) 0.1 Hexavalent Chromium VI compounds (mg/l) 0.5 Sulphide (mg/l) 0.1 Simazine (mg/l) 0.03 Total Suspended Solids, (mg/l) 30 Tetrachloroethylene (mg/l) 0.1 Thiobencarb (mg/l) 0.1 Temperature (in degrees celious) based on ambient temperature ± 3 Thiram (mg/l) 0.06 Total coliforms (counts/100 ml) 30 Total Cyanide (mg/l) Nd Total Nickel (mg/l) 0.3 Total Dissolved solids (mg/l) 1200 Colour in Hazen Units (H.U) 15 Detergents (mg/l) Nil Total mercury (mg/l) 0.005 Trichloroethylene (mg/l) 0.3 Zinc (mg/l) 0.5 Total Phosphorus (mg/l) 2 Total Nitrogen (mg/l) 2 And any other parameters as may be prescribed by the Authority from time-to-time Remarks Standard values are daily/weekly/monthly average discharge values. Not detectable (nd) means that the pollution status is below the detectable level by the measurement methods established by the Authority. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3090 FOURTH SCHEDULE (r. 12(2)) MONITORING GUIDE FOR DISCHARGE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT D IS C H A R G IN G F A C IL IT Y O il a nd G as Fu el d is pe ns in g st at io ns D ai ry P ro du ct s G ra in M ill s C an ne d Fr ui ts a nd V eg et ab le s C an ne d an d Pr es er ve d Se a Fo od s Su ga r P ro ce ss in g Te xt ile s C em en t Fe ed lo ts El ec tro pl at in g O rg an ic C he m ic al s In or ga ni c C he m ic al s Pl as tic s a nd S yn th et ic s So ap a nd D et er ge nt s Fe rti liz er M an uf ac tu rin g Pe tro le um R ef in in g Ir on a nd S te el M an uf ac tu rin g N on F er ro us Ph os ph at e M an uf ac tu rin g St ea m E le ct ric P ow er G en er at in g Water quality parameters Biochemical Oxygen x Demand, BOD x x x x x x x X x x X x x x x Total Suspended Solids x X x x x x x x x x X x x x x X X x x pH x X x x x x x x x x x x X x x x x X X x x Faecal Coliforms x x x x x x x x x x x X x x x x X X x x Oil and Grease x X x x x x x x x x x x X x x x x X x x x Temperature x X x x x x x x x x X X x x x X x x x Chemical Oxygen X Demand, COD x x x x x Colour/Dye/Pig ment x x x x x x x x x x X x x x x x X x x x Elemental Phosphorus x Total Phosphorus x x x x x Ammonia (as N) x x x X X Organic Nitrogen as N x x Nitrate x x x Flow x x x x x x x x x x X x x x x x x X x x Phenols x X x x x Sulphide x x x x x Total Chromium x x x x Chromium VI x x x x Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3091 ! Chrome Copper x x x x Nickel x x Zinc x x x x x Total Cyanide x x Fluorine x x x X x Free Available Chlorine Residual Chlorine x x Cadmium x x x Lead x x x X Iron x Tin x x x Silver x Gold x Iridium x Palladium x Rhodium x Ruthenium x Mercury (total) x Total Organic Carbon x x Aluminium x x Arsenic x x x Selenium x Barium Manganese x Tannin Settleable Solids Surfactants ! Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3092 FOURTH SCHEDULE MONITORING GUIDE FOR DISCHARGE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT D IS C H A R G IN G F A C IL IT Y Fe ro A llo y m an uf ac tu rin g Le at he r t an ni ng a nd fi ni sh in g G la ss Ex tra ct iv es A sb es to s m an uf ac tu rin g R ub be r p ro ce ss in g Ti m be r p ro du ct s Pu lp , P ap er a nd p ap er bo ar d B ui ld er s pa pe r a nd p ap er b oa rd m ill s M ea t p ro du ct s Pa vi ng a nd ro of in g m at er ia ls In te ns iv e ch em ic al a gr ic ul tu re fa rm Ed ib le v eg et ab le o ils a nd fa ts H ot el s, R es ta ur an ts a nd G am e Lo dg es Water quality parameters BOD x x X x x x x X x X x x TSS x x x X x x x x x X x X x pH x x x X x x x x x X x X x x Faecal Coliforms x x x X x x x x x X x x x x Oil and Grease x x x X x x x x x X x X x x Temperature x x x x x x x x X x x x COD X x X x x x X x Colour/Dye/Pigme nt x x x X x x x x x X x x x x Elemental Phosphorus x x Total Phosphorus x X x x Ammonia (as N) x x X x x x Organic Nitrogen as N x x Nitrate X Flow x x x x x x x x x x x x x Phenols x x x Sulphide x X Total Chromium x x x X Chromium VI x X Copper Nickel Zinc x X Total Cyanide x X Fluorine x x Free Available Chlorine x x Residual Chlorine Cadmium Lead X Iron x Tin Silver Gold Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3093 ! Iridium Palladium Rhodium Ruthenium Mercury (total) X Total Organic Carbon Aluminium Arsenic Selenium Barium Manganese x Tannin x Settleable Solids x Surfactants x x FOURTH SCHEDULE (Cont’d) MONITORING GUIDE FOR DISCHARGE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT D IS C H A R G IN G FA C IL IT Y B ak er ie s a nd w he at co nf ec tio ne rie s B re w er ie s ( m al t) So ft dr in ks a nd c ar bo na te d w at er s Su ga r c on fe ct io ne ry To ba cc o pr oc es si ng D is til lin g an d bl en di ng o f sp iri ts M ot or v eh ic le a ss em bl y Pa in ts , v ar ni sh es a nd la cq ue rs B at te rie s m an uf ac tu re C os m et ic s Pr in tin g, p ub lis hi ng a nd al lie d in du st ry D om es tic se w ag e sy st em Ph ar m ac eu tic al in du st rie s Te a/ C of fe e In du st rie s Sl au gh te r H ou se s C om bi ne d se w ag e (D om es tic + an d In du st ria l e ff lu en t) Water quality parameters BOD x x X x X x x x x x x x x x TSS x x X x x x x x x x x pH x x X x X x x x x x x x x x x x Faecal Coliforms/Ecoli. x x X x X x x x x x x x x x x x Oil and Grease x X x x X x x x x x x x x x x Temperature x x X x X x x x x x x x COD X x X x x x x x x x x x x x x Colour/Dye/Pigme nt x x X x X x x x x x x x x x x x Elemental Phosphorus Total Phosphorus x x x x Ammonia (as N) x x x x Organic Nitrogen as N x x x x Nitrate x Flow x x X x X x x x x x x x x x x x Phenols x Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3094 Sulphide/Sulphur x x x Total Chromium x x Chromium VI x Chrome x Copper x x x Nickel x x Zinc x x x x x Zinc A Total Cyanide x Fluorine x Free Available Chlorine x x x x Cadmium x x Lead x x x x x x Iron x x x x x Tin x Silver x Gold x x x Iridium x Palladium x Rhodium x Ruthenium x Mercury x x x x Total Organic Carbon, TOC Aluminium x Arsenic x Selenium x Barium x Manganese x Tannin x Oil x X Settleable Solids x x Surfactants x x X X Means parameters to be monitored And any other parameters and/or discharging facilities as may be prescribed by the Authority from time to time. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3095 ! FIFTH SCHEDULE (r. 13) STANDARDS FOR EFFLUENT DISCHARGE INTO PUBLIC SEWERS PARAMETER Maximum levels permissible Suspended solids (mg/L) 250 Total dissolved solids (mg/L) 2000 Temperature 0C 20-35 pH 6-9 Oil and Grease (mg/L)- 5 Ammonia Nitrogen (mg/L) 20 Substances with an obnoxious smell Shall not be discharged into the Sewers Biological Oxygen Demand BOD5 days at 20 oC (mg/L) 500 Chemical Oxygen Demand COD (mg/L) 1000 Arsenic (mg/L) 0.02 Mercury (mg/L) 0.05 Lead (mg/L) 1.0 Cadmium (mg/L) 0.5 Chromium VI (mg/L) 0.05 Chromium (Total) (mg/L) 2.0 Copper (mg/L) 1.0 Zinc (mg/L) 5.0 Selenium (mg/L) 0.2 Nickel (mg/L) 3.0 Nitrates (mg/L) 20 Phosphates (mg/L) 30 Cyanide Total (mg/L) 2 Sulphide (mg/L) 2 Phenols (mg/L) 10 Detergents (mg/L) 15 Colour Less than 40 Hazen units Alkyl Mercury Not Detectable (nd) Free and saline Ammonia as N (mg/L) 4.0 Calcium Carbide Nil Chloroform Nil Inflammable solvents Nil Radioactive residues Nil Degreasing solvents of mono-di-trichloroethylene type Nil And any other parameter as the Authority and the sewerage service provider may prescribe. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3096 SIXTH SCHEDULE (r. 14(2)) MONITORING FOR DISCHARGE OF TREATED EFFLUENT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT Name of organization.……………………………………………………………………… Name of facility ….………………………………………………………………...……… Nature of activities ………………………………………………………………………… Sample No ………………………………………………………………….……………… Description of sample ………………………………………...…………………………… Date and time sample received in lab …………………………...………………………… Date and time sample was examined ……………………………………………………… Parameter RESULTS Guide value Sample Sample at Sample Remark upstream discharge downstream point 6.5-8.5 pH 30 (mg/L) max Biological Oxygen Demand (5 days at 20 oC) 50 (mg/L) max Chemical Oxygen Demand 30 (mg/L) max Suspended solids 100 (mg/L) max Ammonia –NH4 + Nitrate-N03 + Nitrite –N02 1200 (mg/L) Total Dissolved Solids max Nil/100 ml E.Coli *Based on sampling analysis monitoring frequency. (daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly) Others 1.……………………………………………………………………………………………. 2.……………………………………………………………………………………………. 3.……………………………………………………………………………………………. 4.………………………………………………………………………………….………… As guided by the Fourth Schedule or as may be directed by the Authority! Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3097 ! SEVENTH SCHEDULE (rr. 16(1), 17, 19) FORM A: APPLICATION FOR EFFLUENT DISCHARGE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT PART A: DETAILS OF APPLICANT A1. Name of applicant:…………………………………………………………….…… A2. Personal Identification Number…………………………………………….……… A3. Postal Address: …………………………………….……………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… A4. Name of contact person: .............................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................... A5. Telephone No. ………………………..………...…………………………………… A6. E-mail ……………………………………………………..………………………… A7. Previous Licence Number ………………………..………………………………… PART B: DETAILS OF DISCHARGING FACILITY B1. EIA License Number/ Environmental Audit reference number …………………………………………………………..…………………………… B2. Location of discharging facility (County, subcounty, location, sub-location, GPS coordinates):………………………………………………………………………… B3. Activity of discharging facility (e.g. coffee factory, sewage plant, tea factory) …………………………………………………………….………………………… B4. Nature and composition of effluent:………………………………………………… B5. Does the facility have effluent treatment plant (Yes or No)? ………………………………………………….…………………………………… B6. Maximum quantity of effluent which is proposed to be discharged on any one day (in M3/day) B7. The highest rate at which it proposes to discharge the effluent (in M³/hr.) ………………………………………………………………………….…………… B8. Source of processing water to the facility…………………………………………… B9. Does the facility have access to a Laboratory for monitoring the quality of discharged effluent? (Yes or No) ………………………………………………………………………… B10. Description of the activities of the facility ................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................... Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3098 B11. Point of discharge (description including GPS coordinates): …………………………………………………………..…………………………… 1.1.1 PART C: DECLARATION BY APPLICANT I hereby certify that the information given above is correct and true to the best of my knowledge:……………………………………….………………………………………… Signature of the Applicant………………………….……………………………………… Full Names in Block letters………………………………………………………………… Position On behalf of: ……………………………………………………………………………… (Firm name and seal) Date: …………………………………………………….…………………………………. PART D: FOR OFFICIAL USE Approved/Not Approved………………………..………………………………………… COMMENTS ....................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................... Official Signature…………………………..…..……… Date …………………………………………………… Important Notes: Please submit the following: (a) Online application form (b) relevant attachments and (c) Prescribed fee. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3099 ! THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO-ORDINATION ACT EFFLUENT DISCHARGE LICENCE Form B Application Reference No. …………………………….. Licence No. ……………………………………….......... FOR OFFICIAL USE This is to certify that the application for discharge to the Environment received from ……………………………….. (name of applicant) of ………………………(address) to the National Environment Management Authority in accordance with Water Quality Regulations for……………………………………………….. (facility) located at …………………..………. (locality and County) to discharge effluent to …………………………………. has been evaluated and a licence is hereby issued for discharge, subject to the attached conditions. Dated this …………….. day of ………………………………. 20…... Signature: ……………………………… (Official Stamp) Director General National Environment Management Authority Conditions of Licence 1.! This Licence is valid for a period of ………………………...… from the date hereof. 2.! Frequency of Monitoring (Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly/Biannually) …………... 3.! ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4.! ………………………………………………………………………………………… Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3100 EIGHTH SCHEDULE (r. 21) Microbiological quality guidelines for wastewater use in irrigation Reuse conditions Exposed group Intestinal Coliforms (MPN/100 ml) nematodes (MPN/L)* Unrestricted irrigation ( crops Workers, consumers, <1000** likely to be eaten uncooked, Public <1 sports fields, public parks) Restricted irrigation (cereal Workers <1 No standard recommended crops, industrial crops, fodder crops, pasture and trees*** * Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and human hookworms. ** A more stringent guideline (<200 coliform group of bacteria per 100 ml) is appropriate for public lawns, such as hotel lawns, with which the public may come into direct contact. *** In the case of fruit trees, irrigation should cease two weeks before fruit is picked and fruit should be picked off the ground. overhead irrigation should not be used. Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3101 ! NINTH SCHEDULE (r. 22) STANDARDS FOR IRRIGATION WATER Parameter Permissible Level pH 6.5-8.5 Aluminium 5 (mg/L) Arsenic 0.1 (mg/L) Boron 0.1 (mg/L) Cadmium 0.5 (mg/L) Chloride 0.01 (mg/L) Chromium 1.5 (mg/L) Cobalt 0.1 (mg/L) Copper 0.05 (mg/L) E.coli Nil/100 ml Fluoride 1.0 (mg/L) Iron 1 (mg/L) Lead 5 (mg/L) Selenium 0.19 (mg/L) Sodium Absorption Ratio (SAR) 6 (mg/L) Total Dissolved Solids 1200 (mg/L) Zinc 2 (mg/L) And any other parameters as may be prescribed by the Authority from time to time Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3102 TENTH SCHEDULE (r. 27) QUALITY STANDARDS FOR WATER FOR RECREATIONAL USE PARAMETER MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Arsenic (mg/l) 0.05 Fecal coliform (Counts/100 ml) Nil Total coliform (Counts/100 ml) 500 Cadmium 0.01 Chromium 0.1 Colour (True Colour Units) 100 Light Penetration (meters) 1.2 Mercury (mg/L) 0.001 Odour (Threshold Odour Number, TON) 16 Oil and Grease (mg/L) 5 pH 6 – 9 Radiation, Total (Bq/L) 0.37 Surfactant, MBAs (mg/L) 2 Temperature (0C) 30 Turbidity (NTU) 50 And any other parameters as may be prescribed by the Authority from time to time Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 3103 ! ELEVENTH SCHEDULE (rr. 15(b), 16(1)(b)) FEES Fee (Ksh) The fees chargeable under these Regulations shall be as specified hereafter: 1. Application for discharge of effluent into the environment a)! Sewerage service providers 10,000 b)! Discharging facility in Schedule 4 other than (a) above 10,000 c)! Any other institution 10,000 2. Annual License fee for discharge of effluent into the environment a)! Sewerage service providers sector— Category (I) ≥ - 80,000 M DWF Design Capacity 550,000 Category (II) ≥ 60,000<80,000m3 DWF Design Capacity 440,000 Category (III ≥ 40,000<60,000m3 DWF Design Capacity 330,000 Category (IV) ≥ 20,000<40,000m3 DWF Design Capacity 220,000 Category (V) 20,000m3 DWF Design capacity 110,000 Discharging facility in Schedule 4 other than (a) above - and for (i) Petroleum sector 110,000 Category (I) Depots, pump stations and refineries 110,000 Category (II) Service station (Filling station + Vehicle service + carwash) 82,500 Category (III) Service station (Filling station +Vehicle service) 55,000 Category (IV) Filling station ≥ 50M3 (Tank Storage) 33,000 Category (V) Filling Station <50M3 (Tank storage) 27,500 (ii) Hotels, Camps and lodges sector Category (I) ≤ 25 persons bed capacity 27,500 Category (II) >25 ≤ 50 persons bed capacity 33,000 Category (III)>50 ≤ 75 persons bed capacity 55,000 Category (IV) >75 ≤ 100 Persons bed capacity 82,500 Category (V) >100 Persons bed capacity 110,000 (iii) Agro-based Processing Industries Category (i) ≥ 2,000 M3 DWF Design capacity 110,000 Category (i) ≥ 1500 <2,000 M3 DWF Design capacity 82,500 Category (i) ≥ 1000 <1500 M3 DWF Design capacity 55,000 Category (i) ≥ 1,000 M3 DWF Design capacity 33,000 (iv) Abbartoirs/slaughterhouses Category (i) ≥ 40 animals per day 110,000 Category (ii) ≥ 20 < 40 animals per day* 82,500 Category (iii) ≥ 6 < 20 animals per day 55,000 Category (iv) <6 animals per day 22,000 (v) Chemical-based Processing Industries Category (i) ≥ 2,000 m3 DWF Design Capacity 110,000 Category (ii) ≥ 1500<2,000 m3 DWF Design Capacity 82,500 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2024 ! 3104 Category (iii) ≥ 1000<1500 m3 DWF Design Capacity 55,000 Category (iv) <1,000 m3 DWF Design Capacity 33,000 (vi) Intensive Chemical Agriculture Category (i) ≥ 40 HA Acreage 110,000 Category (ii) ≥ 30 <40 HA Acreage 82,500 Category (iii) ≥ 20<30 HA Acreage 55,000 Category (iv) ≥ 10 <20 HA Acreage 33,000 Category (v) < 10 HA Acreage 22,000 (vii) Institutions with populations ≥ 1000 persons 110,000 with populations ≥ 500≤ 999 55,000 with populations ≥ 100 ≤ 499 33,000 with populations ≥ 50 ≤ 99 22,000 (viii) Medical facilities with bed capacity ≥ 1000 110,000 with bed capacity ≥ 500≤ 999 55,000 with bed capacity ≥ 100 ≤ 499 33,000 with bed capacity ≥ 50 ≤ 99 22,000 (ix) Commercial premises Category (i) ≥ 2,000 m3 DWF Design Capacity 110,000 Category (ii) ≥ 1500<2,000 m3 DWF Design Capacity 82,500 Category (iii) ≥ 1000<1500 m3 DWF Design Capacity 55,000 Category (iv) <1,000 m3 DWF Design Capacity 33,000 (x) residential premises with > 100 housing units 22,000 with ≥ 50 ≤ 100 housing units 11,000 xi) Car wash facilities 25,000 xii) Other facilities/ institutions 25,000 3. Inspection of records/effluent register 500 Made on the 14th October, 2024. ADEN DUALE, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, NAIROBI