Environment Protection (Standards for effluent discharge) Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. 44 of 2003)

Standards for Effluent Discharge Regulations General Notice No.44.of 2003 THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2002 Regulations made by the Minister under sections 39 and 96 of the Environment Protection Act 2002 1. These regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Standards for effluent discharge) Regulations 2003. 2. In these regulations (b)“effluent” means water sullied or contaminated by any matter, in solution or suspension and derived from the use of the water in connection with domestic, industrial or other activities; “HWM” means the High Water Mark at spring tide; “influent” means water diverted from a river, stream, spring, canal, underground or water supply network used in connection with any activity listed in the First Column of the First Schedule; “parameter” means, in relation to an effluent, the characteristics or constituent elements set out in the Second Column of the First Schedule in respect of the corresponding activity set out in the First Column of the First Schedule; “Wastewater system” – (a) means a sewer, conduit, pump, engine or other appliance used or intended to be used for the reception, conveyance, removal, treatment and disposal of effluent; and (b) does not include house sewers; “waterbody” includes a stream, a river, a canal, a lake, a pond, a reservoir, an estuary, a wetland and underground water; “watercourse” means any natural or artificial channel, pipe or conduit, excluding the sewerage system, carrying, or that may carry, and discharging water directly or indirectly into a water body; 3.No person shall discharge effluent onto land, into a watercourse or into a waterbody unless he ensures that the parameters of the effluent do not exceed the permissible limits set out in the Second Schedule. 4.Notwithstanding regulation 3 or any other enactment, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any effluent into a waterbody or watercourse used or earmarked to be used for potable water supply. 5.Notwithstanding regulation 3, any person using an influent, the limits concentration or value of the any parameters of which exceeds the permissible limit for that parameter set out in the Second Schedule, shall ensure that the concentration or value of the parameters of in the effluent does not exceed those that of the influent. 6.Any industry existing prior to the promulgation of these regulations and which is within a distance of 200 metres from the HWM shall comply with the permissible limits set out in the Third Schedule. 7.These regulations shall come into operation on 01 September 2003. Made by the Minister on 05 February 2003 FIRST SCHEDULE (regulation 2) List of parameters for each industrial activity INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY PARAMETERS Textile manufacturing Colour, Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, Free Chlorine, TSS, Chloride, Sulphate, Sulphide, Ammoniacal Nitrogen, Nitrate as N, Detergents, Cadmium, Total Chromium, Cobalt, Copper,Molybdenum, Sodium, Zinc, Oil & Grease, Total Pesticides, Total Organic Halides. Metal Plating & Galvanising Temperature, pH, COD, Free Chlorine, TSS, Chloride, Sulphate, Sulphide, Nitrate as N, Cyanide, Cadmium, Total Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Nickel, Zinc, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides. Slaughtering Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Chloride, Nitrate as N, TKN, Oil & Grease, Total Coliforms, E. Coli Canning & Food Processing Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Free Chlorine, TSS, Chloride, Nitrate as N, TKN, Sodium, Oil & Grease, Total Coliforms. Dairy Processing Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Selenium, Oil & Grease, Detergents, Ammoniacal Nitrogen. Soft Drink Bottling Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Sodium, Zinc, Detergents. Breweries & Distilleries Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Nitrate as N, Selenium, Zinc, Oil & Grease, Detergents, Ammoniacal Nitrogen. Laundry processes Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, Free Chlorine, TSS, Nitrate as N, Total Chromium, Copper, Iron, Lead, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides, Detergents Edible Oil Refining Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Chloride, Sodium, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides, Phenols, Detergents. Paint Manufacturing Colour, Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Chloride, Sulphate, Sulphide, Aluminium, Cadmium, Total Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Molybdenum, Zinc, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides. Mechanical Workshop pH, COD, BOD5, Oil & Grease, Total Chromium, Lead, Manganese, Zinc. Thermal Power Plant Temperature, pH, TSS, Oil & Grease, Total Chromium, Copper, Iron, Zinc. Soap & Detergents Manufacturing Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, Free Chlorine¸ TSS, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides, Detergents, Ammoniacal Nitrogen. Manufacture of Pharmaceutical products Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, TSS, Sulphide, Oil & Grease, Phenols and Detergents. Tanning Colour, Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, TSS, Sulphate, Sulphide, Nitrate as Nitrogen, Cadmium, Total Chromium, Mercury, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides, Total Coliforms, E. Coil Coli, Ammoniacal Nitrogen. Manufacture of Chemical Fertilizers Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, TSS, Sulphate, Oil & Grease, Ammoniacal Nitrogen. Livestock Breeding pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, TSS, Nitrate as Nitrogen, TKN, Total Coliforms, E. Coli, Ammoniacal Nitrogen. SECOND SCHEDULE (regulation 4) Effluent discharge Standards Parameter Unit Maximum permissible limit Land/ Underground Surface water courses Total coliforms MPN per 100 ml <400 E. Coli MPN per 100 ml <1000 <200 Free Chlorine Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Reactive Phosphorus mg/l l mg/l mg/l 45 10 0.5 35 1 Colour - Not objectionable Temperature 0C 40 pH - 5 – 9 Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) mg/l 120 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) mg/l 40 Chloride mg/l 750 Sulphate mg/l 750 Sulphide mg/l 0.002 Ammoniacal Nitrogen mg/l 1 Nitrate as N mg/l 10 Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) mg/l 25 Nitrite as N mg/l 1 Aluminium mg/l 5 Arsenic mg/l 0.1 Beryllium mg/l 0.1 Boron mg/l 0.75 Cadmium mg/l 0.01 Cobalt mg/l 0.05 Copper mg/l 0.5 Iron mg/l 2.0 Lead mg/l 0.05 Lithium mg/l 2.5 Manganese mg/l 0.2 Mercury mg/l 0.005 Molybdenum mg/l 0.01 Nickel mg/l 0.1 Selenium mg/l 0.02 Sodium mg/l 200 Total Chromium mg/l 0.05 Vanadium mg/l 0.1 Zinc mg/l 2 Oil & Grease mg/l 10 Total Pesticides mg/l 0.025 Total organic halides mg/l 1 Cyanide (as CN -) or Free cyanide mg/l 0.1 Phenols mg/l 0.5 Detergents (as LAS*) mg/l 15 * Linear Alkylate Sulphonate THIRD SCHEDULE (regulation 6) Effluent discharge Standards Parameter Unit Maximum permissible limit Total coliforms MPN per 100 ml <400 E. Coli MPN per 100 ml <200 Free Chlorine Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Reactive Phosphorus mg/l mg/l mg/l 0.5 35 1 Colour - Not objectionable Temperature 0C 40 pH - 5 – 9 Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) mg/l 120 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) mg/l 40 Chloride mg/l 1500 Sulphate mg/l 1500 Sulphide mg/l 0.002 Ammoniacal Nitrogen mg/l 1 Nitrate as N mg/l 10 Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) mg/l 25 Nitrite as N mg/l 1 Aluminium mg/l 5 Arsenic mg/l 0.1 Beryllium mg/l 0.1 Boron mg/l 0.75 Cadmium mg/l 0.01 Cobalt mg/l 0.05 Copper mg/l 0.5 Iron mg/l 2.0 Lead mg/l 0.05 Lithium mg/l 2.5 Manganese mg/l 0.2 Mercury mg/l 0.005 Molybdenum mg/l 0.01 Nickel mg/l 0.1 Selenium mg/l 0.02 Sodium mg/l 200 Total Chromium mg/l 0.05 Vanadium mg/l 0.1 Zinc mg/l 2 Oil & Grease mg/l 10 Total Pesticides mg/l 0.025 Total organic halides mg/l 1 Cyanide (as CN -) mg/l 0.1 Phenols mg/l 0.5 Detergents (as LAS*) mg/l 15 * Linear Alkylate Sulphonate