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Government Regulations For Effluents: by Bureau of Indian Standards Lecture 40
Government Regulations For Effluents: by Bureau of Indian Standards Lecture 40
BYBUREAUOFINDIANSTANDARDS Lecture40
The general tolerance limits prescribed for the industrial effluent by the Bureau of Indian Standards are applicable to textile processing effluents also. These are shown in Table
Sl.No. Characteristic
OnLandfor Irrigationc
SeeNote1 200
IntoMarine Coastal
SeeNote1 (a)Forprocesswaste waters 1000 (b)Forcoolingwater effluents10percent abovetotal suspendedmatterof effluentcooling water. a)Floatble Solids, Max,3mm. b)Settleable Solids, Max,850Microns
iii)Particlesizeof suspendedsolids
Shallpass850micron isSieve
2100
2100
5.5to9.0
5.5to9.0
5.5to9.0
Sl.No. Characteristic
vi)Tempreture oC max
OnLandfor Irrigationc
IntoMarine Coastal
45ofthepointof discharge
vii)Oilandgrease 10 mg/l,max viii)Totalresidual 1 chlorinemg/l,max 50(seenote3) ix)Ammoniacal nitrogen(asN) mg/l,max x)TotalKjeldahl nitrogen(asN) mg/l,max 100
10
20 50
100
xi)FreeAmmonia 5 (asNH3)mg/lmax
Sl.No. Characteristic
OnLandfor Irrigationc
IntoMarine Coastal
100(seenote2)
350(seenote2) 100(seenote2)
250(seenote4)
250(seenote4)
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.0
1.0
OnLandfor Irrigationc
IntoMarine Coastal
1.0
3 15 3 2 60
60
3 16 5.0 2
Sl.No. Characteristic
OnLandfor Irrigationc
5
IntoMarine Coastal
0.2 1000 15
0.2 600
0.2
(xxvii)Fluoride(as 2.0 F),mg/l,max 5(SeeNote3) (xxviii)Dissolved phosphates(asP), mg/1,max (xxix)Sulphate(as 1000 S04)mg/l,max (xxx)Sulphide(as S),mg/l,max 2(SeeNote3)
1000
1000
Sl.No. Characteristic
OnLandfor Irrigationc
IntoMarine Coastal
(xxxi)Pesticides (SeeNote6)
Absent
Absent 5
Absent
Absent 5
5 (xxxii)Phenolic Compound(as C6H5OH),mg/1, max (xxxiii)Radioactive 107 materials;)Alpha emmitters, C/ml,max. (b)Betaemitters, C/ml,max 106
107
108
107
106
107
Note4: Forpaper,dyestuff,pesticideandcertainchemicalandpetrochemicalindustries,thesevalues
mayberelaxed.Wheneverthesevaluesarerelaxed,itshallbeensuredthattheeffluentpassesthetest fortoxicityasgiveninIS:65821971
Note 6: Pesticides are highly toxic. Specific limits and methods of test are being worked out separately.