APPENDIX 3

RECOMMENDED EFFLUENT STANDARDS FOR DIRECT DISCHARGE

TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Parameters

Ph
Temperature (C)
Colour

To Inland Watercourse
Above
Not Affecting
Potable Water Potable Water
Abstraction
Abstraction
6-9
6-9
40
40

To Estuary

To SEA

6-9
40

6-9
45

No Change

Not
Objectionable

Not
Objectionable

Not
Objectionable

BOD5
COD
SS

20
150
30

20
150
30

50
200
50

TDS
Aluminium (as Al)
Arsenic (as As)
Barium (as Ba)
Beryllium (as Be)
Cadmium (as Cd)
Chromium 3+ (as Cr 3+)
Chromium 6+ (as Cr 6+)
Chloride (as Cl)
Free Chlorine (as Cl)
Cobalt (as Co)
Copper (as Cu)
Cyanide (as CN)
Synthetic Detergents (as
ABS)
Fluoride (as F)
Oil and Grease
Hydrocarbons
Iron (as Fe)
Lead (as Pb)
Lithium (as Li)
Manganese (as Mn)
Mercury (as Hg)
Molybdenum (as Mo)
Ammoniacal Nitrogen (as N)
Nickel (as Ni)
Nitrate (as N)
Nitrite (as N)
Total Nitrogen (as N)
Phenols
Total Phosphorous (as P)
Radioactive Material

2000
5
0.1
2
0.5
0.05
0.5
0.1
500
0.5
0.1
0.5
0.1
1

2500
5
0.5
5
1
0.1
1
0.2
750
0.5
0.2
0.5
0.2
1

3000
10
0.5
10
1
0.1
2
0.2
2000
1
0.5
1
0.2
2

1
20
2
0.1
2
0.2
5000
2
2
1
0.5
4

1.5
2
5
1
0.1
5
1
0.005
0.5
5
0.2
10
0.5
15
0.1
30

2
5
5
5
0.5
5
5
0.005
1
50
0.5
20
1.0
50
0.5
30

3
5
10
5
1
10
5
0.005
1
50
1
30
2
50
0.5
30

3
50
30
20
1
10
10
0.005
2
100
2
50
5
100
1
30

No identifiable
sewage solids

In accordance with limits and regulations set by the International Atomic

Energy Agency

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Selenium (as Se)

Sulphate (as SO4)
Sulphide (as S)
Vanadium (as Va)
Zinc (as Zn)

0.05
200
0.5
0.1
1

0.1
400
1
0.2
2

0.1
500
1
0.5
5

1
1000
5
1
5

All limits are given in mg/l except pH, temperature, colour and radioactive material.
Note: Values are 95 percentiles based on spot samples.

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