What are the common Parameters and Standards for the WWTP?
The degree of “Water Pollution” is determined using wastewater parameters.
Water pollution is defined as any change in the physical, chemical, or biological qualities of water, resulting in wastewater. These waters must be cleaned after usage to prevent pollution of lakes, aquifers, rivers, and seas, which are mainly the result of human activity. These pollutants are all chemicals or unwanted items that pollute the air, soil, and water.
Thousands of workers do wastewater parameter assessments every day at all wastewater treatment plants. These are pollution indicators that are used to ensure that wastewater complies with local regulations.
What are the objectives of these Analysis?
-The examination of wastewater parameters helps you to confirm that the wastewater treatment's goals have been met;
- Recycle and recover reusable wastewater components;
- Preserve the receiving environment's ecological health;
- Ensuring the public's health when they come into contact with effluents.
What are the industrial WWTP parameters and standards?
In some special instances or for large municipal wastewater treatment plants, special parameters, such as:
• Nitrogen, found in minerals (ammonia, nitrate) and organic forms. Its organic or ammoniacal presence depletes oxygen in the natural environment, causing living conditions to change.
• Ratio such as COD/BOD-5: This ratio identifies the source and origin of organic pollutants. Unpolluted surface water has a BOD-5 concentration of 2 to 20 mg/l. Water pollution is indicated by measures that go beyond that.
List of parameters for each industrial activity or as per different Industrial Sectors
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Industrial Sector |
Parameters |
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Textile manufacturing |
Colour, Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, Free Chlorine, TSS, Chloride, Sulphate, Sulphide, Ammonical Nitrogen, Nitrate, Detergents, Cadmium, Total Chromium, Cobalt, Copper,Molybdenum, Sodium, Zinc, Oil & Grease, Total Pesticides, Total Organic Halides. |
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Metal Plating & Galvanising |
Temperature, pH, COD, Free Chlorine, TSS, Chloride, Sulphate, Sulphide, Nitrate, Cyanide, Cadmium, Total Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Nickel, Zinc, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides. |
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Slaughtering |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Chloride, Nitrate as N, TKN, Oil & Grease, Total Coliforms, E. Coli |
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Canning & Food Processing |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5,Free Chlorine, TSS, Chloride, Nitrate as N, TKN, Sodium, Oil & Grease, Total Coliforms. |
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Dairy Processing |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5,TSS, Selenium, Oil & Grease, Detergents, Ammoniacal Nitrogen. |
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Soft Drink Bottling |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Sodium, Zinc, Detergents. |
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Breweries & Distilleries |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5,TSS, Nitrate as N, Selenium, Zinc, Oil & Grease, Detergents, Ammoniacal Nitrogen. |
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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. |
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Edible Oil Refining |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, TSS, Chloride, Sodium, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides, Phenols, Detergents. |
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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. |
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Mechanical Workshop |
pH, COD, BOD5, Oil & Grease, Total Chromium, Lead, Manganese, Zinc. |
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Thermal Power Plant |
Temperature, pH, TSS, Oil & Grease, Total Chromium, Copper, Iron, Zinc. |
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Soap & Detergents Manufacturing |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, Free Chlorine¸ TSS, Oil & Grease, Total Organic Halides, Detergents, Ammonical Nitrogen. |
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Manufacture of Pharmaceutical products |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, TSS, Sulphide, Oil & Grease, Phenols and Detergents. |
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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, Ammonical Nitrogen. |
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Manufacture of Chemical Fertilizers |
Temperature, pH, COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, TSS, Sulphate, Oil & Grease, Ammonical Nitrogen. |
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Livestock Breeding |
pH,COD, BOD5, Reactive Phosphorus, TSS, Nitrate as Nitrogen, TKN, Total Coliforms, E. Coli, Ammonical Nitrogen. |
These are the new wastewater treatment parameters that must be adhered to, as per Indian Government Guidelines
Effluent discharge Standards as per Indian Guidelines
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Parameters
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Unit |
Maximum permissible limit |
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Total coliforms |
MPN per 100 ml |
<400
|
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E. Coli |
MPN per 100 ml |
<200 |
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Free Chlorine |
mg/l |
0.5 |
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Total Suspended Solids (TSS) |
mg/l |
35 |
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Reactive Phosphorus
|
mg/l
|
1 |
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Colour |
- |
Not objectionable |
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Temperature |
0C |
40 |
|
|
|
|
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pH |
- |
5 – 9 |
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|
|
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Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) |
mg/l |
120 |
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|
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Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) |
mg/l |
40 |
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Chloride |
mg/l |
1500 |
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Sulphate |
mg/l |
1500 |
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Sulphide |
mg/l |
0.002 |
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Ammonical Nitrogen |
mg/l |
1 |
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Nitrate as N |
mg/l |
10 |
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Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) |
mg/l |
25 |
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Nitrite as N |
mg/l |
1 |
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Aluminium |
mg/l |
5 |
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Arsenic |
mg/l |
0.1 |
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Beryllium |
mg/l |
0.1 |
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Boron |
mg/l |
0.75 |
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Cadmium |
mg/l |
0.01 |
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Cobalt |
mg/l |
0.05 |
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Copper |
mg/l |
0.5 |
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Iron |
mg/l |
2.0 |
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Lead |
mg/l |
0.05 |
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Lithium |
mg/l |
2.5 |
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Manganèse |
mg/l |
0.2 |
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Mercury |
mg/l |
0.005 |
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Molybdenum |
mg/l |
0.01 |
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Nickel |
mg/l |
0.1 |
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Selenium |
mg/l |
0.02 |
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Sodium |
mg/l |
200 |
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Total Chromium |
mg/l |
0.05 |
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Vanadium |
mg/l |
0.1 |
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Zinc |
mg/l |
2 |
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Oil & Grease |
mg/l |
10 |
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Total Pesticides |
mg/l |
0.025 |
|
|
|
|
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Total organic halides |
mg/l |
1 |
|
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|
|
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Cyanide (as CN-) |
mg/l |
0.1 |
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Phenols |
mg/l |
0.5 |
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Detergents (as LAS*) |
mg/l |
15 |
* Linear Alkylate Sulphonate
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