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National Environmental Quality Standards
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The National Environmental Standards are applicable to all kind of industrial and municipal effluents. Different Parameters are set showing permissible levels of pollutants in liquid effluents and gaseous emissions. These were first promulgated in 1993 and were last revised in 2000. After enforcing NEQS, Government has been empowered to levy a pollution charge.
For liquid effluents, there are 32 parameters showing permissible level of pollutants before its discharge into sea, inland water & sewage. And, for gaseous emissions, there are 16 parameters.
- National Environmental Quality Standards 2000 – SRO 549(I)/2000
Revises the standards for municipal and liquid industrial effluents; industrial gaseous emissions including smoke, particulate matter and chemicals etc.
- National Environmental Quality Standards 2009 – SRO 72(KE)/2009
Motor vehicle exhaust and noise including smoke, carbon monoxide and noise for new and in-use vehicles.
- National Environmental Quality Standards 2010 – SRO 162(I)/2010
NEQS for Ambient air pollutants including sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, ozone, suspended particulate matter, particulate matter, lead and carbon monoxide.
National Environmental Quality Standards 2010 – SRO 163(I)/2010
NEQS for Drinking Water including bacterial, physical, chemical, organic and radioactive.
- National Environmental Quality Standards 2010 – SRO 164(I)/2010
NEQS for Noise limit in residential area, commercial area, industrial area and silence zone.
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