Water Quality

Qualifying Criteria for Highly-Efficient Water Pollution

Items of AnalysisSewerWatercourse
Units in milligram per litre
1BOD (5days at 20)-*25
2COD-*50
 3 Total Suspended Solids-* 25
4Cyanide (as CN)10.05
5Arsenic2.50.5
6Phenolic Compounds
(expressed as phenol)
0.250.1
7Cadmium**0.50.05
8Chromium** (trivalent and hexavalent)2.50.5
9Copper**2.50.05
10Lead**2.50.05
11Mercury**0.250.025
12Nickel**50.5
13Selenium**50.25
14Silver**2.50.05
15Zinc**50.5
16Metals in total**50.5

  1. * No qualifying criteria for BOD, COD and TSS have been set for trade effluent discharged into the sewer as these pollutants are removed at the sewage treatment works.

  2. ** The concentration of Toxic Metal shall not exceed the limits as shown, individually or in total.

  3. NOTE: In addition to meeting the above criteria, the effluent from pollution control equipment must also be able to comply with the other limits stipulated in the Trade Effluent Regulations.