Hotel Industry

The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 433
Sr.
No.
Industry Parameter Standards
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* State Board may prescribed the BOD value of 30 mg/l if the recipient system so
demands.
** The limit for phenol shall be conformed to at the outlet of effluent treatment of
phenol plant. However, at the final disposal point, the limit shall be less than 1
mg/l.
*** The limit for fluoride shall be confirmed to at the outlet of the chrome removal
unit. However, at the disposal point fluoride concentration shall be lower than
5mg/l.
**** The limits for total and hexavalent chromium shall be conformed to at the outlet
of the chromate removal. This implies that in the final treated effluent, total and
hexavalent chromium shall be lower than prescribed herein.
1 [ 2 39 HOTEL INDUSTRY EFFLUENT STANDARDS
(i)Hotel with atleast 20 bedrooms
limiting
concentration
in mg/1,
Inland
Surface
Water
except for
pH
On land for
Irrigation
PH 5.5-9.0 5.5-9.0
BOD3 days, 27 o C 30 100
Total Suspended Solids 50 100
Oil & Grease 10 10
Phosphate as P 1.0 -
(ii)Hotel with less than 20 bedrooms or a Banquet Hall with
minimum floor area of 100m 2 or a Restaurant with minimum
seating capacity of 36
pH 5.5-9.0 5.5-9.0
BOD3 days, 27 o C 100 100
Total Suspended Solids 100 100
Oil & Grease 10 10
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Omitted entry relating to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Formulation Industry by Rule 2(a) of the
Environment (Protection) Third Amendment Rules, 2009 notified by G.S.R.512(E), dated 9.7.2009.
Inserted by Rule of the Environment (Protection) Sixth Amendment Rules, 2009 notified by G.S.R.794(E),
dated 4.11.2009.

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The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986
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No.
Industry Parameter Standards
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Notes:
i. Hotels, banquet halls, restaurants, etc. located in
coastal area shall also comply with the provisions of
the Coastal Regulation Zone, as applicable.
ii If, the effluent is discharged into a municipal sewer
leading to a Sewage Treatment Plant, the hotel or
restaurant or banquet hall, as the case may be, shall
provide a proper Oil and Grease Trap for effluent
arising from its kitchen and laundry and shall have to
comply with the 'General Standards for Discharge of
Environmental Pollutants Part-A: Effluents' notified
under Schedule-VI].
40. PESTICIDE
MANUFACTURING
AND FORMULATION
INDUSTRY.
EFFLUENTS
1. Temperature Shall not exceed 5 o C above
the receiving water
temperature
2. pH 6.5 – 8.5
3. Oil and Grease 10
4. BOD 1 [(3 days at 27 o C)] 30
5. Total Suspended Solids 100
6. Bio-assay test 90% survival of fish after 96
hours in 100% effluent.
7. (a) Specific Pesticides :
Benzenl Hexachloride 10
Carbonyl 10
DDT 10
Endosulfan 10
Diamethoate 450
Fenitrothion 10
Malathion 10
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Substituted by Rule 2 of the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 1996 notified by G.S.R.176(E), dated
2.4.1996 may be read as BOD (3 days at 27 o C) wherever BOD 5 days 20 o C occurred.