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What is the responsibility of industries to prevent water pollution?

Last updated on May 30, 2024

The Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Boards fix industry specific standards on water pollution. An industry or business establishment has to take prior permission of the Pollution Control Board of their State to set up any plant or begin operations that can discharge sewage or trade effluent into a stream, well, sewer or on land. It is mandatory to report any modifications like use of any new or modified outlets for the discharge of sewage or making a new discharge of sewage, to the Board1.   Industries must cooperate with the Board for any inspection and adhere to the conditions imposed relating to any discharge outlet and standards on emissions of effluents that can be causes of water pollution.

  1. Section 25, The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. [↩]

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