Pollution control board directs meat complex to repair effluent treatment plant
PANAJI: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Monday directed the Goa Meat Complex to repair the existing effluent treatment plant (ETP), which treats the waste water generated by the meat complex while slaughtering animals. The board also said that failure to comply with the directions will force the GSPCB to withdraw the consent to operate under the Water Act.
The GSPCB held a personal hearing with a representative of the meat complex. Board members highlighted the findings of the inspection report which stated that the ETP is not functioning.
Speaking to TOI, GSPCB chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said that the inspection report states that the chemical oxygen limit has increased to 2,500 mg/litre against the permissible limit of 250 mg/litre. "It is ten times higher than the permissible limit," he added.
He also said that bio-chemical oxygen limit has gone up to 850 mg/litre against the permissible limit of 30mg/liter.
"This is more than 30% higher then permissible limit," Noronha said.
The board had conducted the inspection of the only slaughter house in the state in May. The GSPCB has decided to give the Goa Meat Complex provisional consent to operate till October 15. "If the Goa Meat Complex fails to comply with the board's directions, the consent to operate will be withdrawn," said Noronha.
GSPCB also held a personal hearing with a representative of Goa Shipyard Ltd officers colony located at Chicalim. The board has directed the representative to give a presentation of the technology that would be used in setting up a sewerage treatment plant (STP) for the colony.
The hearing followed a complaint submitted to the board from the neighbouring colony stating that the Goa shipyard officer's colony is setting up an STP just 15m away from the complainant's water sump. The complainant stated that they feared contamination of water in the area.
Source - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Pollution-control-board-directs-meat-complex-to-repair-effluent-treatment-plant/articleshow/20979021.cms
The GSPCB held a personal hearing with a representative of the meat complex. Board members highlighted the findings of the inspection report which stated that the ETP is not functioning.
Speaking to TOI, GSPCB chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said that the inspection report states that the chemical oxygen limit has increased to 2,500 mg/litre against the permissible limit of 250 mg/litre. "It is ten times higher than the permissible limit," he added.
He also said that bio-chemical oxygen limit has gone up to 850 mg/litre against the permissible limit of 30mg/liter.
"This is more than 30% higher then permissible limit," Noronha said.
The board had conducted the inspection of the only slaughter house in the state in May. The GSPCB has decided to give the Goa Meat Complex provisional consent to operate till October 15. "If the Goa Meat Complex fails to comply with the board's directions, the consent to operate will be withdrawn," said Noronha.
GSPCB also held a personal hearing with a representative of Goa Shipyard Ltd officers colony located at Chicalim. The board has directed the representative to give a presentation of the technology that would be used in setting up a sewerage treatment plant (STP) for the colony.
The hearing followed a complaint submitted to the board from the neighbouring colony stating that the Goa shipyard officer's colony is setting up an STP just 15m away from the complainant's water sump. The complainant stated that they feared contamination of water in the area.
Source - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Pollution-control-board-directs-meat-complex-to-repair-effluent-treatment-plant/articleshow/20979021.cms