CEPIS/OPS- Pollution limits for discharge of tennery effluents into water bodies and sewers

DENMARK Parameter	Surface	Sewer
pH Temperature ºC Suspended solids mg/l Settleable solids ml/l BOD5 mg 02/l COD mg/l	6.5-8.5 30 30	6.5-9.0 35
Sulphide mg S2-/l Chrome (lll) mg/l Chrome (IV) mg/l Chrome total mg/l	2 0.2	2
Chlorides mg/l Sulphates mg/l Ammonia mg N/l TNK mg N/l Oil/grease mh/l Phenols mg/l	300 2.0 5 5
Solvents mg/l: Hydrocarbons mg/l Nitrogenous mg/l Chlorimated mg/l

EGYPT Parameter	Surface	Sewer
pH Temperature ºC Suspended solids mg/l Settleable solids ml/l BOD5 mg 02/l COD mg/l	6.5-9.0 200 500	6.0-9.0 200 500
Sulphide mg S2-/l Chrome (lll) mg/l Chrome (IV) mg/l Chrome total mg/l	100 10 1	100 10 1
Chlorides mg/l Sulphates mg/l Ammonia mg N/l TNK mg N/l Oil/grease mh/l Phenols mg/l	100 100	100 100
Solvents mg/l: Hydrocarbons mg/l Nitrogenous mg/l Chlorimated mg/l

FILAND Parameter	Surface	Sewer
pH Temperature ºC Suspended solids mg/l Settleable solids ml/l BOD5 mg 02/l COD mg/l	6.5-10.0 35 * * *	6.0-10.0 35 * * *
Sulphide mg S2-/l Chrome (lll) mg/l Chrome (IV) mg/l Chrome total mg/l	5 0-0.5 none 10	5 0-0.5 none 20
Chlorides mg/l Sulphates mg/l Ammonia mg N/l TNK mg N/l Oil/grease mh/l Phenols mg/l		2500 400 100 50 50
Solvents mg/l: Hydrocarbons mg/l Nitrogenous mg/l Chlorimated mg/l	3	3