Green Panel's Directions To Pollution Board On Water Wastage By Purifiers
NDTV
The green panel had earlier said wastage of water in use of RO purifiers merely for advancing the commercial interest of companies needs to be checked
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue directions to all RO manufacturers banning water purifiers where the level of total dissolved solids (TDS) in water is below 500 milligrams per litre.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also asked the CPCB to issue directions on management of RO rejects, including cartridges.
"To secure compliance of orders of this Tribunal read with order of the Supreme Court, we direct CPCB to issue an appropriate order under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986 in terms of orders of this Tribunal to all the manufacturers so as to come into force within one month," said the bench also comprising Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member Dr Nagin Nanda.
The tribunal said gazette notification issued by the MoEF on ''Regulation on use of Water Purification System'' cannot be said to be in compliance with its order.
