Singapore legislation

Regulation 8

of Environmental Protection and Management (Trade Effluent) Regulations

Regulation 8

Nature and type of trade effluent to be discharged

Subregulation 1

No trade effluent other than that of a nature or type approved by the Director-General shall be discharged into any watercourse or land.

Subregulation 2

The temperature of the trade effluent shall not exceed 45° Celsius at the point of its entry into any watercourse or land.

Subregulation 3

The pH value of the trade effluent shall not be less than 6 nor more than 9 at the point of its entry into any watercourse or land.

Subregulation 4

The caustic alkalinity of the trade effluent shall not be more than 2,000 milligrams of calcium carbonate per litre at the point of its entry into any watercourse or land.