PROFILE OF POLLUTANTS BEING USED BY TANNERIES AT KANPUR
Sl No.
Parameter
Intermediate Pumping Station, Jajmau
(mg/L)
Main Pumping Station, Jajmau
(mg/L)**
Sewage Irrigation Water Channel
(mg/L)
Post Treated water from CETP,Unnao
(mg/L)
1.
Arsenic
0.77
1.09
0.28
5.07
2.
Lead
Absent
0.60
Absent
2.66
3.
Cadmium
2.25
2.31
2.09
Absent
4.
Zinc
0.05
0.02
Absent
0.03
5.
Mercury
0.26
0.05
0.09
0.59
6.
Nickel
0.88
0.68
0.94
0.59
7.
Copper
0.85
Absent
Absent
Absent
8.
ChromiumVI
87.92
104.4
80.87
42.7
9.
Cobalt
0.002
0.03
0.05
0.01
1. Intermediate Pumping Station (IPS): One of the four IPS set up under GAP I to receive raw tannery effluents and pump them to the Treatment Plant.
2. Main Pumping Station (MPS): Situated in Jajmau, the MPS is the recipient of 160 MLD of domestic sewage from the city.
3. Sewage Irrigation Water Channel: Post treated water with a mix of raw Kanpur city sewage and tannery effluents.
** The presence of these heavy metals in the raw domestic sewage of the Main Pumping Station points to the fact that the industrial effluents are entering the domestic waste water lines.