Transport Fuel Quality for Year - 2005 (Black&White)

                                                   Foreword

Increased urban development and requirements for strict control of the quality of effluents discharged into streams, rivers, estuaries and coastal water has led to the need to set up individual wastewater/effluent treatment plant and common effluent treatment plants. The wastewater treatment ranks high on the national listing of industrial occupatiolls where on-the-job injuries are frequent. The wastewater treatment plant operators are exposed to a variety of hazardous chemical agents contained within the effluent and the reagents used in the water processing or generated during the wastewater treatment which may cause poisoning and a number of ailments in the operators. The operators are also exposed to hazards related to work in confined spaces, which include electric shocks, explosions, entanglement in moving machinery, etc
This document on guidelines for health and safety of wastewater treatment plant workers covers all important issues related to the location of the wastewater treatment plant, lighting requirements, This document on

guidelines for health This document on guidelines for health and safety of wastewater treatment plant workers covers all important issues related to the location of the wastewater treatment plant, lighting requirements, protection against natural calamities like floods, earthquakes, lightening, possible accidental hazards, chemical hazards, biological hazards and ergonomic, psychological and organization factors and the preventive measures required.

For preparation of these guidelines, the following documents were referred Users manual for the IPCS health and safety guides by World Health Organisation, Geneva, 1996. Internationar Hazard Data Sheets on occupation-wastewater treatment plant operator, by International Labour Organisation. Health & Safety Executives, UK Occupational Safety and Health Administration, USA

These guidelines have been brought out due to an unfortunate incident (Case No. 227/6/2000- 200 I) dealing with the death of two workers at NarodaCommo~ Effluent Treatment Plant, Gujarat. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) observed the need of the guidelines to safeguard the interests of the workmen engaged in ,the operation of effluent treatment plant/common effluent treatment plants. The NHRC directed the Central Pollution Control Board to prepare the following :

guidelines for health and safety of workers in wastewater treatment facilities; and guidelines for proper operation and maintenance of effluent treatment plants/ common effluent treatment plants.

I would like to place on record my appreciation for the efforts put in by my colleagues Shri T . Venugopal, Addl. Director, Shri R.N. Jindal, Sr Env. Engineer and Shri Ajay Raghava, Astt. Env. Engineer in collecting and collating relevant information for bringing out this document within a short time. I am also thankful to Shri K.P. Rathi, and Smt. Sushma Dutta, DEOs for the secretarial services rendered by them. We look forward to feedback from all concerned for periodic updating of the guidelines and for making tpem more user friendly.
                                                                                                                                                                Dilip Biswas
                                                                                                                        Chairman, CPCB ]
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