kspcb rules for stps Archives

“KSPCB’s steep hike in CFO charges, unreasonable and unjust”

March 25, 2021 Nagesh Aras

The hike in the annual Consent for Operation fee is arbitrary and, worse, could discourage people from treating their sewage. It is especially unfair to law-abiding citizens.

A critique of KSPCB’s guidelines for STP design and location

March 24, 2021 Nagesh Aras and Ananth S Kodavasal

The KSPCB’s guidelines for STPs are riddled with poor and technically wrong recommendations that would end up producing expensive, substandard STPs.

Why KSPCB’s real-time probe for STPs is ridiculous

March 23, 2021 Nagesh Aras

The KSPCB which allows establishment of STPs without stringent checks, is now imposing an expensive and overkill solution whose technology could soon be obsolete.

Why sewage treatment plants in apartments are messed up, and how this can change

March 6, 2020 Nagesh Aras

Apartment STPs (Sewage Treatment Plants) are set up after getting government approvals, yet they malfunction soon and residents keep spending lakhs to correct defects. This scenario can change with some reforms in the STP approval process.

Pollution watchdog’s penalty spree: Apartments get stay from court

March 1, 2020 News Desk

KSPCB has sent notices to hundreds of apartments in the city, alleging they are discharging untreated sewage. Apartments have gone to court against what they call an arbitrary action.

Environment

KSPCB extends consent period for industries and plants to five years

March 3, 2015 Pavan Kulkarni

The KSPCB has extended the ‘Consent For Operation’ certificate’s validity for industries and STPs in apartments to five years. There is no need to pay any deposit to the KSPCB if an apartment is unable to complete STP before occupying it.