Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Urbanisation and need for better living has incessantly generated requirement of consumer goods and infrastructural inputs. With market potential and easy finance available, the mushrooming rise in the number of small scale industries can be seen in any Indian city. Besides being a resource for market economy and production of large number of consumer items, it is generally observed that, either due to their economies of scale coupled with their unplanned growth and dearth of affordable and cost- effective treatment technology, efforts by small scale units in achieving the environmental compliance have not been effective. Their large number and diverse trade has further aggravated the problem.

Under these constraints, setting-up of individual full-fledged treatment device is no longer feasible. Hence the desirable option is of the shared or combined treatment, wherein, managerial and operational aspects are collectively addressed and the cost of treatment , becomes affordable as enunciated in the scheme of the common effluent treatment plants, which are proving to be a boon especially for small entrepreneurs, given the methodical planning, regular operation and equitable contribution of member units. Such common facilities also facilitate proper management of effluent and compliance of the effluent quality standards.