Water Pollution Cess Act, 1977
According to this Act, anyone consuming water has to pay certain amount of cess depending on:
- Whether the industry is using water for industrial cooling, spraying in mine pits or boilers feed.
- For domestic purposes.
- In processing, whereby water gets polluted and pollutants are easily biodegradable.
- In processing whereby, water gets polluted and the pollutants are not easily bio-degradable and are toxic.
- Those industries that had installed a suitable treatment plant for the treatment of industrial effluents can get a rebate of 70% on the cess payable.
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