New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order directing the Central Pollution Control Board to ban all RO manufacturers from water purifiers where the TDS level in water is less than 500 mg per liter. Is.
A bench of Justices SA Nazeer and Krishna Murari issued notices to the Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and others. The bench said, ‘Reply to the notice be filed within three months. The direction contained in para 6 of the respective order stands stayed till further orders.
NGT’s order of December 1, 2021, has been challenged
The top court was hearing an appeal filed by the Water Quality India Association challenging the NGT’s December 1, 2021 order. The NGT had ordered the CPCB to issue directions to all RO manufacturers to ban water purifiers where the total soluble waste (TDS) level in water is less than 500 mg per liter. The NGT had also asked the CPCB to issue directions on the management of RO ‘rejects’ (untreated water) including cartridges.
The NGT had said, “In order to ensure compliance of the orders of this Tribunal with the orders of the Supreme Court, we direct the CPCB to issue appropriate orders under section 5 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986 to all manufacturers for the next one month. should be implemented within
What did NGT say about RO?
The NGT had said that the gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests regarding ‘Regulation on the use of water treatment systems cannot be said to be in conformity with its order. The NGT had said, “As per the directions of this tribunal, where TDS is less than 500 mg per liter, there is no provision to regulate and prohibit RO systems. There is also no supply chain management of RO rejects. Similarly, the problem of wastage of water is not being solved.
To regulate the use of RO purifiers, the NGT had directed the government to ban those where TDS is less than 500 mg per liter and to make the public aware of the ill effects of ‘demineralized’ water.
Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a process of water purification in which microscopic contaminants are removed from the water. The NGT had given the direction on a petition filed by ‘Friends’, an NGO, seeking to conserve potable water by preventing wastage of water due to unnecessary use of RO systems.
