Pollution Prevention and Control. Main themes of presentation Types of Pollution Pollution In Facts and Figures Pollution Control Measures The PPC Division. - презентация

1 Pollution Prevention and Control

2 Main themes of presentation Types of Pollution Pollution In Facts and Figures Pollution Control Measures The PPC Division Enforcement Mechanisms

3 AIR POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION LAND POLLUTION NOISE POLLUTION MAJOR TYPES OF POLLUTION

4 Some Facts & Figures

5 Some Facts & Figures Distribution of Pollution-Related Complaints Received at the Ministry of Environment in 2014

6 AIR POLLUTION

7 MAJOR AIR POLLUTANTS

8 SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION Emissions from Power stations Emissions from Industrial Processes Vehicular Emissions Emissions from Burning of Solid Waste Emissions from Natural Sources such as Volcanic Eruptions & Forest Fires

9 CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION

10 Control of air pollution Standard for Air Laboratory equipment – ambient air monitoring station - portable gas analyser Smoke control Action plan Standard for Air Laboratory equipment – ambient air monitoring station - portable gas analyser Smoke control Action plan

11 Smoke Control Action Plan (SCAP ) AIM To curb down the number of diesel driven vehicles emitting black smoke Launched: August Main Components: - Enforcement (road side checks and contraventions of smoky vehicles by Police de LEnvironnement) - Sensitization campaign (TV and radio)

12 Smoke Control Action Plan (SCAP ) August 2013 to November vehicles contravened -104 Prohibition Notices (above 70%) PF 71 have been served August 2013 to November vehicles contravened -104 Prohibition Notices (above 70%) PF 71 have been served

13 Smoke Control Action Plan (SCAP )

14 WATER POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION

15 MAJOR WATER POLLUTANTS

16 SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION Sewage Runoff of Pesticides & Fertilizers Solid Waste Disposal Untreated Effluents from Industrial and other activities Chemical and Oil Spills

17 Sampling of Polluted Water By The National Environmental Laboratory

18 LABORATORY TEST TO DETERMINE WATER QUALITY Temperature PH Conductivity TDS

19 LAND POLLUTION LAND POLLUTION

20 SOURCES OF LAND POLLUTION Domestic Solid Waste ( Garbage, Rubbish, Trash) Construction and Demolition Waste Agricultural Waste Industrial Waste

21 NOISE POLLUTION NOISE POLLUTION

22 SOURCES OF NOISE POLLUTION Industrial (power plants, stone crushing, metal workshops, cabinet making); Multipurpose halls including wedding halls; Bungalows along the coast; Places of entertainment, including night clubs; Road traffic e.g. moving trucks, automobiles, buses, especially those with modified silencer system; Community noise e.g. radio/TV, loudspeakers, pool houses and alarms; Animals e.g. dogs, cats, crows; Use of loud speaker, amplifier, musical instrument, electrical or mechanical device for religious activities; Aircrafts and speed boats; Neighbourhood; Machinery (generator sets, compressors, air conditioning units, boilers, pumps, motors); Others, including construction works, road infrastructural works, public gathering, vibration, ice cream sellers, vendor shouts.

23 HEALTH EFFECTS OF NOISE POLLUTION Hearing Loss ( including occupational hearing loss) Stress High Blood pressure Sleep Loss Distraction Productivity Loss Cause Irritability, headache Annoying and interfere with communications.

24 NOISE ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES Installation of barriers between the noise source and the receiver Use of acoustics in the design of building such as double glazing Installation of panels or enclosures Green belt development such as the attenuation of sound levels by plantation of trees and shrubs can

25 ROLE OF THE POLLUTION PREVENTION & CONTROL (PPC) Division Major types of environmental complaints addressed include pollution issues related to air, noise, water, solid waste and odour. Complaints are usually handled via a mechanism called the Complaint-Handling Protocol.

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