Karnataka State Pollution Control Board

The following are the objectives of KSPCB registration:

• To advise the state government on any issue related to the reduction, prevention, or control of water pollution
• To spread knowledge about water pollution and ways to avoid, regulate, or eliminate it
• Establish, alter, or repeal effluent standards that govern the quality of water bodies (excluding the water in an interstate stream) as a result of the discharge of pollutants and categorize state waters.
• To create efficient methods for disposing of wastewater and trade effluents on land, which is required because of the current circumstances of minimal stream flows that don't provide the required level of dilution for a sizable portion of the year. to create techniques for using sewage and appropriate trade effluents in agriculture.
• To make, vary, or revoke any order
• For the prevention, control, or reduction of waste discharge into streams or wells
• Requiring any person concerned to build new processes for the disposal of wastewater and trade effluents or to modify, alter, or broaden every such existing system or to adopt such corrective measures as are necessary to avoid control, reduce, or mitigate water pollution.
• To inform the state government about the location of any industry that could potentially pollute a stream or well.
• To conduct timely inspections of places where air pollution is controlled, evaluate the quality of the air there, and take action to avoid, control, or lessen air pollution in those areas.
• To provide advice to the state government on the appropriateness of any places or premises for operating any industry that is likely to produce air pollution.
• To execute any additional tasks that it may occasionally be assigned by the Central Board or the State Government.
• To create guidelines for the discharge of any air pollutants into the atmosphere from sources other than ships or aircraft, after consulting with the Central Board and keeping in mind the standards for the quality of the air established by the Central Board, provided, however, that differing opinions for emission may be established under this clause for different industrial sources.
• To inspect any industrial facility, manufacturing, process, or control system at any time that is convenient, and to give orders to anyone who is necessary in order to prevent, control, or lessen air pollution.
• Information about the location of any business that might potentially contaminate a stream or well must be provided to the State Government.
• To create a thorough plan and see to it that stream and well pollution in the stage is prevented, managed, or reduced.

In conclusion, CPCB guidelines are established to prevent and control pollution and to ensure that these guidelines are followed in each state. State boards have been formed and KSPCB is also part of it. Following its obligation, KSPCB ensures to protect the environment by controlling and preventing the pollution released by the establishments. KSPCB also issued CFE and CFO certificates to industries, they categorized the industries into red, orange, green, and white categories for regulation. They provide advice to the state government on pollution prevention and control measures. So if you want to have smooth operations, industries need to obtain clearances from KSPCB.