The spotlight is on effluent disposal The spotlight is on effluent disposal ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 06:00 IST water bodies of the city coming to light, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board ( KSPCB) has issued a circular directing all industries to dispose of chemical effluents at the nearest Chemical Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs). “In case any industry intends to hand the effluents over to a CETP that is not the closest one to them, they shall give reasonable justification to the Board for doing so. The Board will either accept or reject the proposal after due consideration,” the KSPCB Member Secretary said in the circular. The circular is for industries that have obtained consent under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, to dispose effluents to CETPs.