Monitoring Environmental Performance
Level 5
Appendix 3
Discharges to Water

Water Pollution

Red List

  • ALDRIN

  • ATRAZINE

  • AZINPHOS-METHYL

  • CADMIUM AND ITS COMPOUNDS

  • 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE

  • DDT

  • DICHLORVOS

  • DIELDRIN

  • ENDOSULFAN

  • ENDRIN

  • FENITROTHION

  • GAMMA-HEXACHLOROCYLOHEXANE

  • HEXACHLOROBENZENE

  • HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE

  • MALATHION

  • MERCURY AND ITS COMPOUNDS

  • PENTACHLOROPHENOL

  • POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS

  • SIMAZINE

  • TRIBUTYLTIN COMPOUNDS

  • TRICHLOROBENZENE

  • TRIFLURALIN

  • TRIPHENYLTIN COMPOUNDS


Black list

  • ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUNDS AND SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY FORM SUCH COMPOUNDS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT

  • ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS

  • ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS

  • SUBSTANCES, THE CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY OF WHICH IS EXHIBITED IN OR BY THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. (Substances which are in the grey list which are carcinogenic are included here).

  • MERCURY AND ITS COMPOUNDS

  • CADMIUM AND ITS COMPOUNDS

  • PERSISTENT MINERAL OILS AND HYDROCARBONS OF PETROLEUM

  • PERSISTENT SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES


Grey list

  • THE FOLLOWING METALLOIDS AND METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS:
    • ZINC
    • COPPER
    • NICKEL
    • CHROMIUM
    • LEAD
    • SELENIUM
    • ARESENIC
    • ANTIMONY
    • MOLYBDENUM
    • TITANIUM
    • TIN
    • BARIUM
    • BERYLLIUM
    • BORON
    • URANIUM
    • VANADIUM
    • COBALT
    • THALLIUM
    • TELLURIUM
    • SILVER.

  • BIOCIDES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES NOT APPEARING ON THE BLACK LIST.

  • SUBSTANCES WHICH HAVE A DELETRIOUS EFFECT ON THE TASTE AND / OR SMELL OF PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT COMPOUNDS LIABLE TO GIVE RISE TO SUBSTANCES IN WATER.

  • TOXIC OR PERSISTENT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF SILICON AND SUBSTANCES WHICH GIVE RISE TO SUCH COMPOUNDS IN WATER, EXCLUDING THOSE WHICH ARE BIOLOGICALLY HARMLESS OR ARE RAPIDLY CONVERTED IN WATER TO HARMLESS SUBSTANCES.

  • INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PHOSPHOROUS AND ELEMENTAL PHOSPHOROUS.

  • NON-PERSISTENT MINERAL OILS AND HYDROCARBONS OF PETROLEUM ORIGIN.

  • CYANIDES, FLUORIDES.

  • CERTAIN SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY HAVE AN ADVERS EFFECT ON THE OXYGEN BALANCE, PARTICULALRY AMMONIA AND NITRITES.