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Cases / Water use · India · 2011

Indian court closes 700 Tiruppur dye units; river solids at 3,000 mg/l

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 2 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

A court closed 700 dye units in Tiruppur, India, in 2011, when the river carried 3,000 mg/l of dissolved solids against a norm of 250, according to Down To Earth. Operators of shared treatment plants say they recover 95–98% of water and 70–80% of salts, a claim the sources reviewed do not verify.

What?
A court closed 700 dye units in Tiruppur in 2011, when the river carried 3,000 mg/l of dissolved solids. Down To Earth
Where?
Tiruppur, India. Down To Earth
When?
2011 court closure; the treatment-plant page is undated. Down To Earth
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed beyond the dissolved-solids reading. Down To Earth
How?
Zero-discharge common treatment plants are described as recovering most water and salts, according to the ITNL page. ITNL
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Down To Earth reported that a court closed 700 dye units in Tiruppur in 2011.

The same report gave dissolved solids in the river at 3,000 mg/l, against a norm of 250.

ITNL's water and wastewater page states that zero-discharge common effluent treatment plants recover 95–98% of water and 70–80% of salts.

The sources reviewed give no river measurement after 2011.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: operators' recovery figures (95–98% of water, 70–80% of salts) are company claims with no independent check.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say where the unrecovered salt goes.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the river still carries 3,000 mg/l (no later measurement in the sources reviewed).

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: ✓ Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Company or project

    Press and investigations

    1. Towards zero discharge
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