considered by the 2nd respondent, who passed Ext.P26 order dated 06.04.2013. As per Ext.P26 order, the 2nd respondent found that serum was the effluent, generated during latex centrifuging and the creamed latex separated from latex and that disposal of untreated serum from latex industries into water bodies caused contamination of water bodies in the State. Consents were being issued to Latex Centrifuging Units with strict condition to treat the serum generated during the process, along with other waste water generated in the units, in their own effluent treatment plant, to achieve the effective quality standard before discharge and that, if the latex centrifuging units dispose/ sell serum to an external agency, there was environmental threat and that the same was not a permissible activity. That apart, serum contained only 3% or below rubber content and the rest was waste water with High BOD and hence was not economical to process such huge volume of waste water in a tiny unit, as a raw material. It was also observed that, at present, there was no scope of getting serum from centrifuged latex units, since the Board had not issued consent under the Water Act to dispose the serum through any other external units, as it had to be disposed
