VIETNAMESE STANDARD 6772:2000

WATER QUALITY – DOMESTIC WASTEWATER STANDARDS -

PERMISSIBLE POLLUTION LIMITS

1. Scope of Application

This Standard is applicable to waste water discharged from servicing units,

communal units and tenement houses as listed in Table 2 hereof, (hereinafter
referred to as domestic waste water) to certain specified water areas.

This Standard is applicable only for domestic wastewater in such area without
concentrated wastewater collection and treatment system.

This Standard shall not be applied for industrial wastewater stipulated in TCVN
5945-1995.

2. Permissible Pollution Limits

2.1 Parameters and concentration of pollutants in domestic wastewater discharged

to specified water areas, shall not exceed the limits given in
Table 1.

Table 1. Pollution parameters and permissible limits

Permissible limits
Parameters Unit
Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V
1. pH mg/l 5-9 5-9 5-9 5-9 5-9
2. BOD mg/l 20 30 40 50 200
3. Suspended solid matters mg/l 50 50 60 100 100
4. Solid sediments mg/l 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 n.s.
5. Total soluble solid matters mg/l 500 500 500 500 n.s.
6. Sulphur (from H2S) mg/l 1.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 n.s.
7. Nitrate (NO3) mg/l 30 30 40 50 n.s.
8. Oils (foods) mg/l 20 20 20 20 100
9. Phosphate (PO4 3-) mg/l 6 6 10 10 n.s.
10. Total coliforms mpn/100ml 1,000 1,000 5,000 5,000 10,000
Note: n.s. = not stipulated

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2.2 The limits given in Table 1 are determined following methods of analysis
stipulated in relevant ruling standards.

2.3 Upon each type, scale and area of each servicing units, communal service
units and tenement houses, limits of pollutant components in domestic waste
water are applied in details as per Table 2 below.

Table 2
Level of
Type of unit:
Permissible
service / communal / Size, effective area Remarks
Limits
tenement
(see Table 1)
Under 60 rooms Level III
1. Hotels From 60 rooms to 200 rooms Level II
Over 200 rooms Level I
From 10 rooms to 50 rooms Level IV
2. Inns, guest houses Over 50 rooms to 250 rooms Level III
Over 250 rooms Level II
From 10 to 30 beds Level II Waste water should be sterilized
3. Small hospital, CHCs
Over 30 beds Level I before discharging to environment
Wastewater should be sterilized. If
there are pollutants other than those
4. General hospitals Level I mentioned in Table 1 hereof, relevant
permissible limits shall be applied
following TCVN 5945-1995
From 5,000 m2 to 10,000 m2 Level III
Area specified herein is net effective
5. Offices, banks Over 10,000 m2 to 50,000 m2 Level II
used working floor area
Over 50,000 m2 Level I
From 5,000 m2 to 25,000 m2 Level II For those specialized research
institutes related to chemical and
6. Schools, research biological substances that have such
institutes and the likes Over 25,000 m2 Level I pollutants other than those listed in
Table 1 hereof, shall apply TCVN
5945-1995 for those parameters
7. Department stores, From 5,000 m2 to 25,000 m2 Level II
supermarkets Over 25,000 m2 Level I
From 500 m2 to 1,000 m2 Level IV
8. Fresh foodstuff From 1,000 m2 to 1,500 m2 Level III
markets From 1,500 m2 to 25,000 m2 Level II
Over 25,000 m2 Level I
Under 100m2 Level V
From 100 m2 to 250 m2 Level IV
9. Restaurants,
Over 250 m2 to 500 m2 Level III Area specified herein is dining area
foodstuff shops
Over 500 m2 to 2,500 m2 Level II
Over 2,500 m2 Level I
Under 100 apartments Level III
10. Tenement houses From 100 to 500 apartments Level II
Over 500 apartments Level I

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