What are the roles of regulated facilities in assuring that no water pollution occurs in Kenyan aquatic ecosystems?


1. All owners or operators of irrigation project schemes, sewerage systems, industrial production workshops or any other undertaking which may discharge effluents or other pollutants shall or as may be demanded from time to time by NEMA, to submit on demand accurate information about the quantity and quality of such effluent or other pollutant (EMCA Section 73).
2. Every owner or operator of a trade or industrial undertaking shall discharge any effluents or other pollutants originating from the trade or industrial undertaking only into existing sewerage systems and the relevant entity operating or supervising such sewerage system shall issue, at a prescribed fee, the necessary license for discharge. In this case the facility does not need to acquire a discharge license from NEMA as it has been licensed by the sewerage provider (EMCA Section 74.1).
3. The proponent or owner of a trade or an industrial undertaking shall, prior to being granted a license to discharge effluents into the environment, install an appropriate plant for the treatment of such effluents before they are discharged into the environment (EMCA Section 74.2).
4. No entity operating a sewerage system or owner or operator of any trade or industrial undertaking shall discharge any effluents or other pollutants into the environment without an effluent discharge license issued by NEMA (EMCA Section 75.1).
5. Every owner or operator of a trade or an industrial undertaking discharging any effluents or other pollutants into the environment shall apply to NEMA for an effluent discharge license (EMCA Section 75.2).

Question

What advice would you give to a regulated facility to avoid offences related to water quality?