Comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI)
Q. Which of the following are parameters currently used to determine the Comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI)?
1) Nature of toxins
2) Adverse impact on eco-geological features
3) Level of ambient pollution- Published on 31 May 16a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. All of the above
ANSWER: 1, 3
- Comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI) is a composite measurement of air and water pollution and land degradation that is used in 88 industrial clusters.
- The CEPI is based on parameters such as the nature of toxins, the scale of industrial activities, the level of ambient pollution, impact on humans and eco-geological features and the number of people potentially affected within a 2 km radius. It has a maximum composite score of 100.
- The revised index will no longer take into account the adverse impact of pollutants on human health and environmental degradation as it is difficult to make a quantified assessment on the impact on people or on the ecosystem.
- The developers of the index acknowledged that it may not be possible to always have reliable evidence of the adverse impact on people and eco-geological features. For this reason, they made the assessment on a scale, with zero given when there was no reliable evidence and a maximum of 6 when there was evidence of fatalities and loss of fauna and flora due to exposure to pollutants produced in the cluster.
