An Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters of Selected Industrial Effluents in Nepal

Table 1

The categorization of the four industrial zones of Nepal.

S number	Zone	Designation/specification
(1)	Zone 1	Municipality areas within the Kathmandu Valley
(2)	Zone 2	Municipality areas outside the Kathmandu Valley
(3)	Zone 3	Municipality areas of Biratnagar, Dharan, Pokhara, Birgunj, Janakpur, Siddharthanagar, Butwal, and Nepalganj
(4)	Zone 4	Municipality areas other than those mentioned in Zone 3

Source: Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, GoN 2009 [9].