The purposes of the project include the execution of industrial waste water process audit; the investigation of illicit discharge; the establishment of voluntary river patrolling teams in various neighborhoods, schools and different organizations; and the management of the status of water polluters. In addition, to prevent major water pollution events, an emergency drill is conducted to the associated environmental specialists to familiarize the contingency plans and actions, and most importantly to minimize the possible damage to the environment in the real events. Tainan City Environmental Protection Bureau (Tainan City EPB) actively manages and assists the registered factories in waste water treatment for the reduction of pollutants discharge into the river system of Tainan City. In the year 2014, Tainan City EPB has carried out 3,292 regular inspections (including business hour inspection and after hour inspection) on the registered factories in Tainan City. As the results of inspections and with the assistance of scientific instruments, Tainan City EPB has tracked down 10 illicit waste water discharging facilities. Furthermore, Tainan City EPB has performed discharge water samplings of 867 factories within the city, and has discovered that 35 factories have exceeded the legal discharging standards. Those factories have been given continuous counseling to improve the discharge water quality.

River, Pollution