The Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government (hereinafter referred to as the “EPB”) entrusts GEGA ENGINEERS ＆ TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as GEGA Company) to implement “ The audit of water pollution source, collection of water pollution fees, and farmland fertilizer utilization program of livestock industry’s gas fluid and gas compose for Chiayi City in 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the “Project”) with an objective of using civil professional manpower to actively control and counsel the wastewater treatment for factories in the jurisdiction in order to thoroughly grasp the situation of factory wastewater treatment as well as to facilitate the future tracking management of the regulated enterprises by the EPB. The Project has been implemented from February 14, 2019, and the summary of the results of the work as of December 7, 2018 are as follows.
1. Monthly monitoring operation for water body ＆ quality
The water quality of the water bodies of Niuchou River, watershed of Bazhang River (including regional drainage of all levels) and Lantan Reservoir are regularly monitored once a month, and the monitoring results are published in the Environmental Water Quality Information, and that monthly and quarterly reports are produced along with the water quality analysis are submitted to the authorities for reference.
2. Operation of auditing for water pollution regulated enterprises and water quality sampling
During the implementation period of the Project, a total of 122 enterprises and 195 businesses/times of auditing operations (including the auditing to regulated enterprises in hot area) along with 60 businesses/times of water quality sampling and testing operations (including 12 businesses/times of samplings for regulated enterprises in sub-hot area). Among them, 18 of the regulated enterprises were given disciplinary action by EPB due to their discharged water exceeded the standard limit. The qualify rate of the inspection results was 70%.
3. The depth inspection of water pollution regulated enterprises
In the year of 2018, a total of scheduled 4 times of in-depth inspection on regulated enterprises are completed during the execution of the Project, in which one of the enterprise’s license was reported after being found of failing to meet the requirement of effluent standards.
4. Automatic and continuous monitoring system for water quality
Use scientific inspection instruments to conduct evidence collection operation of water pollution source as well as pollution source tracking and inspection, and to monitor the upstream and downstream for 72 hours at a time. In 2018, it is scheduled to complete 6 businesses/times of monitoring operation and that, during the implementation of this Plan, the automatic and continuous monitoring system for water quality has been carried out on 3 enterprises of Show Guan Chemical Industries Co., Ltd, Ruiqi Paper Machinery Co., Ltd., and Nanjia Hardware Industry Co., Ltd., 1site of roadside drainage ditch of Xianda Road, and two plants of Xindonglong Security Co., Ltd, and Juyu Hardware Iron Chain Co., Ltd.
5. Functional evaluation operation of wastewater treatment facilities on regulated enterprises
After the list having reviewed by EPB, the functional evaluation operation of wastewater treatment facilities on regulated enterprises was carried out on two regulated companies including Anxin Hospital and Qingzheng Industrial Co., Ltd. An improvement schedule plan was submitted on November 9 by Anxin Hospital after the consultation meeting held on October 25, which will be followed up continuously.
6. Inspection, seal, and removal of unknown pipeline or undercut
3 unidentified pipelines and concealed pipes are scheduled to be investigated, announced, claimed and sealed in 2018 and, during the period of the Project, 3 unknown pipelines were found and all were dismantled or sealed.
7. Regulation for the pollution source license
As of December 7, 2018, this Project has completed 212 reviews, including reviews for 148 emission permits, 49 plan of runoff wastewater reduction, 11 retention permits, and 4 cases/times of waste (sewage) water management plan.
8. Collection of water pollution control fees
A total of 66 enterprises that water pollution charges shall be declared in the first phase have been completed with the declaration rate of 100% and the total amount of water pollution control fees of NT$286,273.
9. Programs of water environment patrol counseling as well as education training and contact conference
These programs that were conducted by the Bureau are as follows: assisting the organizations of education and training meeting for the water environment patrol team on May 30, and November 27 of 2018; handling the observation and learning activities of water environment patrol team for other county and city with 73 visitors on September 27th; conducting the activity of clean rivers and advocacy of“Clean Environment – Hand in to Clean Rivers and Guard Homeland” at the Qingshui Park in Bazhang River of Chiayi City on October 7th, and holding the assessment awards and the year-end consolation banquet on December 6th.
10. Other work results
(1) Handling the briefing of water pollution prevention and control
A legal briefing session was held on May 17th, August 30th and October 16th of 2018, respectively.
(2) Handling domestic sewage reduction promotion activity
The task objective of conducting a domestic sewage reduction promotion activity was completed on June 2nd and October 7th, respectively.
(3) Handling the promotion group meeting of water pollution remediation planning
The relevant units, experts and scholars were invited to form a promotion group for water pollution remediation planning. The first group meeting in 2018 was held on June 4th and the second group meeting in the same year was held on November 29th.
(4) Assisting in the press releases related to water pollution prevention and control. 4 presses were released, including 3 news reports on regulations of the “Water Pollution Control Act” and one report of cleaning river activity was exposed in news media.
11. The farmland fertilizer utilization program of livestock industry’s gas fluid and gas compose
This program assists Jin Cong Livestock Farm to carry out the re-use of farmland fertilizer for livestock industry’s gas fluid and gases compose. On Sept. 4, 2018, the application for such utilization was submitted to the Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Section of the City for preliminary examination. Subsequently, according to the preliminary review opinions of the committee, this application was revised and re-submitted to the said Section of the City on December 5th. It is estimated that the area of irrigation land is to be 1.8081 hectares and the application volume of farmland fertilizer utilization of livestock industry’s gas fluid and gas compose would be 126 metric tons per year, per hectare irrigation is 69.7 metric tons per year, in which the gas fluid and gas compose will contain 772 mg/L of nitrogen that can provide about 97.6 kg of nitrogen per year.
