To effectively improve the rivers and tributary drainages in the Tamsui River basin in the area of jurisdiction, increase the administrative efficiency of the Bureau, reduce official document processing time and review schedule, as well as advancing the quality of licensing affairs, the New Taipei City Government, with the vision of “returning to zero by changing proportion of serious pollution length in 2030”, aiming at the target that water quality should meet the normal uses of water bodies in the final stage, thereby grasping and establishing the overall situation of water quality of the Tamsui River basin in this City. In addition to analyzing the current water quality status for each month, we analyzed the contribution of pollution of the major tributary drainages in the Tamsui River basin, as well as scrutinizing the effectiveness of existing pollution reduction measures in each river section and proposing treatment plan for the water quality of the Tamsui River based on the drainage monitoring data and pollution load of the main river and tributaries over the years, including pollution source control for the significant tributary drainage projects in hot spots, optimal operation of interception and on-site treatment facilities, accelerated construction of sewers between Fuzhou Bridge and Xinhai Bridge on Dahan River, source management of licenses and reports of regular test, planning and evaluation of the new on-site treatment facilities outside the Nanzaigou embankment, researching and pushing forward the strengthened standards for ammonia nitrogen in effluent in Dahan River to reduce pollution, and regular rolling revision of improvement strategies. In recent years, the drainage water quality of rivers and tributaries in the Tamsui River basin and the control of water pollution sources within the jurisdiction have been improving gradually, and the improvement of waterfront environment quality has attracted more people to participate in water-themed activities. As for water pollution control permit review or outpatient counseling and management operations, a total of 740 permit application cases had been entertained as of November 30, 2023, and 556 cases had been reviewed. Analyzed by category of application cases, 265 cases applying for the plan for the reduction of pollutants from runoff wastewater accounted for the largest portion. According to the nature of permit applications, 288 cases entertained accounted for the most part. We assisted in handling water pollution permit qualified technician inspections for a total of 7 times as well. As for the test reporting review management work, we had assisted 2,854 companies in completing regular application data review and expedited applications. With respect to other general affairs, a total of 4 publicity briefings, education and training, or safety and health management related to the Water Pollution Control Act were held as of November 30, 2023; we also assisted the Environmental Protection Bureau in sorting out water pollution-related data and collecting data about river remediation related project results in Tamsui River from this City and related agencies, drafted annual river pollution remediation results evaluation reports, briefings, etc., and provided data collection and collation of completed river remediation and results reports as well as briefings before November 5, 2023; during the period of the Plan implementation, we cooperated with the Environmental Protection Bureau to file all the documents and data generated every day, with a total of 6,332 documents assisted in computerized filing, as well as regularly assisting in providing data of statistical analysis such as statistical analysis of control results and data on legal administrative auxiliary control required by the Environmental Protection Bureau every month.

River Pollution Remediation, Revision of Remediation Effectiveness, Strategy to Reduce Pollutants, Permit Review, Regular Test Report