The works of Investigation and Verification of Soil and Groundwater Contamination hascontinually followed by previous project over the past few years, which has completed thecontent of soil and groundwater investigation, monitoring well inspection and maintenance,system review and investigation of storage tank, declaration and inspection of registeredenterprises, supervision and validation of contaminated site, emergency response,educational propaganda, and administrative support in Tainan District.
In term of soil investigation, regularly monitoring and simultaneously sampling of farm land has completed, the results of regularly monitoring were exceeded the standard of soil and crop armland while the results of simultaneously sampling were not exceed the standard. In addition, according to 17 early warning monitoring results of farmlands surrounding the factory with electric arc furnace steelmaking manufacturing process, the heavy metal zinc in the soil at 2 sites exceeded the control standards for edible crop farmland, and the heavy metal zinc in the soil at 6 sites exceeded the edible crop farmland monitoring standards. As for the groundwater investigation, some of the monitoring well results still exceeded the control standard but mostly the same as previous results.
Registered site report reviewing, committee holding, and monthly site patrol had been completed. 6 of site validation, 4 of de-classification since its standard conformity, 1 of site still been registered since the test still exceed the standard. In term of 13 of site verification, 2 of sites had announced as contaminated site since the test exceed the standard. In total, there are of 57 sites in Tainan up to now.
The declaration rate of storage tanks reach to 100%. 24 on-site inspections of the underground storage tanks have been completed, and all investigations are complied with standards.
There was nothing abnormal from the investigation of soil contaminated registered enterprises, verification of on-site survey and sampling, and farmland monitoring processes.
Verification and counseling of high contaminated potential factories had followed the protocol of EPA, potential risk management work has been implemented for 78 factories, including strengthen-management group, self-management group and check-management group.
In term of administrative support, 17 propagandas had completed, press releases, articles, internet propaganda related to soil and groundwater had announced each month.
