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Inspection of Operation and Maintenance in On-site Wastewater Treatment

Absrtact	In order to keep the function of all Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) subsidized on-site facilities for expected water quality cleanup and to help local officers self-management, EPA launched the inspection of operation and maintenance in on-site wastewater treatment facilities in 2008. The results of 62 inspected sites were as follows, 1.In total 61 inspected sites, 57 treatment facilities were conducted to inspect and 113 water samplings were taken. The average score of evaluation was 70.2 for total inspected facilities, among that there were more than 60% have performed regular operation and maintenance to fit expected water treatment function, which means the evaluated score would be above 70. Moreover, 4 sites won the score above 90 and 16 sites got the score between 80 and 90. However, about 28% of total amount of inspected sites could still not reach the requirement due to certain lacks, such as short of operation budget, inadequate personnel and operation, unsuitable plant management, insufficient inflow, and damages by natural accident. 2.The inspected results have been presented to, communicated and discussed with 34 staffs of 22 related units from all inspected sites on November 26, 2008. 3.In order to enhance the techniques and exchange experiences of operation and maintenance, two workshop meetings have been held on July 24 at Taipei and October 29 at Chiayi. There were 148 participants in total. 4.It was recommended that the maintenance of on treatment facilities should be cooperated with local non-government organizations, such as community volunteers, environment protection groups, and patrol teams of river, to extend the function of treatment facilities for environmental education. 5.It was also recommended that the index for removal mass of pollutants should be continuously considered as one of the most important criteria to establish a long term performance monitoring mechanism which could include long duration monitoring data and objective evaluation.
Keyword	On-site treatment, maintenance quality control, self-management

Absrtact

In order to keep the function of all Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) subsidized on-site facilities for expected water quality cleanup and to help local officers self-management, EPA launched the inspection of operation and maintenance in on-site wastewater treatment facilities in 2008. The results of 62 inspected sites were as follows, 1.In total 61 inspected sites, 57 treatment facilities were conducted to inspect and 113 water samplings were taken. The average score of evaluation was 70.2 for total inspected facilities, among that there were more than 60% have performed regular operation and maintenance to fit expected water treatment function, which means the evaluated score would be above 70. Moreover, 4 sites won the score above 90 and 16 sites got the score between 80 and 90. However, about 28% of total amount of inspected sites could still not reach the requirement due to certain lacks, such as short of operation budget, inadequate personnel and operation, unsuitable plant management, insufficient inflow, and damages by natural accident. 2.The inspected results have been presented to, communicated and discussed with 34 staffs of 22 related units from all inspected sites on November 26, 2008. 3.In order to enhance the techniques and exchange experiences of operation and maintenance, two workshop meetings have been held on July 24 at Taipei and October 29 at Chiayi. There were 148 participants in total. 4.It was recommended that the maintenance of on treatment facilities should be cooperated with local non-government organizations, such as community volunteers, environment protection groups, and patrol teams of river, to extend the function of treatment facilities for environmental education. 5.It was also recommended that the index for removal mass of pollutants should be continuously considered as one of the most important criteria to establish a long term performance monitoring mechanism which could include long duration monitoring data and objective evaluation.

Keyword

On-site treatment, maintenance quality control, self-management