Since 2004, BT Environmental Consulting Ltd has executed the Water Pollution Control Project for Chia Yi City till 2008.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. BT Environmental Consulting Ltd’s professional consultants and auditors actively manage and assist the registered factories in waste water treatment for the reduction of pollutants discharge into the river system of Chia Yi City. In 2008, the project team has carried out 1,083 regular inspections (including business hour inspection and after hour inspection) on the registered factories in Chia Yi City. The team also conducts 10 24-hour uninterrupted monitoring activities by using scientific technology application to track down polluters in a more effective and accurate way. As the results of inspections and with the assistance of scientific instruments, the team has tracked down 4 illicit waste water discharging facilities and has removed all of them. Furthermore, the project team has performed discharge water samplings of 210 factories within the city, and has discovered that 10 factories have exceeded the legal discharging standards. Those factories have been given continuous counseling to improve the discharge water quality.

Key words: Water pollution investigation, river patrolling teams, water pollution contingency plan, RPI