The work items completed for this project in this year (2006) are briefly summarized as followings: 1.Surveys have been conducted in regions having treatment facilities including Taipei City, Hsinchu City, Tainan City and Kaohsiung City. The purpose of the survey is to obtain more reliable information about the treatment capacity from analyzing the data collected. 2.Since the implementation of this project, the total human waste treatment/cleaning companies (approved item: D-104 for human waste) have increased from 682 to 770 that is an addition of 88 companies. Among those, the number of class A companies have reduced to one less, the number of class B companies have changed from 411 to 445 (an addition of 34 companies), and class C companies have changed from 231 to 286 (an addition of 55 companies). 3.We have inspected 11 human waste (substitute) treatment facilities including 5 existing human waste disposal companies (including dumping stations). They are Dihua Taipei human waste dumping station, Hsinchu City human waste treatment facility, Taichung City human waste treatment facility, Tainan City human waste treatment facility, Kaohsiung City human waste treatment facility, 2 operating substitution facilities (Keelung City disposal site human waste transfer post, Chuanghua Industrial Park waste water treatment facility), 3 under-testing substitution facilities (Hukou Industrial Park waste water treatment facility, Anding of Tainan County leach-out water treatment facility, Chuang-Wei of Yilan County waste water treatment facility & human waste dumping station), and 1 under-evaluating facility (Dali Industrial Park Taichung County waste water treatment facility). 4.There are only 5 human waste treatment facilities in Taiwan. However, after one year of endeavor and continuous promotion, many new facilities have been built for operation which include 3 human waste dumping stations & treatment facilities (Chuang-Wei Yilan County, Southern District Lincou in Taoyuan County, Dashu Sewage treatment facility), 6 industrial waste water dumping stations & treatment facilities (Hukou of Hsinchu County, Dali of Taichung County, Hsienhsi Industrial Park in Changhua County waste water treatment facility, Fangyuan Industrial Park waste water treatment facility, Jenwu of Kaohsiung County, Tashe Industrial Park waste water treatment), 3 leach-out water & human waste treatment facilities (Lutsau Shueishang of Chiayi County, Anding of Tainan County, Daliau of Pingtung County), Taichung City expanded human waste dumping station. It is obvious that counties or cities nationwide are striving to build more human waste treatment facilities. 5.In order to solve the problem of insufficient human waste treatment facility, remote cleaning route, and high treatment cost, facilities that comply with the regulations for human waste heating, putrescence, and sterilization can be set up at the existing disposal site in agricultural counties or far-located towns. The treated human waste can be re-applied for agricultural usage. 6.An auditing system for managing the human waste treatment promotion projects from counties and cities nationwide has been set up. The proposal suggested by each county or city contains project content, work items and schedule planning. The achievements for the project are reviewed and recorded each quarter in order to keep on track the progress. In addition, environmental and geological information systems have been set up as the references for substitution facilities in other counties or cities. 7.Four promotional campaigns have been held in Taipei County, Keelung City, Hsinchu County, Changhua County, and Tainan County, respectively to educate the human waste treatment companies and give them correct concept about human waste treatment. 8.A performance review was held at the Environmental Science & Technology Park in Southern Taiwan to invite participants from every county and city to share their experiences in promoting human waste treatment and disposal.

General waste, night-soil, appropriate treatment