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Water pollution control fees were collected from 10,700 companies during 2023; the total of approximately NT$435.38 million collected, enterprise (not including livestock operations) and industrial area wastewater sewage systems accounted for roughly 76%, and livestock operations accounted for roughly 23%; and other wastewater sewage systems for designated areas or premises accounted for approximately 1%. The collection items accounting for the largest shares of total fees were COD (accounting for roughly 74.4%) and SOx (roughly 14.8%). A total of NT$3.57601 billion has been collected since the start of fee collection in 2015.
With regard to changes in emissions volume, COD and SS emissions volumes displayed slight decreasing trends. While there have been minor year-to-year differences in emissions volume for 8 types of substances hazardous to health, they have generally had decreasing trends. Because emissions of these substances are chiefly derived from the sewage systems of large enterprises and industrial areas, their emissions volumes tend to be influenced by variations in the reported inspection values for individual wastewater sewage systems with large effluent discharge volume.
This project completed review work for the reports submitted by 3,075 companies and on-site audits at 150 companies. With regard to water pollution control fee collection account checking, a CPA was hired to audit water pollution control fee accounts and issue professional audit reports.In response to the upgrade and restructuring of the Environmental Protection Administration into the Ministry of Environment, the website content has been adjusted and the accessibility certification has been reacquired. The Online Filing and Inquiry System for Water Pollution Control Fees has been expanded to include correction functions, and a special area for the management of major violations has been established. These updates comply with the information security requirements of the Ministry of Environment.
The revised draft water pollution control fee collection regulations included such improvements as the addition of an ammonia nitrogen, zinc, and tin fee collection item, adjustment of fee item rate, and adjustment of water pollution control fee reporting and fee payment schedule. It is recommended that future legal revision efforts take the impact on industry and the time needed for reporting system establishment and awareness tasks into consideration.
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