대만의 환경 규제 단체가 발전소, 산업 단지, 기업들이 배출하는 하수를 실시간으로 감시할 수 있는 시스템을 조만간 가동할 것으로 알려졌다. The China Post에 따르면 대만 환경보호협회(EPA)는 10,000 m3 규모의 하수를 감시, 규제할 것이고 또한 산업단지에서 배출되는 2,000 m3 양의 하수를 담당할 것으로 드러났다.

두 번째 단계는 사기업과 발전소에서 배출되는 15,000 리터 규모의 하수를 관리하는 것을 목표로 하고 있다.

감시 시스템의 일부로 당국의 감시 기구, 시설들은 인터넷을 통해 각 지방 정부의 환경 보호 부서로 연결될 것이다.

Taiwan’s environmental regulator could soon start using a system that allows it to monitor wastewater flow in real time from power plants, industrial parks and companies.

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) will monitor the regulation of wastewater with a quantity above 10,000 m3, as well as at least 2,000 m3 of wastewater from industrial parks, according to The China Post.

The second stage will target the management of at least 15,000 cubic meters of wastewater from commercial firms and power plants.

As part of the system, the administration’s monitoring equipment would be permanently connected via the internet to the environmental protection bureaus of local governments.

The China Post reported that the first stage of the construction of the system is scheduled to be completed by July next year and by the end of December 2014, the monitoring system is expected to have oversight over 56.8% of the wastewater activities in Taiwan.

Quantity, temperature, pH level, suspended solids and chemical oxygen demand, among others, are all expected to be monitored by the system.

An increase in wastewater monitoring in Taiwan followed a revision in March 2013 of the EPA’s Water Pollution Control Measures and Test Reporting Management Regulations.

In this document the EPA said: “Day-to-day experience has shown that some enterprises have inadequate pollution prevention facilities and may incur serious regulatory violations when discharging large volumes of potentially polluting wastewater with complex compositions. The EPA thus felt it necessary to further strengthen prevention and monitoring measures by amending the above regulations to gain better control over water pollution at its source. 

“Recent research has found that individual industrial and commercial enterprises have poor pollution-prevention facilities and are violating regulations, including failing to properly discharge large volumes of potentially polluted and dangerous wastewater.??

[출처: Waterworld / 2013년 7월 10일]