Discharge of waste water to the water ditches outside the plant caused massive fish deaths

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Entrusted by Green Point High-tech Co., Ltd., Yutai Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. is responsible for disposing of the wastewater treatment equipment of Green Point Company's second plant. The RO wastewater leaked from other pipelines was due to the shutdown of the Green Energy Plant No. 2 on the same day. In order to complete the work as soon as possible, the wastewater was discharged to the ditches outside the plant in a detour mode. The Environmental Protection Agency received a report and found that Daya District There were a large number of dead fish in the Dalin Road gully, and it was found that it contained copper and nickel harmful substances. The Taichung District Court today sentenced the engineer Lai to a sentence of 1 year and 2 months and a suspended sentence of 3 years in violation of the Water Pollution Prevention Law. Gold NT $ 400,000. According to the inspection, since 2015, Yutai Company was commissioned by Green Dot Company to handle the operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment plant of Green Point No. 2 Plant. Since October last year, it has been commissioned by Green Point to handle Green Point Company No. 2 Plant. The wastewater treatment equipment was lifted from the pipeline project. The 32-year-old engineer named Lai was assigned by Yutai Company to act as the operator of the wastewater treatment equipment of the Green Energy Second Plant. In October last year, he was responsible for disposing of the wastewater treatment equipment of the Green Energy Second Plant. On the morning of October 15, last year, when the engineer Lai visited the Green Energy Plant 2 and found that there was still RO wastewater from the cleaning wastewater and other pipelines overflowing in the waste liquid storage tank, the Green Energy Plant 2 was about to shut down water and power. In order to complete the work as soon as possible, the waste water is discharged to the ditches outside the plant, and then flows into the public land in Daya. Taichung Municipal Government Environmental Protection Bureau received a report and found that there were a large number of dead fish in the ditch near No. 79, Lane 140, Dalin Road, Daya District. It was found that the drainage outlet of the Green Energy Second Plant was discharging wastewater. Detection of nickel concentration reached 17.3mg / L and 17.3mg / L, respectively , Exceeding the maximum limits of copper and nickel concentrations of 3.0mg / L and 1.0mg / L. The judge judged that Yutai Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. was engaged in the operation of pollution prevention equipment. Lai Nan was hired by Yutai Company as an engineer to be responsible for the operation of the pollution prevention equipment and field equipment maintenance for the company's customers. When the factory was about to shut down water and power, in order to complete the work as quickly as possible, it was discharged to the ditch outside the factory by untreated wastewater, and then flowed into the public land in Daya District, Zhongshan City, affecting environmental sanitation and residents' health. Sentenced.