Gaoyou, Jiangsu: Serious Pollution of Surrounding Ditches Caused by Direct Discharge of Strong Alkaline Water from Concrete Enterprises

Recently, Gaoyou Fuyang Concrete Co., Ltd. was accused of discharging strong alkaline sewage directly into the ditches outside the factory area for a long time in the industrial concentration area of Jieshou Town, Gaoyou City, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and causing serious pollution to the surrounding ditches.

At the site, it was found that there were two privately excavated holes under the wall of Fuyang concrete plant area, where strong alkaline polluted water was discharged directly and flowed into the surrounding ditches, and the water body in the ditches was also strong alkaline by PH test paper.

According to Article 83 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, anyone who, in violation of the provisions of this Law, commits one of the following acts shall be ordered by the competent environmental protection department of the people's government at or above the county level to make corrections or to restrict production or stop production for rectification, and shall be fined not less than 100000 yuan but not more than 1 million yuan; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be reported to the people's government with the power of approval for approval and ordered to suspend business or close down: (1) discharging water pollutants without obtaining a pollutant discharge permit in accordance with the law; (2) discharging water pollutants in excess of the water pollutant discharge standards or the total amount control targets for the discharge of key water pollutants; (3) Using seepage wells, seepage pits, fissures, karst caves, privately setting up underground pipes, tampering with or forging monitoring data, or abnormally operating water pollution prevention and control facilities to evade supervision and control; (4) failing to carry out pretreatment in accordance with regulations and discharging industrial wastewater that does not meet the requirements of the treatment process into centralized sewage treatment facilities.

Finally, we hope that the territorial government can pay attention to it, unite relevant departments as soon as possible, jointly enforce the law and take effective measures to effectively solve the problems of pollution within its jurisdiction!