Many rivers ... thum thum

Recently, water sources in many big rivers and canals in Soc Trang province have been seriously polluted.

Walking along Tam Thuoc canal and Ba Thang Hai canal located in ward 2, ward 7, Soc Trang town, we had to hold our breath and seal the mask because of the strong stench. Under the channel some fish species are deadly poisoned by drifting ashore. Ms. Tran Thi Mai, a resident here, said: 'Here is how many things daily garbage is put in plastic bags for people to wait for the night to throw down the canal. Contaminated canal water is also partly due to wastewater from seafood processing factories'. Because the stench is always subtle, many houses here must be closed all day.

Going to Xa Lang canal, although the water is not as black as other rivers, many months ago, the water source is also polluted. Since thum Thum canal water, children no longer dared to swim down to the bath because of itching and scabies.

Thai Tan Seafood Processing Enterprise leaders said that this wastewater treatment system always works regularly.(Photo: Ngoc Dien)

Inspector of Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Soc Trang province has just sampled waste water from some seafood factories and industrial production establishments for testing. Of the 11 facilities that the delegation conducted, Soc Trang Sugar Factory is a place where there is no wastewater treatment system, so the wastewater of this unit runs out of San Ta River. In which BOD5 content exceeds the permitted target 76 times and the target of coliform MPN / 100ml exceeds the permitted level by 930 times.

Sample of water taken from Stapimex Seafood Processing Sewerage JSC discharged into the canal for testing results: coliform target exceeded the permitted standard 1,100 times, BOD5 exceeded 22 times, COD exceeded 13.2 times , total P exceeds 19.8 times . Similarly, waste water samples of Khanh Loi Seafood Processing Enterprise (belonging to Ut Xi Seafood Processing Joint Stock Company) also gave the results of the six tested criteria exceed the permitted standard, in which coliform index exceeds 930 times, BOD5 exceeds 58 times, COD exceeds 41.5 times .

After receiving the test results from the inspection team, many businesses said that they were . unfairly because every month the contract with the Center for Natural Resources and Environment of Soc Trang province took samples of tested water for Very good results. Mr. Le Thanh Son - head of administrative organization Ut Xi seafood processing company - said that the results of the inspection team did not make the company ' ambition to recover '.

Meanwhile, Mr. Dong Thong Nhat - Head of Environmental Management Department of Soc Trang Department of Natural Resources and Environment - said that through this inspection, there are many industrial facilities in the province that have not been fully implemented. Sufficient procedures for environmental protection. Mr. Tran Van Thanh, deputy director of Soc Trang Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said: 'For long-term violations, causing pollution beyond the permitted level, in addition to administrative penalties, it must be compulsory. That department immediately takes remedial measures. Cases of serious violations will report to authorities to take measures to withdraw licenses, not to operate or to prosecute in accordance with the law '.

NGOC DIEN