Polluted water can threaten the Saigon River

In the afternoon of July 27, Colonel Phan Huu Vinh - Deputy Director of the Environment Police Department (C36, Ministry of Public Security) - said that he had directed the attached units to coordinate with the authorities and the environmental police force. Binh Duong province inspects and treats the problem of reservoir dumping, causing waste water to kill fish in Binh Duong province.

The incident occurred because a biological lake with an area of ​​7.7ha, a capacity of 233,010m3 in the wastewater treatment process of San Miguel Pure Foods VN Co., Ltd. was broken by a bank of more than 20m long, making the whole wastewater in this lake flows into Thi Tinh River (a branch of Saigon River and is about 20km long).

At Thi Tinh river is heavily polluted. In addition to the widespread death of fish, there are many hectares of rice, rubber, bamboo shoots . of people in this area are dying. The black and stinking water source is mixing into the Saigon River. An official of the Environmental Protection Department in the Southeast region said: ' Due to the large amount of polluted water, it is possible to threaten the quality of Saigon river water '.

The garden of Mr. Nguyen Binh Trong (Hamlet 2, Lai Hung Commune, Ben Cat District) burnt leaves and died slowly because of being covered in fecal mud and waste (photos of afternoon 27-7) - (Photo: TTD)

In the afternoon of the same day, Mr. Bui Thanh Giang - Director of Tan Hiep Water Plant - said that he was preparing measures to prevent and treat polluted water sources through the installation of 24/24 hour monitoring equipment at the suction mouth. Water supply at Hoa Phu station and regular monitoring of pollution levels in river water sources. According to Mr. Giang, the distance from Thi Tinh river to Hoa Phu station is only a few days from running water. It is known that Tan Hiep Water Plant has a capacity of 300,000m3 / day, exploiting 324,000m3 of raw water from the Saigon River every day.

According to the source of Tuoi Tre in the afternoon of July 27, the interdisciplinary inspection team includes: Department of Environmental Protection in the Southeast, Binh Duong Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Binh Duong and People's Committee of Ben Cat District had a direct working session with San Miguel Pure Foods Vietnam Company to clarify the cause of the incident. The reason for this is because of the large amount of precipitation in the past days, leading to strong water pressure breaking the shores.

The inspection team asked the company to remedy the flooding problem today (July 28) and at the same time repair the entire embankment of the waste water reservoir within 15 days. The delegation also requested the People's Committee of An Dien commune and My Phuoc town (Ben Cat district) to conduct statistics on the damage of the people. The board of directors of this company also agreed to carry out compensation for people when there is damage statistics.

San Miguel Pure Foods VN Co., Ltd. is a company specializing in producing animal feed and pig breeding. Currently, the company has six pig farms with a quantity of about 68,000, discharging into the environment about 3,000m ³ per day.