Wastewater Treatment Records To Become Mandatory In Thailand

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Wastewater treatment records to become mandatory

Janjira Pongrai

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- From August 2, all shopping complexes, large hotels, hospitals and other businesses must start compiling their wastewatertreatment records and report the results to relevant authorities every month.

Failure to do so will result in a maximum fine of Bt100,000 and/or up to a year in jail.

Pollution Control Department (PCD) director general Wichien Jungrungruang said that since many businesses had deliberately turned off their wastewatertreatment systems, his department had to call on the Natural Resource and Environment Ministry to enforce these extra measures.

He added that stringent measures like these would help ease pollution and boost the quality of the environment.

The measure will be applied to factories, industrial estates, residential buildings with more than 400 units, hotels with more than 200 rooms, hospitals with at least 30 beds, big schools, petrol stations and big pig farms, among others.

"The law already requires that such watertreatment systems be put in place. Now we require them to keep records to ensure that these systems are turned on," Wichien said.

He also disclosed that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration had suggested that the National Environment board start collecting a wastewatertreatment fee, and that the board has instructed the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority to look into the issue and come up with an amount for the fee.

-- The Nation 2012-07-21

[Pib]

But for everyone else, your nearby canal can still be used to discharge your waste...no records required.

[Skywalker69]

But for everyone else, your nearby canal can still be used to discharge your waste...no records required.

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[OzMick]

Available on CD too?

Hmmm, come to think of it, there's a lot of <deleted> on CDs already.

[slapout]

After the admission of those in charge of the treatment facilities, they are not up to par to even handle a small part of the discharged waste, they receive. Granted the large commercial facilities need to pay their share of the tab for treatment, facilities, etc. but if you can not maintain, operate what you have, what will the additional income do toward the solution to fix the overall problems?

[vicram]

What about cesspools???

Most of the Thailand towns, villages and houses are floating on shit that furthermore pollute the aquifers and make the tap water undrinkable in order to avoid poisoning or infections and despite that it has been filtered and treated at origen but nobody can garanty you that it has not been contaminated in the way to your house..

[Payboy]

big pig farms

TV better get its paperwork sorted.

[puipuitom]

And.. if too much waste is dumped... a hand full of Thai Bahts work like a wet sponge, to wipe away too bad figures..

And.. when at the end rice proves to be contaminated with.. for instance aluminium, and rice + its products like rice vermicelli are banned by the EU / USA etc, it is becasue of the bad farangs.., NEVER caused by the lazy and stupid Thais.

First inspections and rejects at the EU ( Finland is responsable for this item ) Max tolerated: 10 mg/kg. Reality should be: < 0,5 mg/kg. Found: 180, so over 360 x the NORMAL SITUATION

1) 20/12/2010 2010.CGW border rejection FINLAND from THAILAND high content of aluminium (180 mg/kg - ppm ) in rice noodle from Thailand

2) 18/04/2011

2011.AWJ

border rejection FINLAND high content of aluminium (67 mg/kg dry matter) in rice noodles from Thailand

3) 01 Nov 2011 2011.CFQ – A border

rejection

notification was sent by

Finland

concerning high content of

aluminium

(30 mg/kg - ppm) in

rice vermicelli

from

Thailand

.

...

Edited July 21, 2012 by puipuitom

[mowgus]

Mandatory? Nothing is mandatory when it isn't enforced (and it won't be).