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Violation: Improvement Measures

 Monitor water consumption based
on water quality in backwash water
and adjust backwash schedule to
the effluent quantity.
2. Companies are contracted to
improve the effluent treatment
system to increase its capacity and
install auto-monitoring system and
other equipment to improve effluent
quality. The work is estimated to be
complete by July 2017.

On the inspection day, the reading of the effluent
meter at the Hsinchu Factory was zero because the
wastewater treatment equipment was on the high- The effluent meter was replaced and
load automatic spoil discharging mode, lower than calibrated by an external service
the meter’s flow range (5.65m³/H~1357.175m³/H). provider.
This constituted to a violation of Article 65 of Water
Pollution Control Measures and Test Reporting
Management Regulations.

The Environmental Protection Bureau of Hsinchu
notified the Hsinchu Factory that there is inconsistency
between the produced, discharged and stored The factory made corrections on May
quantities of the D-0699, D-0499, D-0902 and R-0402 10, 2016. The factory checked the
waste from the filed inventory. The confirmation of the produced quantity, inventory and
produced quantities and inventory of these wastes is discharged quantity before filing it
very time consuming and the notification came during online.
holidays. Therefore the plant did not make corrections
until May 10, 2016 and violated Article 31.1. (2) of
Waste Disposal Act and received a NT$6,000 fine.

1. Increase sludge pumping frequency
at the junction well and conduct
Wastewater treatment equipment operates regular maintenance of wastewater
automatically with liquid level control. The effluent treatment equipment.
sampled on February 24, 2016 was the residual 2. Install screens to filter wastewater
effluent in the equipment when it was not running. The to reduce pump malfunction as the
residues in the pipes may have increased the sample’s result of clogging.
chemical oxygen demand to the level in violation of 3. Clean the residue in the effluent
Article 7.1 of Water Pollution Control Act.
discharge pipes to prevent residues
from affecting the water quality. 75