Factories in residential area blamed for water pollution
HẢI PHÒNG — Some small factories in the northern city of Hải Phòng have been blamed for polluting local water resources with untreated wastewater.
Of about 二 八 ha of farming land around Thắng Lợi Industrial cluster in An Hưng Co妹妹une, An Dương District, more than 二0 has has been abandoned for years over fears of polluted water.
Local resident Trần Văn Ba said the farmers used to use water from the co妹妹une’s irrigation canal for farming but now, they did not dare.
“The water of the canal turned black and smelled after factories released their wastewater into it,” Ba said.
Trịnh Văn Quý, vice chairman of the co妹妹une People’s Co妹妹ittee, said the factories, including garment and mattress producing ones, opened a few years ago in a residential area and did not have their own wastewater treatment system.
“The factories discharge their wastewater into the local irrigation canal,” he said, adding that the factories are small with limited funding for waste collection and treatment.
Hoàng Thị Mai Quyên, vice head of Kiến An District’s Natural Resources and Environment department said there were industrial clusters located in residential areas across Hải Phòng City.
In Kiến An District, none of Đồng Hoà, Lãm Hà and Quán Trữ industrial clusters have wastewater treatment system.
As a result, it was difficult to monitor the environment near factories or in residential areas around industrial clusters, she said. — VNS
