Bangkok: The Office of the Civil Service Commission reveals the results of water quality inspection of Phraya Kong Canal. not up to standard Contaminated with organic substances and heavy metals Nakhon Pathom Provincial Industrial Office Issue an order to the factory to improve its wastewater treatment system. Must be completed within 31 May 2024. If not corrected, fines will be made according to law. Ms. Preeyaporn Suwannakes, Director-General of the Pollution Control Department (PDC), revealed that she has ordered the Environment and Pollution Control Office No. 5 (POL. 5) together with the Nakhon Pathom Provincial Natural Resources and Environment Office. Dhammasala Subdistrict Municipality inspected the water quality of the Phraya Kong Canal as residents along the canal in the area of Village No. 5, Thammasala Subdistrict, Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom Province, complained that the water in the Phraya Kong Canal It's red. and patches of orange There are oil stains floating on the surface of the water. S melling a putrid odor, it is believed that the cause was caused by an industrial factory in the area secretly releasing wastewater into the canal. to the point where water cannot be used for agriculture And you can find fish in the canal like before. Have you ever complained to the relevant agency? but has not been fixed. The DOC has ordered inspections since April 11 by collecting water samples in Phraya Kong Canal. and Khlong Bang Kaeo Analysis results: BOD, total coliform bacteria. Fecal coliform bacteria and ammonia did not meet the standards when compared to water quality standards in surface water sources type 3 and type 4. The cause was organic contamination. and the excretions of warm-blooded animals That comes from various activities is wastewater from the community that has not undergone effective treatment. or some places that do not yet have a wastewater treatment system Water samples in the area where the water was found were reddish-brown. It has higher values of heavy metals such as iron (Fe) than other points. It is expected that it comes from wastewater from factories in the nearby area along the Phraya Kong Canal, which there are 2 places. In addition, the water in the Phraya Kong Canal flows quite slowly. This causes an accumulation of waste. In the past, the Nakhon Pathom Provincial Industrial Office inspected the wastewater of both factories and found that the values did not meet the standards for wastewater from industrial plants. Therefore, an order was issued on May 1, 2024 for the factories to improve. Fix the wastewater treatment system and odor treatment system to be completed by 31 May 2024. Later, on May 21, 2024, there was an order prohibiting both factories from draining wastewater to the outside. Because the quality of the factory's wastewater does not meet the standards for wastewater from industrial plants, as recently as May 24, 2024, the Nakhon Pathom Provincial Industrial Office Inspected and collected samples of wastewater from the factory to check the quality again. If the wastewater still does not meet the standards Will continue to compare and adjust factories Source: Thai News Agency