Environmental pollution: concerning issue in HCM City

From vnnshop.vn: Environmental pollution is a concerning issue and seeking measures
to cope with the issue is an urgent matter in the upcoming time.

The statement was made by chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Council
Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam at a conference on urban waste management on
Friday.

At the event, Mr. Truong Trung Kien, head of the council’s
Urban Board said that the latest surveys by the board show that the
Saigon-Dong Nai river system is being polluted with many norms being
substandard comprising TSS, DO and Coliform.

Except Nhieu Loc-Thi
Nghe canal, which water quality has been much improved thanks to cleanup
projects, the remaining four namely Tan Hoa-Lo Gom, Tham Luong-Vam
Thuat, Tau Hu-Ben Nghe and Doi-Te are heavily polluted.

The city
now receives 2.75 million cubic meters of wastewater a day on average.
Of the volume, it has been able to handle 13.2 percent with only one out
of 12 treatment plants having been built. Meanwhile, air polluting from
traffic, residential activities and construction noise have been
uncontrolled.

Another issue is household waste with many
limitations in collection and treatment. 8,300 tons of garbage are
discharged a day without classification, mainly from households,
production and trading activities, service, health and commerce
establishments.

The city has implemented propaganda programs on
garbage classification with weak efficiency. Garbage collection has been
asynchronous from means to ways of collection. Residents in some areas
classify garbage but environmental hygiene forces collect all types
together.

At present, public service companies have handled only
40 percent of garbage. The remaining amount depends on private forces
without management from authorized agencies, resulting in pollution
during collection process.

Garbage is transported and gathered at
about 1,000 spots in residential areas, where have no infrastructures to
receive and keep garbage hygienically. That has caused serious
pollution and affecting the life of surrounding residents.

Meanwhile
treatment has mainly by burying. Water leaking from the process of
garbage collection and treatment has been difficult to control. Solid
waste volume has far exceeded the capacity of garbage dumps. Consumption
of recycled products has been low.

Da Phuoc solid waste treatment
complex receives 5,000 tons a day comprising 2,000 tons from Phuoc Hiep
landfill site. However Da Phuoc complex has neither organic waste
treatment system nor automatic observation system as per regulations,
causing recently smelly situation in the southern part of the city.

The
city has called on investors to build garbage burning plants, some
investors have proposed to attend but complicated procedures have
hindered them from implementing projects.

Mr. Le Van Khoa, head of
the environment subject of HCMC Technology University, said that the
city should scrutinize the burning of garbage because it will emit toxic
gas such as dioxin, furan and waste ash containing toxic heavy metals.

Quoting
reports, he said that environmental pollution damage reaches 5 percent
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a year. Last year, the state budget spent
VND225 trillion (US$9.9 billion) on solving the issue.

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