The Zhonggang River in Miaoli County was flooded and turned red. The Miao County Environmental Protection Bureau will re-identify the heavy metal content in groundwater and soil.

The picture shows the reddish Chung Kong Creek.

(provided by the police)

[Reporter Cai Zhengmin/Miaoli Report] The Taichung District Prosecutor's Office investigated and investigated Taoyuan City's Yuanji Company to contract wastewater treatment for profit. The industry poured corrosive strong acid lotion water into several counties and cities. Among them, Zhonggang River in Miaoli County was dyed red for 3 kilometers.

The Environmental Protection Bureau of Miaoli County Government stated that it will carry out heavy metal inspections in the local soil and groundwater in the near future. It also admitted that the inspectors only looked around and did not bring back water samples for inspection.

The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Miaoli County Government stated that when the case was filed, the inspectors arrived at the scene. Because there were no listed factories around and most of them were camping areas, the inspectors found the stream dry and stones in the nearby riverbed. It was dark red, and the inspectors at the time thought that rust on the riverbed was a common phenomenon.

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The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Miaoli County Government pointed out that because the illegal factory is hidden in the depths, if you do not enter and exit through the camping area and there is no moving line, you can enter the inspection. At that time, some camping areas did not cooperate with the investigation.

It is currently reviewing the bureau's actions, including why the inspectors did not bring the water samples back for inspection at that time, so as to avoid similar situations in the future.

In addition to the Environmental Protection Bureau, the Miaoli County Government emphasized that the Water Conservancy Department should also study and plan control measures for large vehicles to approach or reach the roads around the river near the illegal dumping site to prevent large vehicles from entering and exiting at will.

In this case, the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office investigated a case where a piece of land in Qingshui District, Taichung City was excavated and poured with waste pickling solution. After in-depth investigation, it was found that not only Taichung City, but also Taoyuan City and Miaoli County's environment were damaged. According to the Taichung Procuratorate After the investigation, it was found that the red dyeing of Zhonggang River in Miaoli County was mainly due to the waste pickling liquid containing ferric chloride and calcium chloride being poured into Zhonggang River, which caused the red dyeing of Zhonggang River to be about 3 kilometers long, and the soil and stones near the river bed Also leaves red dirt behind.