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Article 1
These Regulations are established in accordance with Article 18,
Article 19 where Article 18 is mutatis mutandis applicable,
Paragraph 3 of Article 20, Article 22, Paragraph 2 of Article 31,
and Paragraph 4 of Article 32 of the Water Pollution Control Act
(hereinafter referred to as the “Act”).
Article 2
Terms used in these Regulations are defined as follows:
I. Jointly established wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
facilities: The facilities refer to wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment facilities that are jointly invested in,
established by, and jointly used by two or more enterprises.
II. Commissioned operator: The operator refers to the party
commissioned by an enterprise or sewage system to operate and
manage the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
facilities.
III. Soil treatment: It means the methods for the discharge of
wastewater or sewage via pipelines or ditches for irrigation
or percolation into the soil for the removal or reduction of
pollutants.
IV. Commissioning wastewater or sewage treatment: It means
discharge of wastewater or sewage via pipelines or ditches to
be treated by a commissioned party (hereinafter referred to
as "Commissioning Treatment”).
V. Commissioned wastewater or sewage treatment: It means the
acceptance of wastewater or sewage treatment commissioned by
another party at established wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities (hereinafter referred to as
“Commissioned Treatment”).
VI. Initial dilution ratio: It means the dilution multiples from
the mix of wastewater column or sewage column and the
surrounding seawater after the wastewater or sewage drains
from the pipeline into the sea and reaches a stable level in
the seawater.
VII. Discharging wastewater or sewage using a drainage pipe to
the sea (hereinafter referred to as a “Sea Drainage Pipe”
): It means the use of a pipeline to transport wastewater
or sewage to the sea; with an initial dilution ratio of 100:1
or greater.
VIII. Storing: It means delivery of wastewater or sewage to
storage facilities and then implementing reuse,
Commissioning
Treatment, using containers, tank trucks or other
non-pipelines or ditches facilities to remove or transport
wastewater or sewage to the area outside the range of
operations, or returning water seepage in a landfill to
the surface of the landfill.
IX. Dilution: It means mixing of wastewater or sewage needed only
to be treated before meeting the standards provided in the
Act and wastewater or sewage meeting the standards provided
in the Act without treatment or non-contact cooling water.
X. Recycling wastewater or sewage: It means collection of the
wastewater or sewage that has not been discharged into a water
body and has not undergone soil treatment to be reused for
other water resource purposes.
XI. Non-continuous discharge: It means the effluent that is not
drained from a discharge point into the receiving water body
continuously for 24 hours every day, or that is not drained
from a discharge point approved by the sewage management
authority into a sewage system continuously for 24 hours
every day.
XII. Routed discharge: It means wastewater or sewage is not
drained from the permitted discharge point or not drained
into a sewage system through the discharge point approved
by the sewage management authority.
XIII. Pure hot spring wastewater: It means wastewater from hot
spring baths with no other added substances.
Article 3
The types of industrial wastewater are described below:
I. Process wastewater: It means the wastewater of an enterprise
that direct contacts people or objects in the process of
manufacturing, processing, repair, treatment, operation,
cooling, washing, counter flow washing, medical treatment,
provision of services, livestock raising, development of
natural resources, or other operations.
II. Discharged wastewater: It means the wastewater drained from
the recycling water of an enterprise to reduce the
concentration of the pollutant that accumulates during the
recycling process.
III. Non-contact cooling water: It means the water used
exclusively for temperature exchange in heat exchange
pipelines.
IV. Runoff wastewater: It means the wastewater produced from the
rain when it washes outdoor facilities, surfaces of buildings
or ground surfaces in the outdoor work environment, and (raw)
materials.
Materials referred to in Subparagraph I of the preceding
paragraph include raw materials, intermediate products, products,
by-products,waste, waste gases, animals, plants or other objects.
Article 4
Enterprises or sewage systems shall take the water pollution
control measures (hereinafter referred to as the “Pollution
Control Measures”) approved by the special municipality, county
or city competent authority or any agency commissioned by the
central competent authority (hereinafter referred to as the
"Issuing Authority”), and shall operate in compliance with the
approved Pollution Control Measures.
Article 5
If there is a concern of leaking pollutants or wastewater from
enterprises or sewage systems into a water body, protective and
preventive measures shall be taken. If pollutants leak to a water
body or soil, emergency measures shall be taken immediately, and
local competent authorities shall be reported within three hours
after the leaking is detected. The report on the record of
responding to the emergency and the measures taken shall be
submitted to local competent authorities for reference within 10
days after the emergency measures are taken.
The report on the record of responding to the emergency and the
measures taken, as stated in the preceding paragraph, shall
include the following:
I. Reason for and time of the occurrence of the incident;
II. Receiving parties of the report, and the reporting method
and time
III. The content of response and the method of the elimination
and cleanup of leaking;
IV. Personnel participating in the response and their duties;
V. The plan for the monitoring and testing of the water body
and soil affected by the leaking;
VI. Methods for prevention and improvement;
VII. Any others as required by the competent authorities.
Article 6
When a natural disaster or emergency occurs, enterprises or
sewage systems shall treat wastewater or sewage in accordance
with the order of the competent authority.
Article 7
The wastewater or sewage produced by enterprises or sewage
systems shall be collected through ditches, pipes, or containers
within the work environment, and shall not be mixed and collected
with rainwater.
The preceding sentence is not applicable to runoff wastewater.
Any existing enterprises or sewage systems that are not capable
of achieving the goal specified in the preceding paragraph due
to difficulties in engineering technique may submit evidence and
conduct mixed collection after the competent authority gives its
approval, provided that the enterprises or sewage systems have
facilities available to prevent direct discharge of mixed
wastewater or sewage.
Article 8
Where the runoff wastewater of an enterprise or sewage system
storing or staking the following substances contains such
substances or their components, the runoff wastewater shall be
collected and treated:
I. Sludge produced during treatment of wastewater or sewage;
II. Coal cinder, coal ash, fly ash, slag, or bottom ash;
III. Raw materials, materials, scraps, products, or by-products
that, when washed out by rainwater, may dissolve into or
produce substances harmful to the health as announced under
this Act;
IV. Hazardous industrial waste;
V. Waste light sources, waste dry batteries, waste pesticide
containers, waste containers for special environmental agent,
waste lead acid batteries, waste lubricant, waste motorized
vehicles, and recycled materials or derivative waste produced
during the disposal process.
Article 9
Enterprises operating in the mining industry, earth and stone
extracting industry, earth and stone processing industry, cement
industry, earth and stone staking/disposing station, and at the
construction site shall set up facilities that are capable of
keeping off, blocking and channeling the rain on the excavation
surface or stacking station. However, this shall not apply if
setting up the facilities to keep off or block the rain is
difficult and the competent authority gives its approval.
Enterprises operating in the cement industry referred to in the
preceding paragraph means the enterprises that blend the cement,
concrete aggregate, admixture, and water thoroughly and
transport the mixture to the construction site for grouting.
The enterprises referred to in Paragraph 1 shall set up a grit
chamber to collect and treat the initial rainfall and the
wastewater produced from car wash platforms; the grit chamber
shall meet the following requirements:
I. The total design capacity shall be equal to or greater than
the total area of the construction site or workplace
multiplied by 0.025 meters.
II. When it is not raining, the distance from the highest water
surface to the top of the chamber shall be greater than one
-half of its depth.
III. Water impermeable material shall be used.
The facilities for keeping off, blocking, and channeling
rainwater as well as the grit chamber shall be maintained and
the grit shall be cleaned away on a regular basis; the time at
which the maintenance and cleaning are conducted and the method
for such measures shall be recorded and the record shall be
retained as a reference for three years.
Where any enterprises referred to in Paragraph 1 take the measures
specified in Paragraphs 1 and 3 as approved by the Issuing
Authority, their runoff wastewater may be discharged from the
approved runoff wastewater discharge point after being treated in
the grit chamber.
Where the rainfall is greater than the total design capacity of
the grit chamber specified in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 3 the
part of the runoff wastewater whose volume exceeds the total
design capacity may be rerouted for discharge.
The domestic sewage produced from the offices and staff
dormitories of the enterprises referred to in Paragraph 1 shall
be collected and treated appropriately.
Article 10
Before proceeding to work at construction sites, the parties
concerned shall present a plan for the reduction of pollutants
from runoff wastewater (hereinafter referred to as “Reduction
Plan”) to the competent authority for approval, and proceed
as approved.
The Reduction Plan referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
contain the following requirements:
I. Basic information;
II. Measures for the mitigation of pollution as mentioned in the
previous article and the engineering plan; and
III. A photocopy of the certification documents issued by the
competent authority.
If there is any change in the Reduction Plan or a concern that
pollution is still possible as the competent authority reviews
and finds the Reduction Plan insufficient to protect the quality
of the water body and requires it to be improved within a
limited period, then the amended Reduction Plan shall be
submitted, before the change or within the limited period, to
the competent authority for approval, and be implemented as
approved.
Article 11
Enterprises and sewage systems other than those specified in
Articles 8 to 10 shall take measures to reduce the volume of
filterable substances and eroded silt in runoff wastewater.
Around areas where goods and materials are stored or on
erosion-prone ground in the working environment where there
is no vegetation or pavement, the measures of installing
structures such as dikes, ditches or walls shall be taken to
reduce runoff wastewater pollution.
For those that take measures to reduce runoff wastewater
pollution in accordance with the preceding paragraph, rerouted
discharge of runoff wastewater is allowed.
Article 12
Wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities shall be
equipped with adequate functions and equipment, which are
stipulated as follows:
I. Wastewater or sewage treatment under the maximum productivity
or service scale shall be able to ensure that the treated
wastewater or sewage meets the Act and applicable regulations.
However, Wastewater or sewage drained to sewage systems shall
comply with the provisions of the Sewerage Law.
II. The treatment/pretreatment facilities shall be able to treat
the foreseeable anomaly operation of production or service
facilities or sudden surge of water quantity capacity.
III. The treatment/pretreatment facilities shall be able to treat
the runoff wastewater specified in Article 8.
IV. Parts of treatment/pretreatment facilities prone to damage
and difficult to replace shall come with backup devices, and
parts prone to damage shall come with spare parts on inventory.
V. A dedicated voltmeter shall be installed.
The entities engaging in recycling, dilution, Commissioned
Treatment or designated by a competent authority shall, in an
upstream position of the wastewater or sewage treatment
facilities, install independent and exclusive cumulative
inflow water measurement facilities.
Where wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities are
set up jointly for treatment of wastewater or sewage, it shall be
transported through pipes or ditches.
Article 13
The enterprises or sewage systems with backup power for their
production equipment that produces wastewater or sewage shall
also make sufficient backup power available for operation of
their wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities.
Article 14
Wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities shall
maintain normal operation and shall be maintained regularly and
repaired in time. Records shall be made and retained as a
reference for three years.
The normal operation stated in the preceding paragraph is
stipulated as follows:
I. Facilities shall be operated within the scope of the
operating parameters registered in the approval document
for the water pollution control measure plan (hereinafter
referred to as water pollution control plan), the permit
allowing wastewater or sewage to be drained into surface
water bodies, the simple discharge permit document, the
document permitting storage of wastewater or sewage,
the document permitting dilution of wastewater or sewage
and the permit allowing wastewater or sewage to be
drained into soil (hereinafter referred to asthe Permits
(Documents)). However, this is not applied when written
documents are submitted to certify that the facilities
are still in the status of normal operation even though
the operating parameters are beyond the approved scope.
II. The height of the accumulated sludge at the center
distance between the inflow end and the outflow end of
the condensation facilities shall be lower than one-half
of the water depth.
III. For the facilities without a collection pool, there is
no rotating bio-disc method, membrane method, reverse
osmotic method, ion exchange method, activated carbon
method or similar treatment units between the discharge
point and the previous treatment facilities, or for the
facilities with a collection pool, there is not any of
the aforementioned methods between the collection pool
and the previous treatment facilities, and the electric
conductivity of effluent shall not fall below 50% of
that of the previous treatment facilities.
Article 15
Where an enterprise or sewage system violates the preceding
article, the normal operation of its existing facilities shall be
maintained during the improvement period notified by the
competent authority and measures shall be taken for reduction or
discontinuation of production or service, or improvement of the
wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities. The
enterprise or sewage system shall not go beyond the operating
parameters according to which the competent authority gives a
notice for improvement within a specific period of time, and other
operating parameters shall be within the normal operation range.
Otherwise, punishment will be imposed on each violation.
Registration for change with the Issuing Authority is required
if the improvement referred to in the preceding paragraph may
be made only after demolition of existing facilities.
Article 16
For the independent and exclusive electricity meters and
operating parameter measuring facilities that are set up by
the enterprise or sewage system for the wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment facilities and have a continuous
automatic recording function, the record shall be made based
on the design specification and frequency of the metering and
measuring facilities; otherwise, the cumulative electricity
consumption shall be recorded and the parameters shall be
operated once a day. The amount of agent used for the wastewater
or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities and the production,
storage, and transport volume of sludge shall be recorded each
time and statistics shall be prepared every month.
The photocopies of the records, vouchers or invoices referred
to in the preceding paragraph shall be retained as a reference
for three years.
Article 17
The independent and exclusive electricity meters that enterprises
or sewage systems set up for the wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities shall meet the following requirements:
I. The specifications shall meet relevant requirements of The
Weights and Measures Act, and the entire electricity consumed
for the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities
shall be measured.
II. A transparent window shall be available.
III. The electricity meters shall be sealed with lead sealing by
a competent authority or electric power company; the seal
shall be confirmed by the competent authority and shall not
be destroyed.
IV. The source and destination of incoming and outgoing circuits
shall be marked explicitly.
For maintenance or replacement of the electricity meters referred
to in the preceding paragraph, the seal may be torn off only after
informing the competent authority. The electricity consumption
shall be recorded during the maintenance or replacement; the
recording method shall be subject to the consent of the competent
authority.
The competent authority shall be informed within one week after
the maintenance or replacement.
In case no independent and exclusive electricity meters can be set
up for wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities, the
facilities that have automatic control, measurement, and recording
functions may be used to measure and record the consumption of
electricity after being approved by the competent authority.
Article 18
Where the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities
of an enterprise or sewage system break down for more than 24
hours, the wastewater or sewage that cannot be treated shall be
stored appropriately and no discharge is allowed. Where it takes
more than 30 days for repair, production of wastewater or sewage
shall be suspended The enterprise or sewage system shall record
the failure time, name of the facilities, reason for the failure,
volume of the produced wastewater or sewage and its collection
status, repair method and progress; the record shall be retained
as a reference for three years.
Article 19
Enterprises or sewage systems may entrust commissioned operators
to operate wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities.
Enterprises or sewage systems may not entrust the commissioned
operator who operated for other enterprises or sewage systems and,
during the commissioned operation, caused such other enterprises
or sewage systems to meet one of the following requirements in the
most recent year to operate wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities:
I. The competent authority discovers that the discharge was
rerouted.
II. A large quantity of pollutants were discharged and the
competent authority found that they seriously impacted
the quality of nearby water bodies.
III. The discharged wastewater or sewage contained substances
harmful to the health as announced under this Act and
the competent authority found that they might affect
the public health.
IV. The competent authority imposed a punishment by ordering
suspension of work or business.
For the enterprise or sewage system that shall designate
personnel responsible for treatment of wastewater, the
commissioned operator that such enterprise or sewage system
entrusts shall be qualified to the level same as the
designated wastewater treatment personnel.
For the enterprise or sewage system that shall designate a
unit responsible for treatment of wastewater or sewage,
the commissioned operator that such enterprise or sewage
system entrusts shall be qualified to the level same as
the designated wastewater treatment personnel of Class A.
Enterprises or sewage systems shall make a record available
at the site showing the arrival and leaving times of the
commissioned operator and the operation and maintenance
status; the signature needs to be affixed to the record for
confirmation purpose. The record shall be retained as a
reference for three years.
Article 20
Enterprises in the sewage system area that do not discharge
produced wastewater or sewage into the sewage system
(hereinafter referred to as “Sewer Connection”) shall not
discharge it into any surface water body without the consent
of the sewage management authority (agency) and acquisition of
the surface water body discharge permit or a simple discharge
permit document.
Article 21
The wastewater or sewage that the enterprises referred to in the
preceding article produces shall not be discharged into the
drainage that is exclusive for the rainwater in the sewage system
area. However, this is not applicable if the discharge has been
approved by the sewage management authority (agency) and competent
authority.
Article 22
In case the sewage management authority (agency) finds that a
sewer-connected enterprise does not observe the water quality
standard for the sewage system and notifies it to make
improvement within a time frame, such enterprise shall apply
for Permits (Documents) to the Issuing Authority if it intends
to take pollution control measures other than connection to the
sewer.
Where the enterprise referred to in the preceding paragraph is
not able to make the improvement within the specified time
frame and the sewage management authority (agency) rejects the
sewer connection or notifies it to stop using the sewerage,
such enterprise shall stop producing wastewater or sewage
before obtaining the permit (document) approved by the Issuing
Authority.
When notifying an enterprise to make improvement within a
specific time frame or rejects sewer connection, the sewage
management authority (agency) shall inform the authority
competent.
Article 23
Enterprises or sewage systems that take soil treatment measures
shall simultaneously take other pollution control measures
approved by the competent authority and use them as an
alternative when the soil treatment is suspended. However, this
is not applicable if the wastewater or sewage is not in
compliance with the effluent standards as specified in the Waste
Disposal Act and may be removed to a place outside the work
environment using barrels, tank trucks or other non-pipe means
or ditches.
Article 24
Wastewater or sewage from enterprises and sewage systems shall
be subject to pretreatment in conformity to the standards for
soil treatment before proceeding to soil treatment.
For the pretreatment mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the
following facilities shall be installed.
I. Solid-liquid separation facilities;
II. Wastewater or sewage pretreatment facilities, or in case
of livestock enterprises engaged in pig or cattle farming,
biological pretreatment facilities.
The provisions of Articles 12 to 19 shall apply mutatis mutandis
to the wastewater or sewage pretreatment facilities mentioned
in Subparagraph II of the preceding paragraph.
Article 25
Where facilities are installed for the sewerage of industrial
wastewater or sewage to isolate wastewater or sewage from
contact with soil, the requirements under this chapter shall
be waived.
Article 26
Enterprises or sewage systems shall set up containment
facilities at the lower slope in the section of land used
for soil treatment to collect and treat wastewater or sewage
overflow appropriately. However, this is not applicable if
no overflow occurs after treatment of the soil.
Article 27
Wastewater or sewage may be drained out from enterprises or
sewage systems in the duration specified in the permit for the
treatment of soil from discharge of wastewater or sewage, and
shall be halted temporality if any of the following situations
occurs:
I. From the day on which the Central Weather Bureau announced
heavy rain and rainstorm to three days after the warning
signal is clear.
II. The total volume of nitrogen contained in the wastewater
or sewage from each hectare of land every year reaches
400 kilograms.
III. The conductivity of soil saturation extraction fluid is at
4 mΩ/cm at 25°C.
IV. The result of soil monitoring and testing is at the upper
limit of the standards for soil pollution levels, or the
monitored value of copper or zinc reaches 70% of the upper
limit of the said standards.
V. The test result of underground water indicated pollution level
of underground water is at the upper limit of standard. This
standard is not applicable if the NH background value of
underground water is higher than the upper limit of the
monitoring standard of underground water pollution, and the
test value of NH of underground water is lower than the
background value.
Those that are suspended from discharging wastewater or sewage
in accordance with Subparagraphs III to V of the preceding
paragraph, a test report of compliance shall be submitted to
the competent authority for approval, and the discharge of
wastewater or sewage into soil is only allowed to continue
after the approval.
Article 28
Enterprises or sewage systems that take soil treatment measures
shall set up sampling points before discharging wastewater or
sewage into the soil.
The sampling points referred to in the preceding paragraph
shall meet the following requirements:
I. A pathway that allows the personnel of the competent authority
to access to the sampling point, or in case of difficulties
in making it in place, measures to be taken as approved by
the competent authority;
II. Setup of independent and exclusive cumulative water
measurement facilities for measuring the volume of the
wastewater or sewage discharged into the soil;
III. Setup of a sign.
In case the competent authority finds that an enterprises or
sewage system reroutes the discharge or conducts non-continuous
wastewater or sewage discharge designated by the competent
authority, the sampling point shall be set up at the collection
pool that follows the final treatment units of pretreatment.
Setup of the sign referred to in Subparagraph III of Paragraph
2 shall meet the following requirements:
I. The sign shall contain the name of the enterprise or sewage
system and its control number, sampling point number, and
maximum daily discharge volume based on the contents of the
approval.
II. The sign shall be more than 32 cm in length and more than
15cm in width with a white background. The texts shall be
black with visible fonts of 15cm or more, and no other
graphics shall be added without approval. (See attached
Figure 1.)
III. The sign shall be conspicuously fixed beside the sampling
point at a distance between 50 cm and 2 m from the ground.
IV. The sign shall be made of robust material.
V. The sign shall be mounted steadily and shall not be moved
easily.
Article 29
The enterprise or sewage system that has acquired the approval
documents or Permits (Documents) for their Pollution Control
Measures, registered their redundant capacity, and met the
following requirements must apply to the Issuing Authority for
and carry out change registration of Commissioned Treatment
before engaging in Commissioned Treatment of wastewater or
sewage:
I. The competent authority did not impose punishment more than
twice due to violation of Article 7 of the Act within one
year before the application date. However, for the
sewer-connected enterprise, the connection must not be r
ejected by the competent authority or it did not notify such
enterprise to stop using the sewerage within one year before
the application date.
II. The competent authority did not fin d that the discharged
wastewater or sewage contained substances harmful to the
health as announced under this Act and affected the public
health within three years before the application date.
III. The competent authority did not impose a punishment by
ordering suspension of work or business due to violation
of the Act within three years before the application date.
IV. The competent authority did not ferret out rerouted
discharge within three years before the application date.
Article 30
Enterprises or sewage systems that are commissioned to treat
wastewater or sewage (hereinafter referred to as the
“Commissioned Party”) shall meet the following requirements:
I. The commission is limited to treatment of the wastewater
or sewage in the same industry and of the same type. This is
not applicable when the Issuing Authority gives it approval.
II. The daily volume of wastewater or sewage to be treated
under commission shall not exceed the approved maximum daily
redundant capacity.
III. Wastewater or sewage must be treated within 24 hours after
receiving.
Article 31
The party commissioning an enterprise or sewage system to treat
wastewater or sewage (hereinafter referred to as the
“Commissioning Party”) shall set up wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment facilities or storage facilities to store
wastewater or sewage.
The Commissioning Party and Commissioned Party shall set up
independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement
facilities at the inflow and outflow ends of the pipe or ditch.
Article 32
Where wastewater or sewage cannot be treated under commission
due to failure of the wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities, the Commissioned Party shall
notify the Commissioning Party to stop transport and make
improvement. The Commissioned Treatment shall be terminated
if wastewater or sewage cannot be treated under commission
for a period of more than 30 days and alteration of the
approval documents or permits (documents) for Pollution
Control Measures shall be made with the Issuing
Authority.
In case the Commissioned Party does not make the alteration
referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Issuing Authority
may directly alter the permit registration item.
The Commissioned Party shall record the reason why it cannot
accept the commission, the time at which it notifies the
Commissioning Party to stop the transport, and the improvement
status, and shall retain the record as a reference for three
years.
Article 33
When receiving the notification on termination of the
Commissioned Treatment from the Commissioned Party, the
Commissioning Party shall collect and store its wastewater or
sewage. Production of wastewater or sewage shall stop when the
wastewater or sewage is stored for more than 30 days and approval
of other pollution control measures is not acquired from the
Issuing Authority. However, this is not applicable if the
wastewater or sewage is not in compliance with the effluent
standards as specified in the Waste Disposal Act and may be
removed to a place outside the work environment using barrels,
tank trucks or other non-pipe means or ditches.
The Commissioning Party shall record the time at which the
Commissioned Party notifies it to stop the transport, daily
production and storage volume of wastewater or sewage, and the
number and quantity of storage facilities, and shall retain the
record as a reference for three years.
Article 34
Where the Commissioned Party violates relevant provisions of
the Act twice or more within one year during the Commissioned
Treatment, it shall not increase the volume of the wastewater
or sewage to be treated under commission nor the number of
counterparts within one year from the date on which the second
violation occurs.
The Commissioned Treatment shall be terminated if the
Commissioned Party meets one of the following requirements
during the Commissioned Treatment:
I. The competent authority imposes punishment more than twice
due to violation of Article 7 of the Act. However, for the
sewer-connected enterprise, the connection must be rejected
by the competent authority or it notifies such enterprise to
stop using the sewerage.
II. The discharged wastewater or sewage contains substances
harmful to the health as announced under this Act and the
competent authority finds them affecting the public health.
III. The competent authority imposes a punishment by ordering
suspension of work or business due to violation of the Act.
IV. The competent authority ferrets out rerouted discharge.
Article 35
Enterprises or sewage systems that discharge wastewater or
sewage into the ocean through ocean outfall pipes shall meet
the following requirements:
I. Construction for setup and change of ocean outfall pipes
shall be reported to the competent authority for reference
within 30 days after completion of the construction.
II. Ocean outfall pipes shall be checked regularly every year
and must have a function with a confirmed initial dilution
rate of more than 100 times; records shall be made and
retained as a reference for three years.
III. Ocean outfall pipes that may affect discharge or safe
navigation of vessels due to failure or damage shall be
repaired or removed immediately, and the competent
authority shall be informed within three hours after
identification of such failure or damage.
Article 36
Enterprises or sewage systems that discharge wastewater or
sewage into the ocean through ocean outfall pipes shall act in
accordance with the following requirements if the initial
dilution rate of such ocean outfall pipes cannot reach more
than 100 times due to failure or damage:
I. Discharged wastewater or sewage shall meet the effluent
standards.
II. In case discharge into the ocean is imposable, wastewater
or sewage may be discharged into surface water bodies
through the discharge point approved by the competent
authority. However, alteration of the Permits (Documents)
shall be made with the Issuing Authority in case the
discharge lasts for more than 90 days.
Enterprises or sewage systems shall record the time at which
failure of or damage to the ocean outfall pipe occurs, the time
of notification, the cause of the occurrence, and the repair
status, and shall retain the record as a reference for three
years.
Article 37
Enterprises or sewage systems that dilute wastewater or sewage
shall mix such wastewater or sewage using the blending
facilities in the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
facilities. Neither the water that is not required to be treated
nor the non-contact cooling water, before being discharged,
shall be mixed with treated wastewater or sewage. However, this
does not apply to the treated wastewater or sewage that is
drained from the permitted discharge point to mix with the water
that is not required to be treated or the non-contact cooling
water.
Independent and exclusive cumulative inflow water measurement
facilities shall be set up for the blending facilities referred
to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 38
Enterprises or sewage systems that remove or transport
wastewater or sewage to a place outside the work environment
using barrels,tank trucks or other non-pipe means or ditches shall
set up storage facilities in the work environment to store the
wastewater or sewage that has not been removed or transported.
Storage facilities for collection of landfill leachate, water
pumping facilities, and intercepting ditches for runoff wastewater
shall be set up in case of landfill leachate recirculation to
its surface.
Article 39
For the enterprises or sewage systems taking storage measures,
independent and exclusive cumulative inflow and outflow water
measurement facilities or measurement facilities with automatic
fluid level recording and storage volume displaying functions
shall be set up for the storage facilities.
Enterprises and sewage systems shall, by day and by batch,record
the wastewater or sewage storage time, transport (delivery)
method,water quantity and treated water quantity,and shall retain
the record as a reference for three years.
Storage facilities used for the emergency response pursuant to
Paragraph 1 of Article 18 or Paragraph 1 of Article 33 shall be
subject to the preceding two paragraphs.
Where stored wastewater or sewage does not meet the effluent
standards and is to be removed to a place outside the work
environment using barrels, tank trucks or other non-pipe means
or ditches, production of wastewater or sewage shall stop when
the wastewater or sewage is stored in the work environment for
more than 30 days and approval of other pollution control
measures is not acquired from the Issuing Authority.
Article 40
Enterprises and sewage systems shall have storage facilities
with a capacity that can meet the requirements of emergency
response.
Article 41
Wastewater or sewage from enterprises or systems shall be
recycled only after the wastewater or sewage has been treated
to meet the effluent standards. Before the recycling, sampling
points shall be installed. However, this is not applied when
the wastewater or sewage is used for tower rinsing or other
pollution prevention equipment and production processes.
Article 42
The recycled wastewater or sewage referred to in the preceding
article shall be discharged into surface water bodies only when
it meets the effluent standards. However,recycled wastewater or
sewage to be used for cleaning the offices, staff dormitories, and
other activity venues in the work environment shall meet the
effluent standards for building sewage treatment facilities.
Physical contact with the recycled wastewater or sewage referred
to in the preceding paragraph shall be avoided so as not to affect
the health of staff.
Article 43
For recycling of wastewater or sewage, independent and exclusive
cumulative water measurement facilities shall be set up after
wastewater or sewage is produced and treated,
while independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement
facilities shall be set up for the recycle before it takes place.
Wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities or storage
facilities shall be set up for wastewater or sewage recycle to
store it before the recycle takes place.
Article 44
Ground oil storage facilities set up in an oil storage plant
shall meet the following requirements:
I. The bottom shall be made by cement or paved with non-permeable
materials.
II. Spill-prevention dikes with a height of more than 50
centimeters shall be set up around the oil storage
facilities, and the volume encircled shall be more than 110%
of the volume of the facilities. However, in case of
difficulties in setting up the dikes, alternative solutions
are taken as approved by the competent authority.
The enterprises mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall prepare,
based on the volume of the oil storage facilities, sufficient
materials and articles for prevention of leaking of pollutants.
The facilities, materials and articles mentioned in the preceding
two paragraphs shall be maintained periodically.
Oil leaked from the storage facilities stated in the preceding
paragraph shall be collected and treated properly.
Article 45
Ship breakers shall set up interception facilities around the
ship-breaking site and take the following measures. However,
facilities capable of preventing wastewater from polluting
water bodies may be used with approval from the competent
authority if it is difficult to set up such facilities:
I. Equipment for containment and removal of floating oil shall
be set up on the surface of the water around the work area.
II. Appropriate facilities for collection of waste oil,
wastewater and other pollutants shall be set up in the work
area.
III. Others measures that the competent authority designates.
Article 46
Operators of combined fishing and stock raising business in the
livestock industry shall operate in accordance with the following
requirements:
I. The daily volume of wastewater discharged into fishponds shall
be less than 4 cubic meters per hectare.
II. A fishpond shall have a capacity for wastewater produced by
less than 200 hogs per hectare.
III. The dissolved oxygen of a fishpond shall be 1.0 mg/l or
higher.
IV. A distance of 30cm or more shall be maintained from the
highest fluid level to the top around the fishpond.
However, this is not applicable during the rainy season.
V. A record containing the time at which the barn or sty is
cleaned, the quantity of water discharged into the fishpond,
and the time at which the wastewater is discharged from the
fishpond shall be made and retained as a reference for three
years.
VI. A notice shall be voluntarily sent to the competent
authority three days before the discharge.
Article 47
To maintain normal supply of water, the water supply plant
may take emergency response measures and discharge wastewater
directly when the Central Weather Bureau issues a warning of
torrential rain or when a natural disaster occurs and the
concentration of the suspended solids in the raw water exceeds
2,000 mg/l or the turbidity exceeds 2,000 NTU and, as a result,
the wastewater treatment facilities cannot operate normally.
The water supply plan shall incorporate the emergency response
measures referred to in the preceding paragraph in the approval
documents or Permits (Documents) for Pollution Control Measures,
and take actions according to the following requirements:
I. The settling basin and sludge thickener shall be cleared
first.
II. A notice shall be sent to the downstream water users and
the local competent authority shall be informed.
III. Daily inspection shall be conducted for the turbidity and
suspended solid concentration of the raw water and the
suspended solid concentration of the effluent, and a
record shall be made for such inspection; the record shall
be retained as a reference for three years.
The water supply plant is responsible for removal or repair of
any accumulation of sludge or damage that occurs due to emergency
response measures that the water supply plant took.
Article 48
Catering enterprises and tourist hotels that render dining
service shall set up grease traps to remove grease from the
catering wastewater.
For the catering enterprises and tourist hotels that render spa
service, the pure hot spring wastewater produced from the public
pools of the existing enterprises and the hot spring facilities
of a newly established enterprise shall be collected and treated
separately from other wastewater.
The pure hot spring wastewater shall be treated using hair and
suspended solid filtering facilities. However, this is not
applicable to mud spring.
The effluent that has undergone the treatment referred to in the
preceding paragraph may be directly discharged into the surface
water body to which the source of the hot spring concerned
belongs if the effluent, except for the water temperature,
exceeds the effluent standards, though it does not exceed the
quality standard of raw water.
Article 49
The grease traps as well as the hair and suspended solid
filtering facilities that catering enterprises and tourist
hotels set up shall be cleaned and maintained on a regular
basis, and a record of the time and method for the cleaning and
maintenance shall be made; the record shall be retained as a
reference for three years.
The grease traps referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
meet the requirements of the Design and Technique Directions
of Buildings Sewage Treatment Facilities.
Article 50
Enterprises or sewage systems that set up the following water
pollution control facilities and pipelines shall clearly and
correctly mark their names in addition to the name and flow
direction of the fluid in the pipe.
I. Pipelines and treatment units for collection, pretreatment,
treatment, backflow, discharge, and storage of water,
wastewater or sewage;
II. Rerouted pipelines for emergency response;
III. Pipelines and storage tank units for storage, dilution,
and recycle;
IV. Independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement
facilities and independent and exclusive electricity meters
for wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities;
V. Pipelines and treatment units for collection, treatment, and
storage of sludge.
Article 51
Where enterprises or sewage systems take water from water
bodies for cooling or circulations purpose and the water they
take is non-contact cooling water, such water may be directly
discharged into the surface water body in the original water
inflow area if all the water quality items, except for the water
temperature and hydrogen ion concentration indexes, exceed
the effluent standards, though they do not exceed the water
inflow standard.
Article 52
Enterprises or sewage systems shall discharge from the discharge
points permitted by the Issuing Authority. However, this is
not applied in an emergency situation when personnel or
treatment equipment cannot be saved without rerouting discharge.
The Issuing Authority shall be notified of the rerouted discharge
referred to in the preceding paragraph within 3 hours after its
occurrence, and the start and end times of the rerouted discharge,
the reason for the rerouted discharge, the quantity of water,
and the reporting time shall be recorded.
Article 53
The discharge point of an enterprise or sewage system shall
meet the following requirements:
I. The discharge point shall be located outside the peripheral
boundaries and on the ground that the discharge flows
through before entering the receiving water body.
II. There shall be a pathway outside the peripheral boundaries
for the sampling personnel to access the discharge point,
and a sampling platform the size of which is at least 1
square meter shall be set up.
III. Except for the case of a discharge point for wastewater
runoff, independent and exclusive cumulative water
measurement facilities shall be set up to measure the
discharge. However, this is not applicable to the discharge
point for runoff wastewater.
IV. A sign shall be erected.
V. If the discharge point is established as a well, the well
water shall be adequately and equally mixed.
If the establishment of a discharge point has difficulty meeting
the requirements in Subparagraphs I and II of the preceding
paragraph, alternative solutions shall be taken as approved by
the competent authority.
In case the competent authority finds that an enterprises or
sewage system reroutes the discharge or conducts non-continuous
wastewater or sewage discharge designated by the competent
authority, the discharge point shall be set up at the collection
pool that follows the final treatment units.
Article 54
In the event that enterprises or sewage systems jointly discharge
wastewater or sewage into the ocean through a marine outfall, the
discharge point shall be set up at a proper location between the
joint wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities and
the marine outfall.
In the absence of any joint wastewater or sewage treatment
/pretreatment facilities, the discharge point shall be established
at a proper location between the outside of the peripheral
boundaries of the enterprise or sewage system and the marine
outfall.
Article 55
The provisions of Paragraph 4 of Article 28 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the erection of a sign at a discharge point.
Article 56
If any of the following applies to the enterprise or sewage
system, it shall complete the installation of water capacity
automatic monitoring facilities, water quality automatic
monitoring facilities and video surveillance facilities by
the deadline required by the competent authority.
I. The competent authority discovers that the discharge is
rerouted.
II. It violates relevant provisions of the Regulations and is
ordered by the competent authority for discontinuation of
operation or business, or it declares discontinuation
of operation or business within the period of improvement
stipulated by the competent authority and then applies for
reinstatement of operation or business.
III. After being ordered twice by the competent authority to
improve its violations of the Effluent Standards within a
provided period, it still continues violating the Standards
within a year, with one of the following circumstances:
(1) Concentration of pollutants in the discharged wastewater
or sewage is more than 5 times the value of the upper limit
provided in the Effluent Standards. However, this does not
apply to the hydrogen ion concentration index, coliform group,
and water temperature.
The hydrogen ion concentration index for the hydrogen ions in
the discharged wastewater or sewage is smaller than 2 or greater
than 11.
IV. It discharges huge pollutants that the competent authority
deems critical in affecting the quality of the water body
in the surrounding area.
V. The discharged wastewater or sewage contains the hazardous
substances to health announced under the Regulations and there
is a concern of the competent authority that these substances
are harmful to public health.
VI. In the last year prior to the day on which the application
for the water pollution control plan or Permits (Documents)
is submitted, the former enterprise located at the same
address and on the same location or land section has violated
relevant provisions of the Regulations and been ordered by the
competent authority to discontinue its operation or business,
or it has declared discontinuation of operation or business
within the period of improvement stipulated by the competent
authority, or has been found rerouting discharge.
VII. Non-continuous discharge with the possibility of the
situation provided in Subparagraph I is designated by the
competent authority.
After the installation of the cumulative water measurement
facilities, water quality automatic monitoring facilities and
video surveillance facilities, the enterprise or sewage system
shall apply for alteration of the water pollution control plan or
Permits (Documents) with the competent authority. Such
installation may be waived if normal operation lasts for more
than 365 days accumulated from the day of alteration completion
without any incident as stated in the preceding paragraph and the
approval of the competent authority.
Article 57
The enterprise or sewage system mentioned in the preceding
article shall install the cumulative water measurement facilities,
water quality automatic monitoring facilities and video
surveillance facilities in accordance with the following
requirements and shall submit, pursuant to the required format,
the previous month’s daily cumulative water quantity, readings
and water quality automatic monitoring data records and the date
and method of calibration and maintenance to the competent
authority by the fifteenth day of every month.
I. Independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement
facilities shall be installed for all water sources in the
working area.
II. Automatic monitoring facilities shall be installed at
inflow points, outflow points and discharge points of each
water pollution control measure facility unit to monitor water
temperature, hydrogen ion concentration index and conductivity.
III. Video surveillance facilities that also record time shall
be installed at each water pollution control measure facility
unit and each discharge point and shall be kept photographing
and videotaping for 24 hours a day, and video footage can be
viewed clearly.
The automatic monitoring facilities installed in accordance with
Subparagraph II of the preceding paragraph shall be installed,
calibrated and maintained pursuant to the brand specifications.
Those that install cumulative water measurement facilities, water
quality automatic monitoring facilities and video surveillance
facilities shall maintain their normal functions, and in the event
of malfunction, shall immediately report to the competent authority
by telephone or fax. The time of malfunction, the names and titles
of the persons submitting and receiving the report shall be
recorded. During the period of malfunction, calibration or
maintenance, the alternative method approved by the competent
authority shall be adopted to record, monitor, photograph and
videotape. Monitoring data shall be retained for three years
and image data shall be retained for three months as reference.
If the malfunctioning facilities or systems in the preceding
paragraph are unable to return to normal conditions within 24
hours, the planned repair measures and the repair completion
date shall be reported to the competent authority within two days
from the date of malfunction. Maintenance of facilities, report
of malfunctioning and the circumstances relevant to taking response
measures shall be reported together in accordance with Paragraph 1.
Article 58
Where the competent authority finds any of the situations stated
in Subparagraph 1 or 3 of Paragraph 1 of Article 56 occurs in
case of non-continuous discharge of wastewater or sewage from an
enterprise or sewage system for which the collection pool
installed in the peripheral boundaries, the enterprise or sewage
system shall install the display signboard showing water
temperature, hydrogen ion concentration index and conductivity
automatically within the time frame specified by the competent
authority and complete the modification of the discharge Permits
(Documents) after the installation.
The display signboard referred to in the preceding paragraph that
shows flow discharge capacity and water quality automatically
shall be installed at where can be easily seen on the external
wall of the front door, and maintain normal operation. It shall
have the function of real-time display of monitored data. In the
event of malfunction, the enterprise or sewage system shall
immediately report to the competent authority by telephone or
fax, and the time of malfunction, the names and titles of the
persons submitting and receiving the report shall be recorded.
During the period of malfunction, calibration or maintenance,
the alternative method approved by the competent authority shall
be adopted to monitor and record.
If the malfunctioning display signboard referred to in the
preceding paragraph is unable to return to normal conditions
within 24 hours, the planned repair measures and the repair
completion date shall be reported to the competent authority
within two days from the date of malfunction.
Article 59
In the event that an enterprise or sewage system utilizes
wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities, a
functional test shall be conducted within the time frame
specified by the competent authority if at least one of the
following circumstances applies:
I. Circumstances described in Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 of
Article 56;
II. Abnormal operating parameters;
III. Abnormalities in the equilibrium of water quality or flow;
IV. A concern that dilution may have been performed without
a permit;
V. Insufficient functions of wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities.
Upon completion of the functional test in the preceding
paragraph, functional test report shall be submitted and the
documents of approval or Permits (Documents) for water
pollution control measure plans shall be revised. If the result
of a functional test indicates nonconformity with the control
standards specified in the Act, the enterprise or sewage system
shall reduce or terminate its production or service, or take other
response measures.
Article 60
Any functional test conducted by an enterprise or sewage system
in accordance with the preceding Article shall meet the
following requirements:
I. Tests conducted on wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
or sludge treatment facilities shall be based on the maximum
amount of daily wastewater or sewage production approved by
the issuing authorities. In the event that the operating
conditions are not based on the approved maximum amount of
daily wastewater or sewage production, the test shall be
conducted based on the reported or actual maximum amount in
a regular test.
II. The period of a functional test shall be at least five
working days. The competent authority shall be notified three
days before the testing date to participate in the functional
test.
The functional test conducted on the testing date as defined in
Subparagraph II of the preceding paragraph shall meet the
following requirements:
I. The volume of the wastewater or sewage before and after
treatment shall be respectively tested once. The water quality
of the wastewater or sewage before treatment shall be tested
once. The operating parameters of each facilities unit shall
be tested once.
II. Methods for the test of water quality after treatment:
(1) In the event that wastewater or sewage is discharged
continuously for 24 hours, sampling shall be conducted once
every four hours for a total of six times. The samples taken
twice consecutively shall be combined into a single one. A
total of three samples created
through the combination will be tested, and the average of
the three samples is calculated.
(2) In the event that wastewater or sewage is not discharged
continuously for 24 hours, sampling shall be conducted 4
times in accordance with the daily discharge time. The samples
taken twice consecutively shall be combined into a single one.
A total of two samples created through the combination will be
tested, and the average of the two samples is calculated.
III. The test of water quality shall be conducted on the items
submitted under each type of industry listed in Table 1,
except in the event that the competent authority has specified
the testing items.
IV. An environmental analysis laboratory with a permit issued by
the central competent authority shall be commissioned to
conduct the sampling and test of water quantity and quality.
V. Units participating in the functional test shall include the
process operating unit, treatment process operating unit,
sampling unit, and testing unit. In the event the functional
test report requires the signature of a technician, the
technician shall jointly participate in the test.
VI. In case of an enterprise or sewage system with at least
two sources of wastewater or sewage and at least two
wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities,
measurements and tests shall be conducted separately on
each of the sources and facilities.
Article 61
In the event that an enterprise or sewage system discharges
wastewater or sewage into an irrigation channel, the enterprise
or sewage system shall seek approval from the managing authority
(agency) or owner of the irrigation channel before wastewater
or sewage is discharged.
In the event that the managing authority (agency) or owner of
the irrigation channel in the preceding paragraph does not
approve the discharge of wastewater or sewage, the competent
authority shall be notified.
Article
In the event of unapproved discharge, storage, dilution,discharge
into groundwater, soil treatment or rerouted discharge, or that
the pipelines or facilities of an enterprise or sewage system do
not meet relevant requirements,
the pipelines or facilities shall be sealed or removed within the
improvement period specified by the order of the competent
authority.
Article 63
In the event that sludge deposits clearly visible have been
formed at the bottom of pipelines, the entry point of the water
body, and its surrounding areas due to the discharge of
wastewater or sewage by an enterprise or sewage system, the
enterprise or sewage system shall remove the sludge deposits on
its own initiative or within a limited period pursuant to the
order of the competent authority.
Article 64
In the event that enterprises or sewage systems belong to two
or more industry types, or that enterprises or sewage systems
belong to a single industry type but have different processes,
the combined treatment and discharge of wastewater shall
conform to the effluent standards for each of the concerned
industry types. If different control limits are available for
the same control item, the stricter limit shall apply.
In the event that the flow of wastewater from one of the
industry types in the preceding paragraph is at least 75% of
the total flow of wastewater, and that independent and exclusive
cumulative water measurement facilities have been installed,
anapplication may be submitted to the competent authority for
the use of the effluent standards of the concerned industry type
as the basis of control for all common items.
The percentage of the flow of wastewater in the preceding
paragraph shall be calculated in accordance with the records
of the six months prior to the date of application.
Article 65
An enterprise or sewage systems shall install calibrate and
maintain cumulative water measurement facilities pursuant to
the brand specifications.
Regarding the specifications of the cumulative water measurement
facility in the preceding paragraph, the margin of error within
the range of measurable flow shall not exceed +/-10%. However,
non-contact cooling water not used for circulation whose flow
is calculated by motor rotation is not subject to this restriction.
In case cumulative water measurement facilities shall be sealed
with lead sealing, they shall be sealed by the competent
authority and the lead sealing shall not be destroyed
arbitrarily.
For calibration, maintenance or replacement of the cumulative
water measurement facilities, the seal may be torn off only
after the competent authority has been informed.
The water quantity during the period of calibration or
maintenance shall still be recorded in the way approved by
the competent authority and the records shall be kept for three
years. The competent authority shall be reported within a
week after the calibration or maintenance in order to seal
the facilities with lead sealing.
If the calibration or maintenance mentioned in the preceding
paragraph cannot be completed in time due to limitations of
technology or manpower of the enterprise or sewage system,such
calibration or maintenance may be waived after the approval of
the competent authority.
Article 66
If an enterprise or sewage system has difficulty in installing
independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement facilities
in accordance with the Regulations, it may conduct measurement
using any other measuring facilities or methods that are able to
indicate the water quantity, subject to approval from the
competent authority.
If the facilities in the preceding paragraph generate records in
a continuous and automatic way, the enterprise or sewage system
shall record the water quantity based on the specifications and
frequencies of the facilities. If the facilities do not generate
records in such a way, the cumulative water quantity reading
shall be recorded daily and preserved for three years for
reference.
Article 67
In case of sewage produced from offices, staff dormitories, other
activity spaces and buildings within the work environment of an
enterprise, the management shall meet the following requirements:
I. In case of combined treatment of sewage and enterprise
wastewater, the methods for the management of enterprise
wastewater shall be used.
II. In case of separate treatment of sewage and enterprise
wastewater, the methods for the management of building sewage
treatment facilities shall be used, and a discharge point
shall be established.
The discharge point in Subparagraph II of the preceding paragraph
shall be established in accordance with Article 53. However, in
case the number of employees is less than 50, the installation of
independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement
facilities may be waived.
Article 68
In the event that an enterprise or sewage system suspends or ends
its operation on its own initiative or pursuant to a decision of
the competent authority, the person responsible for the
enterprise or the owner, user or manager of the sewage system
shall treat and discharge the remaining wastewater or sewage in
the work environment in accordance with the Act.
Article 69
Wastewater or sewage from an enterprise or sewage system that
overflows from its collection, treatment or discharge facilities,
units, pipelines or ditches into the work environment shall be
collected and treated.
The enterprise or sewage system shall record the date, time,
water quantity, reason, collection and treatment of the overflow
mentioned in the preceding paragraph for reference.
Article 70
In the event the location of an enterprise has been designated
by the competent sewage system authority as an area or site in
which a sewage system for exclusive use shall be established, the
enterprise shall meet the requirements provided by the Act and
applicable regulations for enterprises.
Article 71
Enterprises or sewage systems shall complete the test reporting
in accordance with the Regulations. However, this does not apply
to the following enterprises or sewage systems.
I. Gas stations with no attached car wash facilities;
II. Earth and stone staking/disposing stations staking the total
volume of no less than 500 m3 of earth and stones, or covering
a total area of more than 250 m2 for staking earth and stones
before July 1, 2007
III. Construction sites;
IV. Livestock enterprises raising less than 200 hogs;
V. Oil storage plants;
VI. Enterprises or sewage systems of which the wastewater or
sewage is connected to public sewage systems.
An enterprise or sewage system of which the wastewater or sewage
is connected to a sewage system other than that stated in
Subparagraph VI of the preceding paragraph shall submit test
reports to the sewage management agency, which shall then compile
the reports and deliver them to the competent authority.
Article 72
The enterprises or sewage system that stores wastewater or sewage
shall have the following contents in their reports:
I. Process facilities and production or service scales related
to production of the wastewater or sewage and sludge on a
monthly basis;
II. Quality of the original wastewater or sewage and the volume
of water on the testing day; the source, production volume
and storage quantity of the wastewater or sewage on a
monthly basis;
III. Location and quantity of the storage facilities;
IV. Sequential treatment measures after storage shall be reported
in compliance with individual pollution control regulations;
V. Date and method for calibration and maintenance of the
automatic fluid level measurement devices of the storage
facilities or their measurement methods; however, this is not
applicable if independent and exclusive cumulative water
measurement facilities have been set up.
In case the enterprise referred to in the preceding paragraph is
a landfill where the leachate is circulated to its surface, the
volume of the wastewater circulated to the surface of the
landfill shall be reported on a monthly basis.
Article 73
The enterprises or sewage system that treats wastewater or sewage
using wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities
shall have the following contents in their reports:
I. Process facilities and production or service scales related to
production of the wastewater or sewage and sludge on a monthly
basis;
II. Water quality of the original wastewater or sewage and after
the treatment/pretreatment, and the water quantity on the
testing day;
III. Source of water, consumption of water, production volume of
wastewater or sewage, and volume of water treated using the
wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities on a
monthly basis; the production volume of wastewater or sewage
shall be respectively reported by process or source;
IV. Operation methods and monthly operation and maintenance costs
of the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities;
V. Names of the agents used every month and their usage amount;
VI. Parameters and their maximum, minimum and average values
under normal operation of the major treatment units during
the reporting period;
VII. Monthly power consumption of the independent and exclusive
electricity meters for wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities.
VIII. Monthly production volume of sludge as well as its water
content and operating frequency;
IX. Date and method of calibration and maintenance of the
independent and exclusive cumulative inflow and outflow water
measurement facilities installed or measurement methods
adopted pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 12, and monthly
readings and measurement values.
Article 74
The enterprise or sewage system that treats wastewater or sewage
using wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities and
meets one of the following requirements shall act as follows, in
addition to reporting pursuant to the preceding article:
I. The enterprise or sewage system that makes use of its
redundant capacity to treat under commission wastewater or
sewage not produced by it shall have the following contents in
its report:
(1) Volume of the wastewater or sewage that it produces and the
redundant capacity on a monthly basis;
(2) Industry from which it accepts wastewater or sewage and the
cumulative volume of the wastewater or sewage that it has
treated on a monthly basis.
II. The enterprise or sewage system that dilutes wastewater or
sewage shall have the following contents in its report:
(1) Quality of the water used for the dilution and the volume of
water on the testing day;
(2) Source and volume of water used for the dilution on a monthly
basis;
(3) Quantity and location of the dilution tubes and points.
III. For the commissioned operator, the designation of such
commissioned operator, the name of the person implementing
the commissioned operation, and any change of such person.
Article 75
The enterprise or sewage system that uses wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment facilities and meets one of the following
requirements shall act as follows, in addition to reporting
pursuant to Article 73:
I. Enterprises or sewage systems that store or stake materials
specified in Article 8 shall report the volume of the runoff
wastewater collected and treated every month.
II. Enterprises referred to in Article 9 shall report the
following:
(1) Volume of the wastewater produced from the car wash platform
and flowing into the grit chamber on a monthly basis;
(2) Distance from the highest fluid level of the grit chamber to
the top around it and the measuring method on a monthly basis;
(3) The maintenance status of the facilities for keeping off,
blocking, and channeling rainwater as well as the grit
chamber, and the volume of the initial rainfall collected
and connected to the grit chamber.
III. Catering enterprises and tourist hotels that render spa
service shall report the date on which hair and suspended
solid filtering facilities are maintained and the
maintenance method on a monthly basis; catering enterprises
and tourist hotels that render dining service shall report
the date on which grease traps are maintained and the
maintenance method on a monthly basis.
Article 76
Enterprises or sewage systems that connect their wastewater or
sewage to dedicated sewage systems in an industrial park shall
report the following:
I. Process facilities and production or service scales related
to production of the wastewater or sewage and sludge on a
monthly basis;
II. Quality of the water discharged into the sewage system and
the volume of water on the testing day as well as the source
of water, consumption of water, and the volume of the
wastewater or sewage discharged into the sewage system on a
monthly basis;
III. Where wastewater or sewage pretreatment facilities as set
up, additional reports are required pursuant to Articles 73
to 75.
Article 77
Enterprises or sewage systems that commission others to treat
their wastewater or sewage shall have the following contents in
their reports:
I. Process facilities and production or service scales related
to production of the wastewater or sewage and sludge on a
monthly basis;
II. Quality of the original wastewater or sewage and the volume
of water on the testing day as well as the source of water,
consumption of water, and the production volume of the
wastewater or sewage on a monthly basis;
III. Frequency of the Commissioning Treatment, water quality and
the volume of water on the testing day, and the volume of
water treated under commission on a monthly basis;
IV. Names of the Commissioned Party and the industry in which
the Commissioned Party is engaged;
V. Water measurement facilities set up at the outflow end, the
date and method for calibration and maintenance of such
measurement facilities, their measurement methods, and the
monthly readings and measurement values;
VI. Article 72 shall apply to the reporting of the storage
facilities set up in the work environment before treatment
of wastewater or sewage under commission.
Article 78
Enterprises or sewage systems that discharge wastewater or sewage
into the ocean through ocean outfall pipes shall have the
following contents in their reports:
I. Process facilities and production or service scales related to
production of the wastewater or sewage and sludge on a monthly
basis;
II. Methods for maintenance of the ocean outfall pipes and the
frequency of the maintenance;
III. Sampling points, frequencies, monitoring items, and
monitoring results in marine environment;
IV. Where wastewater or sewage pretreatment facilities as set up,
additional reports are required pursuant to Articles 73 to 75.
Article 79
Enterprises or sewage systems that recycle wastewater or sewage
shall have the following contents in their reports:
I. Production process facilities related to the capacity of
wastewater or sewage and sludge generated, and the scale of
production or service;
II. Quality of the original wastewater or sewage and the water
capacity on the day of testing, the source of monthly water
supply, water consumption volume and the generation of
wastewater or sewage;
III. Source of recycled water, the method of transmission or
delivery, and the purpose of recycling;
IV. Quality of recycled water and the water capacity on the day
of the test, and the monthly capacity of recycled water;
V. Facilities for the measurement of recycled water or the date
and method of the calibration and maintenance of the
measurement, the monthly reading or measurement value;
VI. If the storage facility is approved for installation, declare
in accordance with Article 72.
VII. Those that install facilities for wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment shall declare in accordance with the
provisions of Articles 73 to 75.
The enterprises specified in Article 9 and recycled by just
sedimentation treatment shall declare in accordance with the
following further to the requirement as stated in the preceding
paragraph:
I. Capacity of minerals, gravels, stone chips, or mixed concrete
cement generated;
II. Monthly water consumption volume and the capacity of sludge
generated in the sedimentation pool;
III. Water treatment capacity by the sedimentation pool and the
removal rate monthly;
IV. Frequency and means of removal of sludge from the
sedimentation pool or the concentration pool.
Article 80
Operators of combined fishing and stock raising business in the
livestock industry shall have the following contents in their
reports:
I. Area of the fishpond and the actual raising number of fish;
II. Animal house washing frequency and water consumption on a
monthly basis;
III. Volume of the wastewater discharged into the fishpond every
month and the measurement method;
IV. Amount of electricity consumed for the fishpond aerator on a
monthly basis;
V. Dissolved oxygen test value of the fishpond and the test date;
VI. Date on which wastewater or sewage was discharged and the
method with which it is treated after combined operation of
the fishing and stock raising business on a monthly basis.
Article 81
Enterprises or sewage systems that discharge wastewater or sewage
into surface water bodies shall have the following contents in
their reports:
I. Process facilities and production or service scales related to
production of the wastewater or sewage and sludge on a monthly
basis;
II. Quality of the discharged wastewater or sewage, the volume of
water on the testing day, and the monthly volume of
discharged wastewater or sewage;
III. Water measurement facilities set up for the effluent, the
date and method for calibration and maintenance of such
measurement facilities, their measurement methods, and the
monthly readings and measurement values;
IV. Where wastewater or sewage pretreatment facilities as set up,
additional reports are required pursuant to Articles 73 to 75.
Article 82
Enterprises or sewage systems that use soil to treat wastewater
or sewage shall act as follows, in addition to reporting pursuant
to Articles 73 to 75:
I. Type of the crop, number of head per hectare, and area of the
soil for treatment on a monthly basis;
II. Quality of the water discharged into the soil, volume of
water on the testing day, and monthly volume of water
discharged into the soil;
III. Soil and groundwater monitoring information;
IV. Monthly operating frequency of solid-liquid separation
facilities.
Article 83
The reporting of water quality and quantity and its testing,
measurement, monitoring frequency and monitoring data produced by
an enterprise or sewage system shall comply with the following:
I. Quality of wastewater or sewage is tested every six months.
However, for the dedicated sewage system of a community that is
exempted from designating responsible persons for treatment of
was tewater or sewage, quality of its wastewater or sewage is
tested once a year.
II. For an enterprise or sewage system that shall designate
dedicated units or Class-A persons responsible for treatment
of wastewater or sewage in accordance with the regulations
governing the designation and management of environmental
protection units or personnel, the quality of effluent
discharged to surface water bodies is tested every three
months. For an enterprise or sewage system that designates
Class-B persons responsible for treatment of wastewater or
sewage, the quality of effluent is tested every six months.
For the dedicated sewage system of a community that is
exempted from designating responsible persons for treatment
of wastewater or sewage, quality of water is tested once a
year.
III. Quality of the water discharged from a sewer-connected
enterprise to a sewage system is tested every six months.
However, if the authority governing sewage systems has
increased the frequency of testing, the requirements
provided by the authority shall be applied.
IV. For those that adopt soil treatment, the quality of the water
discharged to soil is tested every three months, the
monitored soil is tested once a year, and the quality of
monitored groundwater is tested every six months.
V. For those that discharge sewage into groundwater, the quality
and volume of the water discharge into groundwater is tested
every two months.
VI. For those that discharge wastewater or sewage into the ocean
through ocean outfall pipes, the monitored data of the marine
environment are tested every three months.
VII. For those that adopt other water pollution control measures,
water quality is tested every six months.
Article 84
Water quality testing or monitoring referred to in the
information reported by an enterprise or sewage system shall be
performed in accordance with the items specified in Table 1.
However, the competent authority may increase the items to be
reported depending on the actual need.
Where an enterprise or sewage system does not use or produce any
of the items specified in Table 1 during the process and
wastewater or sewage treatment procedure, and the test result of
the item is lower than the detection limit, such enterprise or
sewage system may submit an application along with certificating
documents to the competent authority for exemption from testing
and reporting the said item.
Article 85
Enterprises or sewage systems that adopt soil treatment shall
take following actions with respect to monitoring of the soil and
groundwater, in addition to acting in accordance with Table 1:
I. Where the total area for soil treatment is less than one
hectare, a groundwater monitoring well shall be set up at the
midpoint between the upstream and downstream of the groundwater
flow and a soil sample shall be taken from the well.
II. Where the total area for soil treatment is more than 1
hectare and less than 25 hectares, a groundwater monitoring
well shall be set up in the upstream and downstream of the
groundwater flow, respectively, and a soil sample shall be
taken from each well.
III. Where the total area for soil treatment is more than 25
hectares and less than 100 hectares, a groundwater
monitoring well shall be set up in the upstream, midstream,
and downstream of the groundwater flow, respectively, and
a soil sample shall be taken from each well.
IV. Where the total area for soil treatment is more than 100
hectares, more than five groundwater monitoring wells shall
be set up and more than five soil samples shall be taken.
The groundwater monitoring wells and soil samples shall be
set up and taken in the upstream, midstream, and downstream
of the groundwater flow and surrounding area.
The soil samples referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be
mixed shallow-layer samples.
The competent authority may, with reference to the actual
requirements with respect to the groundwater hydrology and water
quality condition, order an enterprise or sewage system to
increase the number of the groundwater monitoring wells and soil
samples to be taken.
Article 86
The reporting frequency of enterprises and sewage systems is once
every six months. However, the following enterprises or sewage
systems shall observe the reporting items and frequencies
specified below:
I. Reporting once every year for the dedicated sewage system of
a community that is exempted from designating responsible
persons for treatment of wastewater or sewage;
II. Reporting soil samples once every year in case of soil
treatment;
III. Reporting once every three months in case of discharging
wastewater or sewage into the ocean through ocean outfall
pipes.
The competent authority may, depending on the actual need, order
enterprises or sewage system to increase the reporting frequency
with respect to all or part of the items to be reported.
Article 87
The reporting scope, format, and frequency shall be subject to
the regulations of the central competent authority in case that
the enterprise and sewage system is located in the total
quantity control zone and has an automatic monitoring system, and
the central competent authority establishes regulations governing
connection of the automatic monitoring items.
Article 88
Enterprises or sewage systems that adopt two or more pollution
control measures simultaneously shall report separately.
Enterprises or sewage systems that jointly set up wastewater or
sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities for treatment purpose
shall report jointly.
Article 89
The water quality and quantity that an enterprise or sewage
system reports shall be acquired by sampling and measuring on the
same day.
Reporting is deemed complete only when the sampling and measuring
of water quality and measuring of water quantity mentioned in the
preceding paragraph are commissioned to and completed by the
environmental analysis laboratory to which the central competent
authority has issued a permit, and meet the requirements provided
by Article 68 of the Act. Reporting is deemed incomplete for
failure to report in accordance with Articles 23 and 68 of the
Act. The competent authority shall send to those that report
incompletely the notice requiring them to correct within a time
frame. In case of failure to correct within the time frame, their
reported data will be rejected and they will be deemed to have
not reported.
Where the rectification within a time frame referred to in the
preceding paragraph is involved in non-retrospective data of
water quality, a retest shall be conducted and the data
generated from such retest shall not be used concurrently for the
reporting in the current period of the test.
Article 90
When the water quality or water quantity reported by an
enterprise or sewage system meets one of the following conditions,
the enterprise or sewage system shall be exempt from
commissioning an environmental analysis laboratory:
I. Water quality and quantity of the original wastewater or
sewage, water quantity of recycled water, runoff wastewater
quality and quantity, or the water quantity of separately
treated hot springs wastewater;
II. Water quantity of established independent cumulative water
measurement facility whose calibration and maintenance are
performed pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 65;
III. The water quality and quantity of sewer-connected
enterprises shall be based on the testing and measurement data of
the sewage management agency.
Article 91
Samples shall be taken in the blending facilities for the water
quality of the original wastewater or sewage that an enterprise
or sewage system reports.
Where wastewater or sewage contains substances harmful to the
health as announced under this Act, the samples of such substance
item shall be taken at appropriate locations before the
wastewater or sewage of each type enters in the blending
facilities.
Article 92
Records reported by enterprises or sewage systems and the
following documents shall be retained for three years for
reference.
I. Photocopies of the bills or invoices for the cleanup of
wastewater or sewage by the enterprise or a third party firm
commissioned for such purpose;
II. Photocopies of the bills or invoices for the cleanup of
sludge by the enterprise or a third party firm commissioned
for such purpose;
III. Water quality and quantity testing report;
IV. Photocopies of the bills or invoices on the purchase of
chemical agents;
V. In case of those that discharge wastewater or sewage into the
ocean through ocean outfall pipes, the monitored data of the
marine environment;
VI. Photocopies of the record and bills or invoices on the
calibration and maintenance of the measurement facility for
the measurement of water capacity on accumulative basis;
VII. Other matters designated by the competent authority.
Article 93
Enterprises or sewage systems shall report the data for the
period from July to December of the previous year before January
31 every year, and shall report the data for the period from
January to June of the current year before July 31 every year.
However, the following enterprises or sewage systems shall
observe the reporting period and data specified below:
I. The management authority (agency) of the sewage systems
referred to in Article 71, Paragraph 2 shall report the data
for the period from July to December of the previous year
before the end of February every year, and shall report the
data for the period from January to June of the current year
before August 31 every year.
II. The dedicated sewage system of a community that is exempted
from designating responsible persons for treatment of
wastewater or sewage shall report the data for the period
from January to December of the previous year before
January 31.
In case enterprises and sewage systems apply for Permits
(Documents) for pollution control measure plans, the date on
which the Issuing Authority approves the approval documents or
Permits (Documents) for water pollution control measure plans
shall be the start date of the reporting.
Enterprises or sewage systems that fail to report within a given
time frame shall correct by the deadline indicated in the notice
of correction sent by the competent authority. If an enterprise
or sewage system still fails to correct or fails to report prior
to the ruling issued by the competent authority, it shall be
deemed to have failed to report.
Article 94
Enterprises or sewage systems shall report in hard copy, except
when the competent authority announces that the reporting shall
be sent via the Internet.
Article 95
Construction sites that submitted the runoff wastewater pollution
reduction plan pursuant to the Necessary Measures for Reduction
of Volume of Filterable Substances and Eroded Silt in Runoff
Wastewater from Construction Sites and Earth and Stone Staking or
Disposing Stations announced by the central competent authority
on August 26, 2003 and obtained the approval from the competent
authority shall apply to the competent authority for modification
of the runoff wastewater pollution reduction plan in accordance
with Article 9 within 3 months after the implementation of the
Regulations if the construction period would last for over a year
after the implementation of the Regulations. However, if the
construction site has difficulty in installing, the above
requirement shall not apply, subject to approval from the
competent authority.
Article 96
The requirements for improvement periods provided for the
enterprises or sewage systems that shall carry out engineering
work and install facilities, pipelines and signs to comply with
new provisions of the Regulations are stated as follows:
I. Improvement of the independent and exclusive cumulative inflow
water measurement facilities stated in Paragraph 2 of Article
12,the independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement
facilities stated in Subparagraph II and signs at sampling
points in Subparagraph III of Paragraph 2 of Article 28, the
independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement
facilities at the inflow and outflow ends stated in Paragraph 2
of Article 31, the independent and exclusive cumulative inflow
water measurement facilities stated in Paragraph 2 of Article 37,
the independent and exclusive cumulative inflow and outflow
water measurement facilities and measurement facilities with
automatic fluid level recording and storage volume displaying
functions stated in Paragraph 1 of Article 39, the independent
and exclusive cumulative water measurement facilities that are
recycled in Paragraph 2 of Article 37, the facilities, pipelines
and signs stated in Article 50, and the signboards at discharge
points stated in Article 55 shall be completed within three
months after the implementation of the Regulations.
II. For any engineering work and pipeline installation not
provided for in the preceding subparagraph, enterprises or
sewage systems shall submit the engineering work improvement
statement to the Issuing Authority for its review within two
months after the central competent authority announces that
the approval documents or Permits (Documents) for the water
pollution control measure plans shall be renewed. Any and
all improvements shall be completed within six months after
the review. However, those that fail to complete improvement
within the period announced for renewal of approval documents
or Permits (Documents) for the water pollution control
measure plans may specify reasons and apply to the Issuing
Authority for the extension of the improvement period. An
improvement period shall not be longer than a year.
Article 97
An enterprise or sewage system that uses containers, tank trucks
or means other than pipelines or drainage ditches to transport
wastewater or sewage compliant with effluent standards into an
area outside of the range of operations shall inform the
competent authority by telephone or facsimile 24 hours before
the scheduled transport of wastewater or sewage.
An enterprise or sewage system that uses containers, tank trucks
or means other than pipelines or drainage ditches to clear the
wastewater or sewage not complying with effluent standards into
an area outside of the range of operations, shall perform
clearance and follow-up disposal pursuant to the Waste Disposal
Act.
Where the enterprises or sewage systems established already
prior to the implementation of the Regulations are in any of
the situations stated in the preceding paragraph, the concerned
matters shall be addressed pursuant to the Waste Disposal Act
from January 1, 2008.
Article 98
The recycling plans that enterprises provide for record in
accordance with the Industrial Water Pollution Control Measure
Management Regulations prior to the implementation of the
Regulations shall become invalid from January 1, 2010. In case
the procedure of renewing Permits (Documents) or approval
documents for water pollution control measure plans are
completed, the recycling plans shall become invalid upon
completion of the procedure.
Article 99
Enterprises established already prior to the implementation of
the Regulations and included from July 1, 2007 into the scope of
enterprises governed by the Act pursuant to the enterprise
classification and definitions in the Water Pollution Control Act
announced on December 6, 2005 by the central competent authority
shall apply the Regulations from July 1, 2008.
Article 100
Enterprises or sewage system that make part of the plant (site)
or equipment available to others or commission others to operate
water pollution control equipment shall remain responsible for
management of water pollution control measures and reporting of
tests.
Article 101
The Regulations shall become effective on the date of
promulgation.
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