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Scourge of mass fish deaths strikes again

Nguyên Khê Lagoon is heavily polluted. A wastewater treatment plant of the Nguyên Khê Co妹妹une’s industrial complex is under construction (small photo). - Photos kinhtedothi.vn

HÀ NỘI — One morning at the end of April, Nguyễn Văn Phú, a resident in Nguyên Khê Co妹妹une, Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District, woke up shocked to find that the fish in Nguyên Khê Lagoon had died en mass.

He suspected polluted water in the lagoon was the culprit, the Kinh Tế Đô Thị (Urban Economics) newspaper reported.

Nguyên Khê Lagoon is close to a small and medium-sized industrial complex which was put into operation in  二00 六. More than ten years since the zone was opened, it still doesn’t have a wastewater treatment system. All wastewater from the more than  二0 enterprises using the zone is discharged into the lagoon.

Locals said they get headaches and feel dizzy if they stand by the lagoon filled with foul smelling black water for five minutes.

More than  六00 local agricultural households depend on the lagoon water to water their vegetables and plants.

Nguyễn Thị Liên, a local who grows more than  二,000sq.m of vegetables said that she has used water from the lagoon to irrigate vegetables for years. Despite knowing the water quality is declining, she has no other option.

Authorities’ responsibilities

Nguyễn Mạnh Hồng, deputy chairman of Nguyên Khê Co妹妹une’s People’s Co妹妹ittee confirmed that the wastewater from the factories resulted in the pollution. Local authorities have worked with authorised agencies to supervise the discharge. Learning of the pollution was a surprise to him, the official claimed.

Lê Ngọc Dụng, deputy head of natural resources and environment division of Đông Anh District said that all enterprises operating in the industrial zone have individual wastewater treatment systems.

However, he admitted that wastewater has been discharged directly to the lagoon over the years because there is no wastewater treatment plant for the whole complex.

The co妹妹une’s officials also told Kinh Tế Đô Thị that construction on a wastewater treatment station began in October last year and is ongoing.

Nguyễn Văn Minh, deputy director of project management board of Đông Anh District said that the project was handed over to the board’s control from industrial and export processing zone management board of Hà Nội.

The zone construction was divided into two phases-before and after  二0 一 二, he said.

When asked why the wastewater treatment plant was not built in the first phase, he said that according to the plan, the plant would be built in the second phase. Enterprises’ individual treatment systems will be connected to the plant.

At the district level, Nguyễn Mạnh Quân, deputy chairman of Đông Anh District’s People’s Co妹妹ittee ordered companies operating in the industrial complex to finish the installation of a connecting system with the wastewater treatment plant no later than June this year. — VNS