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July 30th, 2010
City Dumps 80% of Sewage Into Rivers

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HCM City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to use Global Positioning System to monitor the movements of waste tankers after finding that as much as 80 per cent of household sewage was being dumped into rivers and canals. The department said between 200-240 cubic metres of sewage was being dumped into public water sources every day. The city has about 125-150 tankers collecting toilet waste in the city. However, only Hoa Binh Waste Processing Ltd Co in Binh Chanh District is able to treat sewage. Read More