Da Nang Party Committee Secretary Truong Quang Nghia on Wednesday paid inspection visits to some coastal drainage systems along the T20 and My Khe beaches. He also inspected the operation of a wastewater collection and treatment system at the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf, and the Phu Loc Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Secretary Nghia (right) inspecting the operation of sluice gates along coastal areas

According to the Director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the wastewater has been found to overflow the My An Ward, which has caused unpleasant odours there. 

The main reason seems to be that pumping stations along routes from Pham Van Dong to Vo Nguyen Giap have been downgrading due to the passage of time.  Another reason is that over recent years have seen the increasing volume of effluent due to the rapid urban development rate along coastal areas.

In an attempt to resolve the environmental pollution problem, the municipal People’s Committee has approved a project for separately collecting wastewater and rainwater along coastal My An and My Khe areas, as well as conducting landscape improvements there.

The municipal Department of Natural Resources also proposed that the city authorities should accelerated the installation of larger-diameter pipes to collect wastewater and rainwater, and then divert them to the Hoa Xuan Ward Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Secretary Nghia asked relevant local agencies to implement plans mentioned above to resolve this environmental pollution hotspot in a bid to ensure the aesthetics of the local urban image. 

During his inspection of the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf, the city’s Party chief urged local relevant agencies to strictly implement the city-approved decisions about addressing the environmental pollution problem at this venue.

The city leader also underlined the importance of increasing the city authorities’checks over the wastewater treatment activities at seafood processing business.

Secretary Nghia also urged relevant agencies to open even more public walkways to local beaches along Ho Xuan Huong-Vo Nguyen Giap route.

As for the operation of the Phu Loc Wastewater Treatment Plant, the local authorities have implemented many comprehensive solutions to the environmental pollution in the basin of the Phu Loc River. 

Thanks to these measures, effluent discharged into the river’s basin will be diverted to this treatment plant with daily capacity of about 120,000m³.