VietNamNet Bridge – Two more construction projects in coastal Son Tra and Ngu Hanh Son districts of Da Nang have been found discharging untreated waste water into the city’s household sewage system.

Hundreds of hotel and resort projects are under construction along the coast of Ngu Hanh Son and Son Tra districts in Da Nang. Three projects were found pumping waste water from construction sites into the city’s household sewage system. – Photo: Cong Thanh/VNS

The head of the city’s construction department inspection team, Le Van Tuan, said the hotel project of the Viet Nam Holiday Company and the Sea Shore Hotel of Chinwin Company had illegally pumped waste water from their on-going excavation of basement floors into the city’s household waste treatment system.

Tuan said the waste water from these projects would pollute the popular beaches of Ngu Hanh Son and Son Tra districts. “We asked the two investors to stop discharging waste water into the city’s sewage system before an assessment of the waste water at the two sites are approved,” Tuan said.

He added that the department will carry out additional inspections of all construction projects in the coastal area.

Last week, the 27-storey Royal Era 1 Hotel was caught discharging untreated waste water from its construction site into My Khe Beach. The project investor, TMS Hotel Da Nang Joint Stock Company, was fined VND6 million (US$265).

According to the latest report by the construction department, seven out of 15 wastewater pipes still discharge untreated household sewage into the sea in Da Nang. Some beaches have been heavily polluted by untreated waste water from hundreds of seafood restaurants and construction sites along the city beaches.

The central city plans to build a waste water treatment project for cleaning the My An discharge outlet that has polluted a section of My Khe Beach in Ngu Hanh Son District. 

VNS