Recently, wastewater treatment-related accidents such as environmental damage and casualties due to the leakage of chemicals in the wastewater treatment process continue to occur.
Main causes of continuing accidents in the wastewater treatment process include that even though a business entity which outsources wastewater treatment mixes raw materials and substances other than originally specified in the contract with wastewater, the outsourcing business entity has no obligation to notify the treatment business (entrusted) entity of the related contents; that the industry that is entrusted to treat this wastewater also cannot avoid undertaking malignant wastewater which is difficult to treat in the top dog and underdog relationship; and that the industry also undertakes highly concentrated wastewater which is beyond its treatment capacity due to excessive competition of the industry.
Therefore, the amendment requests a business entity which entrusts wastewater treatment to provide wastewater hazard information to the wastewater treatment business entity to prevent accidents during the wastewater treatment process and to ensure that suitable treatment is performed; establishes a regular inspection basis for the wastewater treatment business entity to ensure the treatment capacity and treatment status of a wastewater treatment business entity and changes the existing registration system into a permit system; and makes it mandatory for wastewater treatment business entities to install the Tele Monitoring System (TMS) to prevent unauthorized discharge of wastewater to prevent chemical leakage and promote public safety.

Details

A. Make it mandatory for wastewater treatment business entities to install measuring instruments to ensure standards for effluent water quality (Article 38-2 (1) 4 newly inserted)
B. Change the registration system of the wastewater treatment business to a permit system (Article 62, etc.)
C. When a wastewater treatment business is disapproved by the result of a facility inspection, allow taking no-use measures (Article 62-2 newly inserted)
D. Where a business entity intends to outsource a wastewater treatment from a wastewater treatment business entity, require the business entity which entrusts a wastewater treatment to prepare and disclose the wastewater treatment safety data (Article 66-3 newly inserted)

- Make it mandatory for wastewater treatment business entities to install measuring instruments to ensure standards for effluent water quality (Article 38-2 (1) 4 newly inserted)
- Change the registration system of the wastewater treatment business to a permit system (Article 62, etc.)
- Impose an obligation to receive periodic inspections on wastewater treatment capacities upon wastewater treatment business entities (Article 62-2 newly inserted)
- Expand reasons for ordering the suspension of a wastewater treatment business to a wastewater treatment business entity (Article 64 (3))
- Impose the computer processing of entrusted wastewater treatment upon business entities which outsource their wastewater treatments (Article 66-2)
- Impose an obligation to prepare and disclose the wastewater treatment safety data upon business entities which outsource their wastewater treatments (Article 66-3)