Chapter XIII Automatic Monitoring/Surveillance Facilities Management
Article 105
If any of the following applies to industrial or wastewater sewerage system, the installation of automatic monitoring facility (hereinafter referred to as the “required for installing automatic monitoring facility”) specified in This Chapter with keeping of normal functioning shall be connected to the competent authorities of the municipality or county (city) for online transmission:
1. The discharge of wastewater or sewage from the exclusive sewerage system of the industrial zone to the water body of ground surface with permission of discharge capacity of more than 1,500m3 daily.
2. The discharge of wastewater or sewage from industries other than power plants to the water body on ground surface with permission of discharge capacity of more than 1,500 m3 daily.
3. The discharge of wastewater or sewage from power plants to the water body on ground surface including the discharge of uncontacted cooling water or facility of air pollution control through seawater flue-gas desulfurization.
4. The discharge of wastewater or sewage from sewerage to the water body on ground surface with permission of discharge capacity of more than 1,500m3 daily.
5. Any other requirements of the competent authority at the national level.
The discharge capacity specified in subparagraph (II) of the previous paragraph is the total of wastewater from operation and from release. Household sewage, uncontacted cooling water or runoff, and wastewater from operation and release combined for treatment shall be summed up as the totality for discharge. For those with installation of water capacity measurement facility, or measurement facility or method of measurements approved by the competent authorities of the municipality or county (city) may measure the water capacity from different sources for combined treatment and the discharge capacity of household sewage, uncontacted cooling water or runoff would be excluded in the calculation.
Article 106
For those who shall install automatic monitoring (surveillance) facilities, the installation and completion deadline of automatic monitoring (surveillance) facilities thereof shall be subject to Table 3.
In case that due to new application for or change of its permit (document), an enterprise or a sewage system is required to comply with the provisions of Paragraph 1 of the previous article requiring installation of automatic monitoring (surveillance) facilities, the enterprise or sewage system shall complete the installation in the period provided below if the date of approval is beyond the period provided in Table 3 of the previous paragraph. The issuing authority shall inform the enterprise or sewage system of the provided period upon approval.
1. Those that apply for a new permit (document): To complete installation within 180 days from the date when the permit is approved; or
2. Those that change the permit (document): To complete installation within 180 days from the date when the change is approved.
If, with regard to facilities in the previous paragraph, actual installation would pose difficulties or the effluent wastewater contains high-concentration halogen ions, an alternative measure may be implemented with the approval of the municipality, county or city competent authority, and shall be implemented accordingly as approved.
Article 106-1
Measure instructions of the automatic monitoring/surveillance facilities (hereinafter referred to as the “Measure Instructions”) shall be submitted to the municipality or county (city) competent authority for approval before the automatic monitoring/surveillance facilities, electronic watt-hour meters and display sign boards are installed according to the Regulations. A relative error test audit and a transmission test for 168 consecutive hours shall be conducted after the installation, and, after the tests, a confirmation report shall be submitted to the municipality or county (city) competent authority for review and on-site survey and confirmation.
Where the competent authority imposes a punishment by ordering suspension of work or business (no matter whether within the specified improvement period or not) due to violation of any requirements of the Act and an application is made for restoration of the work or business according to Article 63 of the Act, water pollution control measures and sludge treatment and improvement plans, while prepared for trial run, shall be submitted together with the Measure Instructions referred to in the preceding paragraph to the municipality or county (city) competent authority for approval. A transmission test for 168 consecutive hours shall be conducted after the installation and before application for restoration of the work or business, and, after the tests, a confirmation report shall be submitted to the municipality or county (city) competent authority for review and on-site survey and confirmation.
The Measure Instructions and confirmation reports may be submitted together if automatic monitoring/surveillance facilities have been installed before January 1, 2016 for the dedicated sewage systems in an industrial park referred to in Article 105, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1.
The Measure Instructions and conformation reports shall be dealt with through the Internet transmission from the date that the central competent authority specifies.
Article 107
For the automatic monitoring/surveillance facilities installed pursuant to the Act, if the brand name or model number of the unit or data retrieving and processing systems used for replacement is not the same as the originally installed facilities, the Measure Instructions shall be submitted to the municipality or county (city) competent authority for approval 15 days before the replacement. A relative error test audit and a transmission test for 168 consecutive hours shall be conducted after the installation, and, after the tests, a confirmation report shall be submitted to the municipality or county (city) competent authority for review and on-site survey and confirmation.
A confirmation report shall be submitted to the municipality or county (city) competent authority for the alteration other than that referred to in the preceding paragraph within 30 days after occurrence of the event.
Article 108
Enterprise or sewage systems that set up automatic monitoring/surveillance facilities pursuant to the Regulations shall transmit in compliance with specified types and formats of the data and take actions according to Attachment 1. The measuring and monitoring values of the automatic monitoring facilities shall be processed in accordance with Attachment 2. Setup and relative error test audits of the automatic water quality monitoring and video surveillance facilities shall be subject to Attachment 3.
In case of meeting the preceding requirements, transmitted information of water quality and volume may be used for reporting as specified in the Act.
The municipality or county (city) competent authority shall summarize the information of water quality and volume transmitted by enterprises or sewage systems into data that can be inquired by the public and make it available on the website that such competent authority designates.