Sai Gon -Dong Nai River suffers terrible pollution from waste discharges

04:06, 23/06/2010

(ĐN- More than 900 tons of wastes on average are dumped into Sai Gon – Dong Nai river system every day, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam.

(ĐN- More than 900 tons of wastes on average are dumped into Sai Gon – Dong Nai river system every day, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam.

Typically, these solid wastes include heavy metal contaminants, organic materials … Such wastes cause pollution in water sources.

The Dong Nai River system receives wastes from the cities and provinces of Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Lam Dong, Dak Nong, Binh Thuan, Tay Ninh and Long An.

Especially, load from Ho Chi Minh city is over 580 tons per day, over 105 tons from Dong Nai, around 65 tons from Lam Dong and about 60 tons from Binh Duong.

Reported by H.G