아시아개발은행(ADB)은 중소기업에서 발생한 유해 산업폐수 및 슬러지를 처리하기 위한 중국의 노력을 지원하기 위한 2억5천만 달러 대출을 지원했다. 이번 대부자금은 엔지니어링 그룹인 CT 환경그룹(CT Environmental Group)이 일련의 전문 산업폐수 및 슬러지 처리 플랜트를 구축·소유·운영하는 프로젝트에 쓰일 예정으로, 이들 플랜트는 지방정부의 확정을 기다리고 있다.

국가환경기준을 충족하는 수준으로 처리된 폐수는 환경으로 배출되거나 산업 소비자에게 재사용 목적으로 공급될 예정이다.

 

 

 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded a $250 million loan to support the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) drive to treat harmful industrial wastewater and sludge generated by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

 

The loan funds will be used by engineering company CT Environmental Group to build, own, and operate a series of specialised industrial wastewater and sludge treatment plants in designated areas, which will be determined by local governments.

 

Treated wastewater, which meets national environmental standards, will either be discharged, or supplied back to industrial customers for reuse.

 

The goal is to build the capacity to treat 450,000 tons of wastewater and 4,200 tons of sludge per day by 2019.

 

SMEs account for significant water pollution through water intensive industries such as paper, food processing, chemical and textile. Sludge in particular has a serious impact on soil and groundwater quality given its high level of toxicity, the ADB said.

 

While larger companies typically have their own treatment facilities, smaller enterprises need solutions that go beyond traditional municipal wastewater treatment.

 

ADB’s assistance includes a $100 million equivalent ordinary loan and a $150 million equivalent complementary loan in US dollars and yuan, funded by commercial banks, with ADB acting as lender of record.

 

“This assistance will help a new public-private partnership (PPP) model in handling wastewater and sludge from SMEs, with beneficial effects for both waterways and public health,” said Hisaka Kimura, East Asia unit head of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department.

 

“The project is timely, corresponding to the PRC’s goal to dramatically reduce water pollution, including through PPPs, as emphasized by the recent State Council-issued Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan.”

 

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 3월 30일]