Longqi Landfill Site plan raises fears that clear water will become toxic water

Tainan City Government is planning to build a landfill site for hazardous waste in the Longqi area; however, citizen groups believe that the location of the landfill site poses three major problems:

First, as the proposed site is upstream of Erren River, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no adverse affect on water used for agricultural irrigation downstream.

Second, according to Professor Chen Wen-shan (陳文山) of National Taiwan University, the landfill site runs through Dragon Boat Fault Line (龍船斷層帶). Should this fault line become active, where will all the waste go?

Third, the area is already home to Niupu Educational Ecology Park (牛埔里生態教學園區), so wouldn’t it seem rather contradictory to build a landfill site in the vicinity?

After the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for this project was passed, citizen groups began questioning the level of standards used. Citizen groups are seriously worried that if the Longqi Landfill Site project goes ahead, future engineering work on the headwater will follow similarly low standards, threatening water safety and environmental protection.

Longqi Landfill Site plan raises fears that clear water will become toxic water 

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(以下是中文對照)

龍崎掩埋場疑雲，清流之水恐成毒水

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台南市政府計畫於龍崎區，建設有害事業廢棄物掩埋場，公民團體認為，龍崎掩埋場設置的地點有三大問題：

一、掩埋場於二仁溪上游，如果興建掩埋場不難保會波及中下游的農業用水。
二、根據台大教授陳文山表示，掩埋場行經龍船斷層帶，為活動斷層，一旦斷層活動，這些廢棄物又會跑到哪裡？
三、這邊已經設立牛埔里生態教學園區，為何還要互相矛盾，興建掩埋場？
 
此案的環評已經通過，公民團體質疑，環評的標準底線何在？公民團體也擔心如果龍崎掩埋場個案通過，未來於水源地開發的工程，都能依樣畫葫蘆的方式來處理，水源安全和環境生態保育將消失於無形。