"彰化的企業遭控排廢水"

彰化的五間電子廠因排放工業廢水到灌溉渠道中，而被環保局開罰。

環保局局長劉玉平說污染278公頃農地的罰金將超過5200萬台幣（170萬美金），這是基於檢調從工廠附近管線挖出的證據而罰。

回溯至2009年，他們被沒收了490萬台幣的罰款，造成作物損害的額外罰款讓總金額達到5279萬新台幣。惹出問題的工廠也會被罰另外的費用，以治理44公頃的稻米用地。根據法律規定，賠償金只能追溯到最多五年以內的事件。

該區的高度污染自2002年以來就是個大問題，政府首次推行農地治理企劃來處理該區的高度污染。

齊柏林的紀錄片《看見台灣》最近讓大家注意到排放廢水這種行為對環境的衝擊，顯現出重工業的廢水已經污染了河川並且讓他們轉黃。

(Local) Changhua Firms Charged Over Wastewater

Five electroplating factories in Changhua county have been fined for releasing industrial wastewater into irrigation channels by the Environmental Protection Bureau.

Bureau Director Liu Yu-ping stated that fines will be more than NT$52 million (US$1.7 million) for polluting 278 hectares of farmland, and is based on evidence by prosecutors who dug up pipelines near the factories.

Fines of NT$49 million were levied for infractions going back to 2009, with additional crop damage fines bringing the total to NT$52.79 million. Offending factories will also be charged with additional fees resulting from the treatment of 44 hectares of land used for rice farming. According to the law, compensation can only be retroactive for a maximum period of five years.

High pollution in the area has been a problem since 2002, when the government first launched a farmland treatment project to deal with high pollution levels in the area.

Chi Po-Lins documentary Beyond Beauty: Taiwan From Above recently brought attention to the environmental impacts of such practices, showing how wastewater from heavy industry have polluted rivers and turned them yellow.

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