She said that this was the second time in a month that a leak had taken place at the factory. The factory would also be ordered to submit a plan to rehabilitate the water source and release fish and shrimp to repopulate the canal. This followed residents’ complaints that black, foulsmelling wastewater had been released from Larp Pakdee Palm Co’s factory last week, resulting in the deaths of many fish. They then inspected the factory, where the wastewater treatment tanks were found to be overflowing, sending untreated waste into the canal. Officials collected water samples in the canal and at the factory to send for lab tests.

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 23, 2018 05:40 UTC