In a juice factory in Xihua Industrial Park, Jinchun City, a worker hurriedly ran into the general manager's office.

"Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan, something serious has happened."

Sitting in the office is a middle-aged man, the owner of this juice factory, named Yan Qiushi. He is tall and thin, wearing a slightly baggy gray suit.

"What's the ghost's name? What's wrong?" Yan Qiushi said unhappily.

The worker gasped and said: "Mr. Yan, some nearby villagers just came over to make trouble, saying that our pomace and sewage discharge polluted the river in their village. Now the villagers have reported it, and people from the Industry and Commerce Bureau and Environmental Protection Bureau will immediately

arrive."

"What?" Yan Qiushi couldn't sit still after hearing this and stood up from the chair.

"Take me to have a look." They said and walked out quickly, heading to the scene.

After arriving at the scene, dozens of villagers gathered by the river and made a lot of noise. One of the sharp-eyed villagers saw Yan Qiushi, pointed out, "That's him, he's the boss of the juice factory."

Yan Qiushi was startled and subconsciously took a few steps back, but the villagers swarmed up and surrounded Yan Qiushi.

One of the old men with a pipe in his mouth said angrily: "Do you know that this small river is used by people in our village for plowing and irrigating the land every spring. Now it is polluted and no crops can grow. You have to be responsible." ωωw..net

Other villagers also echoed, and the scene was in a mess. Yan Qiushi waved his hands and shouted bitterly: "Everyone, listen to me, everyone, listen to what I have to say." However, due to the large number of villagers, his voice was suppressed.

After a while, Yan Qiushi's voice became hoarse. The old man smoking the pipe lowered his hand. Everyone immediately stopped talking: "What are you going to say? What explanation do you have?"

Yan Qiushi finally became quiet and said in a hoarse voice: "Our juice factory has always had special vehicles responsible for transporting and processing the pomace. We also hire sewage trucks to pull the sewage to the government-designated sewage treatment point for discharge. There is absolutely no wastewater treatment."

If any industrial waste is disposed of into the river in our village, everyone believes me."

"Who believes you? You are the only juice factory within a radius of dozens of miles. Now the river is full of fruit residue. Who are you if it's not you?" The old man scolded again, and the villagers started the second round after seeing this.

noisy.

This Xihua Industrial Park has just been developed for less than three or four years, and there are still many surrounding villages that have not been developed and constructed. In current terms, it has become an urban-rural fringe state.

When it was first established, the city used many preferential policies to attract foreign companies to settle in. Qiuyuan Beverage Co., Ltd. was one of the companies that was attracted investment just last year.

Because he had just arrived, Yan Qiushi would rather make less money and try not to violate policies to operate his business. Therefore, although his current income is not as large as the annual output of his factories in the other two cities, fortunately, there has never been any problem. And today's scene,

It really caught him off guard, because as he said, all the industrial residues in his factory were paid to hire vehicles to haul to designated places for disposal, and the scene in front of him made him confused.

At this time, Lingyou and others' taxi also drove to Xihua Industrial Park. Far away, they saw many people walking in the same direction. Just as Lingyou and others were about to get out of the car, they saw the Municipal Industry and Commerce Bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureau.

Vehicles also whizzed past in that direction.

Upon seeing this, Lu Jiaqi said: "Master, keep driving forward and keep up with the two cars."

The master nodded, put into gear and drove over.

Following along, we turned from the flat asphalt road to a narrow concrete road. More and more villagers were walking or riding motorcycles, all heading in the same direction.

About ten minutes or so, Lingyou saw from the car window that a large number of people gathered beside a small river, and vehicles from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureau also stopped.

Lu Jiaqi paid the fare, got out of the car with Ling You and others, and walked towards the crowd to check the situation.

A few people squeezed into the crowd and saw the tall and thin Yan Qiushi arguing helplessly with hundreds of villagers headed by the pipe-smoking old man.

At this time, comrades from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and Environmental Protection Bureau walked over and shouted loudly: "Shut up, everyone."

With this sound, the scene became much quieter. The old pipe smoker tilted his head, took out a box of matches, relit the extinguished pipe, and smoked heavily.

A comrade from the Environmental Protection Bureau walked over and said, "Who is Yan Qiushi from Qiuyuan Beverage Company?"

Yan Qiushi came over and said, "I am."

The person from the Environmental Protection Bureau said: "We received a report that your factory discharged water indiscriminately and seriously polluted the river in Xiyao Village. Please cooperate with our investigation."

Yan Qiushi was about to cry but had no tears: "Boss, I have been running a factory here for so long. Your industrial and commercial and environmental protection inspections are monthly. I have never had any violation of laws and regulations. This time, I don't know why the pomace in our factory will be

He ran into the river in Xiyao Village."

When Ling You heard this, he probably understood what was going on, so he squeezed out of the crowd again and planned to go to the river to check.

At this time Xin Ran asked: "Ling You, why are you going?"

Ling You gestured to the river with his chin, and Xin Ran said, "Wait for me, I'll go with you."

So the two of them walked to the river to check. At this time, the river was completely black and dirty. A large amount of fruit residue was accumulated here, and some of it was washed downstream with the river.

Ling You squatted down and put his hand into the water, then put his hand in front of his nose and smelled it. He smelled a strange smell just now. Now that he put it under his nose, the smell was stronger: "Rust?"

Ling You whispered to himself.

Xin Ran, who was on the side, grabbed a handful of fruit pulp and looked over and asked, "Ling You, what did you find?"

Ling You said: "I smell rust in the water. Logically speaking, even if the juice factory discharges wastewater into the river, there shouldn't be a rust smell."

Xin Ran raised the corners of his mouth and smiled: "It took a while."

Then he held the handful of pomace with one hand and took out a test paper from the briefcase on the ground with the other hand. He dipped it in the river. After taking it out, he pointed it at the comparison table and brought it to Ling You and said

: "Look! The pH value has reached the 20s."

Then he squatted with Lingyou and explained to Lingyou: "Generally, the treatment process of wastewater in juice factories is to first remove impurities through the grille, then enter the water collection tank, use a sewage pump to lift the wastewater into the regulating tank, and then carry out the treatment in the regulating tank.

For the adjustment of water quality, the pH value observed using a pH meter shows that the alkaline water is gradually sent into the conditioning tank, so the pH value of the juice wastewater will generally be between 6.5 and 7.5, and finally the water is pumped into the UASB reactor for anaerobic treatment.

Digest, reduce the concentration of organic matter, and then flow into the SBR tank for oxygen treatment, and finally load it into a truck for disposal. But even if the Qiuyuan juice factory does not strictly follow the requirements, the pH value will not be higher than 10, but now, this

The pH value shows that it has seriously exceeded the standard. This is not caused by the wastewater from the juice factory at all. Moreover, the juice waste may be used as fertilizer to better improve the health of the soil and crops."

Ling You looked at Xin Ran: "Oh! By the way, you are from the Provincial Department of Agriculture."

Xin Ran whispered: "You just remembered it! Come on, look at this again."

As he said that, he handed the handful of pomace in front of Ling You. Due to long-term oxidation, the pomace had a rotten smell.

Ling You used his hand to pull out the fruit residue: "Is there any problem?"

Xin Ran rubbed the pomace in his hand, and in the end there was only a small piece of fruit peel residue left in his hand that was not completely broken: "Look at this."

Ling You looked at the darkened fruit skin and asked tentatively: "Orange? Orange?"

Xin Ran said: "No, it's lemon!"

Ling You asked in confusion: "What's wrong with lemons? Isn't lemon juice very common?"

Xin Ran's legs were a little numb from squatting, so he stood up, and Ling You also stood up.

Xin Ran explained: "This lemon is a product of the subtropical region. It cannot be grown in the climate and soil of our province. Many juice merchants usually collect raw materials from nearby fruit farmers, which can save part of the logistics and transportation costs, but this

Does Qiuyuan Juice Factory think so?

Yes, I’m not sure. Maybe they don’t have money to spare, so they just transport fruits from other places. I’ll find out if I check it. But, in my personal opinion, first, it’s lemon residue, and second, the PH value is serious.

It exceeds the standard. I don’t think it is discharged by Qiuyuan Juice Factory in this river."

Ling You nodded: "What you said makes sense. Moreover, he is the only juice factory in the entire Xihua Industrial Park. The fruit residue is piled up like a hill in the river. The owner of Qiuyuan Juice Factory should not be so stupid.

Bar."
Chapter completed!