Sewage plant in China shamed for fabricating pollution data

BEIJING: China's environment authority has named and shamed a sewage treatment plant in the southern part of the country for fabricating pollution data and dumping excessive polluted water.

The plant in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, has fabricated the pollution volume it treated, inflating the number to gain more subsidies from the government, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a statement yesterday, adding that the violation was "very serious."

The plant has also illegally pumped water to its sewers to dilute the waste water and make it "look clean," it added.

Maintenance on its pollution treatment facilities was also under par, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The ministry asked the Guangdong environment authority to further investigate the case and transfer those suspected of crimes to judicial organs.