On July 10th, 2018, SIP Lvse Jiangnan Public Environment Concerned Centre (hereinafter referred to as “PECC”) found that there was an outlet discharging water in the river on the east side of Suzhou Baodali Leather Co., Ltd. at No. 9 Zhujiawan Road. Since it did not rain that day, the possibility of rainwater discharge was ruled out.

The discharged water is light white, and a small amount of white floc is enriched in the water. Groups of small fish gather around the drainage outlet to compete for the floc, and a small amount of foam is generated, and some white substances gather at the bottom of the drainage outlet. The geographic location and pollution situation of specific polluted areas are shown in the figures below.

Figure 1: Geographical map of polluted areas

Figure 2-1: The discharged water is light white, and some white substances has accumulated at the bottom of the drainage outlet (July 10th, 2018)

Figure 2-2: Small fish gather around the outlet (July 10th, 2018)

Figure 3: Suzhou Baodali Leather Co., Ltd.

On July 16th, 2018, researchers from PECC came to Suzhou Baodali Leather Co., Ltd. again and found that the drainage outlet in the river was continuously draining, which was significantly higher than that on July 10th. On July 16th, it was also a sunny day, so we can exclude the possibility of rainwater discharge.

Figure 4-1: The drainage outlet beside the river (July 16th, 2018)

Figure 4-2: The drainage outlet beside the river (July 16th, 2018)

On July 16th, 2018, PECC submitted the “Research Report on Water Pollution in the East Side of Suzhou Baodali Leather Co., Ltd.” to Kunshan Environmental Protection Bureau.

On July 25th, 2018, PECC received a written reply from the Kunshan Environmental Protection Bureau. The specific content is shown in the figure below.

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