1. Taiwan Wastewater Management and Cleaner Technology for PWB Industry
Jane Tran Orange County Sanitation District

2. Taiwan Industrial Park
Water Pollution Control Act
95 industrial parks
8,000 industries
41 industrial parks have their own treatment plants (POTWs), treatment capacity = MGD

3. Taiwan Industrial Park
NPDES permits applying to all industrial parks and industries with direct discharges (maximum discharge limits only)
Rely on self-monitoring for compliance monitoring
Currently no pretreatment controls between POTWs and IUs

4. Kuan-Yin Wastewater Treatment Plant
Complete primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment processes
Total capacity: 8.2 MGD
Industrial profile: food (1%), chemical (34%), dyeing (33%), plastic (2%), metal processing (8%), electroplating (7.5%), steel mills (2%), machinery (5.5%), paper mills (2%), others (5.5%)

5. Kuan-Yin Wastewater Treatment Pilot Plant
Operator training
Perform and evaluate feasibility study
Research and development
Apply practical and field experience for students and operators

6. Kuan-Yin Wastewater Treatment Pilot Plant
Biological treatment system: activated sludge and contact oxidation
Chemical treatment system: cyanide destruction, chromium reduction, hydroxide precipitation, flocculation, clarification, filter-press, O&G separation
Advanced treatment system: sand filter, carbon adsorption, ion-exchange, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, disinfection

7. Compeq Locations: China, Taiwan, Singapore, USA
Up to 16 layers PWB mass production
1.9 million SQFT/month

8. Compeq
Heavy metal streams (400 gpm): chemical precipitation, ion-exchange, electrolytic recovery (500 lbs Cu/day), RO
Organic streams: biological treatment system, electrolytic Fenton system
All systems are locally made with a team of 8 engineers
ISO Environmental Management System

9. Compeq Spill containment problems: overflow and leaks
Water reduction and reuse opportunity
Waste segregation needs
No run-off or storm water control
Pollution prevention opportunity

10. Nan Ya Up to 10 layers mass production
Mining their own copper for substrates, inner layers, and ground planes
All manufacturing processes are automatic
Financial data: capital = $1.01B; assets = $4.07B; revenue = $3.29B; net income = $0.31B

11. Nan Ya
Industrial treatment systems: chemical precipitation, hydrogen peroxide/ferrous sulfate oxidation, and incineration technologies
Biological treatment systems: primary, secondary, and tertiary
Power generation plant

12. Nan Ya Lodging accommodations (3 large apartment complexes on site)
Medical facilities, supermarkets, bakery
Movie theater, full scale dining facilities
Sport facilities
Recycling program with profits directly benefiting the employees

13. Design for the Environment (DfE) - PWB Project
U.S. EPA
Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC) and its member companies
University of Tennessee’s Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies
Other interest parties: academic, research, public interest representatives

14. DfE - PWB Project
“Direct metallization” technologies without the use of the electroless copper solutions
Alternatives to hot air solder leveling process that do not use lead
Cleaner surface finishing technologies: organic solder protectorates, immersion Pd, immersion Ag, immersion Sn, electroless Ni/immersion Au, electroless Ni/electroless Pd/ immersion Au

15. Making Hole Conductive Cleaner Technology
Carbon
Conductive Polymer
Graphite
Non-Formaldehyde Electroless Copper
Organic-Palladium
Tin-Palladium
Publication: PWB Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment: Making Holes Conductive, Vol. 1&2; EPA 744-R a and 002b; August 1997

16. DfE Information Products
Cleaner technologies substitutes analysis: making holes conductive
Implementing cleaner technologies in the PWB industry: making holes conductive
PWB industry and use cluster profile
PWB pollution prevention and control: survey results analysis
Pollution prevention case studies and project fact sheets
Federal regulations affecting the electronics industry

17. To Obtain Information or Publications for the DfE - PWB Project
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW (7409)
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: Fax:
DfE:
IPC: