1. Full name: Pham Thanh Tuan                                               2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: June 03rd, 1978                                                4. Place of birth: Thai Binh

5. Admission decision number: Decision No. 4374/QĐ-KHTN-CTSV dated on December 03rd 2012 by Rector of VNU University of Science

6. Changes in academic process: Decision No. 3533/QĐ-ĐHKHTN dated on August 25th 2014 by Rector of VNU University of Science for changing doctoral thesis title

7. Official thesis title: Basis of wastewater quantity estimation for environmental impact assessment of industrial park infrastructure construction projects in Vietnam

8. Major: Environment Sciences                                     9. Code: 62440301

10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Manh Khai and Dr. Mai Thanh Dung      

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis

- Determined the current methodologies for industrial wastewater estimation in environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports of industrial park (IP) infrastructure construction projects in Vietnam. Accordingly, the number of industrial wastewater estimation is much higher than the wastewater generation.

- Determined factors affecting the amount of wastewater generated from IP based on water balance analysis and regression analysis.

- Established wastewater generation factor based on area for some common industrial sectors in Vietnam’s IPs, including: (1) chemistry; (2) plastic, rubber; (3) apparel; (4) tanning; (5) weaving; (6) dyeing; (7) mechanical; (8) packaging; (9) electronics; (10) foodstuffs

- Established the formula for estimating the amount of wastewater on the basis of the regression analysis between industrial wastewater quantity and the number of enterprises, number of employees and area for 03 industrial sectors: (1) pharmaceuticals; (2) leather and footwear products; (3) building materials.

- Classification of industrial sectors of a similar characteristics in wastewater generation based on principle component analysis (PCA); established the formula for estimating the amount of wastewater on the basis of regression analysis by groups for 2 sectors: (1) washing and (2) producing metal.

-  Established the formula to estimate total amount of wastewater generated from IP.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The results achieved in thesis can be applied in EIA of IP infrastructure construction projects in Vietnam, contributed to accurate estimation of industrial wastewater generation, thus designing appropriate capacity for centralized wastewater treatment plants in IPs; and avoided wastage in investment and operation of centralized wastewater treatment plants; and reduced environmental pollution caused industrial wastewater.

13. Further research directions, if any

- Study on economic aspect in mitigation wastewater discharge of industrial enterprises in Vietnam. Low water tariff may cause using water more than the industry needed, which will generate more industrial wastewater.

- Study on adjustment of water use demand factor for IPs infrastructure projects in order to make recommendation the level of water supply that appropriate with industrial sectors.

- Study on adjusting the legislation system to encourage reusing of wastewater, building the centralized wastewater treatment plants of IPs as modules and not to use the estimated values ​​in EIA reports as bases to penalize project owner.

14. Thesis-related publications:

[1] Pham Thi Thuy, Pham Thanh Tuan, Nguyen Manh Khai (2016), “Industrial Water Mass Balance Analysis”, International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, Vol. 7, No. 3, March 2016. ISSN: 2010-0264.

[2] Pham Thanh Tuan, Mai Thanh Dung, Pham Tien Duc, Hoang Minh Trang, Nguyen Manh Khai, Pham Thi Thuy (2016), “Industrial water mass balance as a tool for water management in industrial park”, Water Resources and Industry, Elsevier Publisher, 13 (2016). Pp 14-21. ISSN 2212-3717.

[3] Pham Thanh Tuan, Nguyen Manh Khai, Tran Van Tu, Pham Thi Thuy (2017), “Current state of wastewater collecting and managing infrastructure of industrial parks in Dong Nai”, Vietnam Urban Environment, No. 3 (110)/2017. ISSN: 1859-3674. Pp. 26-29.

[4] Nguyen Nhu Dung, Pham Thanh Tuan, Nguyen Manh Khai (2017), “The economic and environmental dimensions of prediction of wastewater quantity, set-up and operation of wastewater treatment in Vietnam industrial zones”, Military Science and Technology Research Journal - Institute of Military Science and Technology, ISSN 1859-1043. Special Issue on Environmental Technology - Tropical for Waste Management and Responsibility to Climate change, December 2017. Pp. 295- 298.

[5] Pham Thanh Tuan, Mai Thanh Dung, Nguyen Manh Khai, Nguyen Thuy Linh, Nguyen Nhu Dung, Pham Thi Thuy, “Water mass balance to assess the demand for water and wastewater generated by industry groups in industrial park”, VNU Hochiminh City Science and Technology Development Journal: Environment and Earth Sciences, M1-2017. Pp 80-93.

[6] Pham Thanh Tuan, Pham Thi Thuy, Nguyen Thuy Linh, Nguyen Nhu Dung, Nguyen Manh Khai, “Current wastewater quantity forecast method in environmental impact assessment reports for infrastructure construction in industrial park project in Vietnam”, VNU Hanoi Science Journal: Environment and Earth Sciences, Vol. 33, No 1S (2017). Pp. 208-216.