In order to understand the environmental non-compliance issues in wastewater treatment industry, an analysis was conducted using IPE's Pollution Database database and shows that over 3600 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in China have 4961 environmental violation records over a period of 6 years from 2008-2013. On average, each sewage treatment plant has 1.4 violation records. To our disappointment, most of the listed companies in the water industry failed to give a positive response to the pollution allegations.