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| Titel |
Water Pollution Control and Treatment in China |
| VerfasserIn |
Yun Zhou, Beidou Xi, Jing Su |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2011
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| Digitales Dokument |
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In: GRA - Volume 13 (2011) |
| Datensatznummer |
250049399
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| Zusammenfassung |
| China has made remarkable achievements in social and economic development since
adopting economic reform and open-up policy in the late 1970s. During the past 30 years, the
average annual GDP growth rate was around 10 percent. The rapid economic growth has
accompanied by significant increase in pollution discharge and has come at a high price to
resources, the environment and people’s health. Environmental pollution is having a
serious impact on public health and well-being as well as on the ecosystems of
China. China is now facing enormous environmental challenges, especially in the
area of water environment. China is under dual pressure of water shortage and
water pollution, with per capita water resource only 1/4 of the world average and
increasing pollution load in rivers, serious lake eutrophication, declining estuary
environmental quality and worsening drinking water quality. Water resource and water
environmental quality has become the bottleneck restricting China’s economic
development.
In order to reconcile continued rapid economic development with environmental
protection, many actions have been taken in China in terms of establishing legal frameworks
and reducing emissions. In the area of water environment, a number of policies and
regulations have been issued. Since the 6th Five Year Plan (1980-1985), China has carried
out a series of research programs in the areas of watershed pollution control, lake
eutrophication control and ecological restoration, integrated urban water environmental
management, as well as drinking water safety. During the 10th Five Year Plan,
China launched key basic research (973) programs, such as Research on Eutrophic
Process of Lakes and on Mechanism of Blue Algae Bloom, as well as special research
into the hi-tech field (863), such as Development of Ecological Restoration and
Environmental Dredging Technologies of Heavily Polluted Sections in Lake Taihu and
Lake Dianchi. These programs have led to better water pollution control and water
environmental quality. However, China is still facing a very serious water pollution problem.
In 2008, China’s State Council approved a National Key Scientific Programme –
Water Pollution Control and Treatment Programme aiming at providing scientific
support to water pollution control and treatment and to meet the target of cutting
down the total discharge of COD by 10% during the 11th Five Year Plan. This
programme will last 13 years, from 2008 to 2020 with six main research areas
including lakes, watershed, drinking water, urban water, monitoring and early warning
system, and water environmental strategies and policies. The main focus of this
programe is on drinking water safety, integrated watershed management and urban
water pollution control and treatment. Under this research framework, there are
many areas that could be explored for future collaboration between China and EU. |
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