Huaihe river water system:covers 189 thousand square kilometers, which account for 70 percent of the Huaihe River basin. The main -streem is 1000 kilometers long.

1. Water Environment
Protection in China
Liu Hongzhi, Deputy officer
Tel.010-66154764 Fax.66111427
E-mail: water_cepa809@hotmail.com
Water Environment Management Office, State
Environmental Protection Administration
Sept. 25, 2002

2. I.Water environment protection was carried
out as the key treatment project during the
Ninth-Five-Year Plan period(1)
1.Industrial pollution prevention.
2.Municipal environment protection.
3.Ecological environment protection.
4.Environment protection in the key
basin and region.

3. I.Water environment protection was carried
out as the key treatment project during the
Ninth-Five-Year Plan period(2)
5.Global environment protection.
6. Implemented the Total Pollutant
Discharge Amount Control.
7.Carried out the Cross-Century
Green Project Plan.

4. Table 1-1 Current pollution and its treatment
Scope Index Unit
Situation
of 2000
Wastewater discharge 108
ton 415
Industrial 108
ton 194
Municipal 108
ton 221
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Ratio
% 94.7
Municipal wastewater treatment
Ratio
% 22
COD discharge 104
ton 1445
Water
pollution
preventio
n and
control
Industrial wastewater COD
discharge
104
ton 705

5. Table 1-2 Environment quality change of the main rivers during the
Ninth-Five-Year Plan
Environment quality index Unit Year 1995 Year 2000
Huaihe River Basin Average COD mg/L 7.56 6.19(1999)
Haihe River Basin Average COD
Average NH3-N
mg/L
mg/L
17.94
7.78
20.80(1999)
1.08(1999)
Liaohe River Basin Average COD
Average NH3-N
mg/L
mg/L
6.6
4.36
13.47(1999)
3.51(1999)
Yellow River Basin Average COD
Average NH3-N
mg/L
mg/L
4.68
1.88
5.14(1999)
3.823(1999)
Songhuajiang River Basin Average COD
Average NH3-N
mg/L
mg/L
7.02
1.17
6.68(1999)
0.06(1999)
Pearl River Basin Average COD
Average NH3-N
mg/L
mg/L
2.52
1.03
3.19(1999)
0.76(1999)
Yangtze River Basin Average COD
Average NH3-N
mg/L
mg/L
3.24
0.17
2.58(1999)
0.13(1999)

6. II.Main Water Pollution Prevention and
Control Achievements(1)
1 Industrial Pollution Treatment
Table 1-3 Treatment ratio of the industrial pollution source
Index 1995 1996 1998 2000(Plan) 2000(Factual)
Treatment ratio (%) 76.8 81.6 83.5 83.0 95

7. II.Main Water Pollution Prevention and
Control Achievements(2)
2.Municipal environment protection was greatly
improved
3.Environment legality building and propaganda
education
4.The investment in environment protection was
increased.
5.The water pollution prevention and control for key
basins

8. Table 1-4 Municipal environmental protection construction during the
Ninth-Five-Year Plan
Index 1995 1996 1997 1998
2000
(Plan)
2000
(Factual)
Municipal sewage
treatment ratio
(%)
19
985,000 m3
/d
treatment
capacity was
expanded
－ 28 25 34.2
Municipal
garbage and
dejecta treatment
ratio (%)
43 49.1 55.4 58.5 50 ---
Public
greenbelt/per
person (m2
)
--- 5.29 5.54 6.10 6 5.8
Greenbelt
coverage ratio of
the municipal
area (%)
23.9 24.4 --- 26 27 28.1

9. III.Renovate the water environment
comprehensively to achieve the
cleaner water in 21st
century(1)
1.Prevent water pollution.
2.Reduce the municipal and industrial wastewater
discharge in great amount.
3.Reduce the urban and agricultural runoff, limit the
utilization of pesticide and fertilizer.
4. Strengthen the decision-making consciousness for
ecology protection.

10. III.Renovate the water environment
comprehensively to achieve the
cleaner water in 21st
century(2)
5. Stress water saving, which is the most effective measure
for water pollution prevention.
6. Promote the water environment protection investment
by market adjustment.
7. Take measures to advance the wastewater reuse.

11. Liu Hongzhi, Deputy officer
Tel.010-66154764 Fax.66111427
E-mail: water_cepa809@hotmail.com
Water Environment Management Office, State
Environmental Protection Administration
Sept. 25, 2002

12. Huaihe River Basin
Huaihe river water system:covers
189 thousand square kilometers,
which account for 70 percent of
the Huaihe River basin. The main
-streem is 1000 kilometers long.

13. I. Water Pollution Situation
CODmn index of 130 sections exceeded the class water quality
standard;
NH3-N index of 128 sections exceeded the class standard;
DO index of 85 sections exceeded the required standard;
BOD index of 39 sections exceeded the required standard;
Volatile phenol index of 27 sections exceeded the required
standard.

14. 1. Setup the basin negotiation and administration
monitoring system of Chinese Characteristic
2. Issued the Interim Regulations for the Water
Pollution Prevention and Control of Huaihe River
Basin
3. Compiled the water pollution prevention and
control plan
II. Water Pollution Prevention
and Control Work

15. 4. Strengthen the Industrial Structure Regulation
5. Discharge accord to the standard
6. Accelerate the municipal sewage treatment
plant construction
7. Total amount control
II. Water Pollution Prevention
and Control Work

16. III. Existing Problems
1.Some of the second third class tributaries could not
meet the target of IV class water quality standard.
2.No thorough investigation was carried out for
wastewater reuse (irrigation).
3.The construction of municipal wastewater
treatment plant proceeded rather slowly.
4.The hurried constructed treatment projects
brought forward series problems.

17. III. Existing Problems
5.Lacked cost effective and high efficiency technique
for the treatment of the high concentration organic
wastewater, which is difficult for biological
degradation.
6.The supervision and administration measures were
lagged behind.
7.The problems existing in the COD and NH3-N
based organic pollutant water environment standard
and administration system were discovered.

18. IV. The main tasks in the Tenth-
Five-Year Plan
1.Strengthen the supervision and administration
further and consolidate the discharge treatment
achievements.
2.Accelerate the construction of the municipal
wastewater treatment plant.

19. IV. The main tasks in the Tenth-
Five-Year Plan
3.Compile the regional total amount control plan on
the basis of total amount control plan of the whole
basin, then carry it out through the implementation
of the marketable discharge permits system.
4.Expand the financing channels, accelerate the
speed of industrialization and marketization.