| Twenty years of China's water pollution control: Experiences and challenges | |
Tang, Wenzhong ; Pei, Yuansheng; Zheng, Hua; Zhao, Yu; Shu, Limin; Zhang, Hong
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| 2022-05 | |
| Source Publication | CHEMOSPHERE
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| ISSN | 0045-6535 |
| Volume | 295Issue:0Pages:133875 |
| Abstract | Water pollution is a major environmental problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. China's environmental protection strategies have been pushed to the highest priority in history, driving remarkable achievements in water pollution control, but were also coupled with new challenges. In this study, we analyzed diverse long-term data (i.e. water quality, WWTPs, pollutant discharge etc.) to systematically understand the process of water pollution control in China in the last twenty years. The results highlighted that the collection and treatment capacity of wastewater in China approached the developed country level, with the treatment rates exceeding 90% both in urban and country areas. The environmental quality of surface water was continuously improved, but water pollution problems remained in the river basins of eastern China, with remarkable economic progress. Rapid economic growth rather than population growth was the limiting factor for water pollution control in China. Therefore, more efforts should be made to further improve wastewater collection and treatment capacity and address the gap between effluent discharge limits for wastewater treatment plants and environmental quality standards for surface water. China's progress toward water pollution control provided important insights for other developing countries. |
| Department | 环境水质学国家重点实验室 ; 环境水质学国家重点实验室 |
| Keyword | WASTE-WATER HEALTH-RISKS LIAO RIVER QUALITY SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS SECURITY AMMONIA TRENDS BASIN |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/47744 |
| Collection | 环境水质学国家重点实验室 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, Hong |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Sci, State Key Lab Environm Aquat Chem, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Environm, Key Lab Water & Sediment Sci, Minist Educ, 19 Xinjiekouwai St, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 4.Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Environm, State Key Lab Water Environm Simulat, 19 Xinjiekouwai St, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Tang, Wenzhong,Pei, Yuansheng,Zheng, Hua,et al. Twenty years of China's water pollution control: Experiences and challenges[J]. CHEMOSPHERE,2022,295(0):133875. |
| APA | Tang, Wenzhong,Pei, Yuansheng,Zheng, Hua,Zhao, Yu,Shu, Limin,&Zhang, Hong.(2022).Twenty years of China's water pollution control: Experiences and challenges.CHEMOSPHERE,295(0),133875. |
| MLA | Tang, Wenzhong,et al."Twenty years of China's water pollution control: Experiences and challenges".CHEMOSPHERE 295.0(2022):133875. |
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