Urban Innovations: ADB's Contribution to Pollution Control in the Songhua River Basin
Asian Development Bank | October 2008
Abstract
The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) acknowledges that the SRB is one of the four most polluted river basins in the PRC. Water pollution issues in the SRB, especially those relating to drinking water in the municipality of Harbin, have received increased national and international attention because of a widely publicized pollution incident in the SRB in November and December of 2005. The Songhua River contains a number of known and suspected trace organic chemicals, metals, and conventional pollutants. Thus, the Government classifies the river as a class IV1 body of water and is thus unsuitable for domestic water purposes. Further, during the 6-month low-flow winter season, Songhua River’s classification falls even below class V.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2008. Urban Innovations: ADB's Contribution to Pollution Control in the Songhua River Basin. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2692. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Environment
Wastewater
Wastewater Treatment
Water
Water Treatment
Environmental Regulation
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environment and Pollution Prevention
Contaminated Water
Groundwater Protection
Industrial Wastewater
Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater Collection
Water Pollution Control
Pollution Indexes
Pollution Control
Waste Disposal
Waste recycling
Environmental Health Water
Sanitation services wastes
Industrial Pollution
Water
Pollution
Environmental compliances costs
Ecological risk assessment
Environmental impact evaluation
Prevention of pollution
Local government and environmental policy
Liability for water pollution damages
Pollution control industry
Industrial waste
Domestic wastewater
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