Home | China | World | Business China Sets Overall Plan for Yangtze Water Resources (2) SUN, FEB 24, 2002     Ruan Renliang, an official with Shanghai water resources bureau,said this program will be much more feasible and efficient compared to the similar programs in the past, and inevitably resulted in inconsistency and controversy. The program also provides the results of the investigations over the current sewage discharge amount and absorbing capacity in different areas, and puts forward limitations over discharge of pollutants with a view to better curbing water pollution. Moreover, the program suggests that further efforts should be made in the fields of soil and water conservation, river channel improvement, as well as pollution monitoring and control. According to the program, the water pollution in the Yangtze River area will be remarkably reduced by 2010 while most of the water sources for drinking is to be greatly improved. Liu Changming, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that to ensure sound water quality of Yangtze River is of urgent importance, as the "South-to-North" water diversion project and water retaining project at Three Gorges will soon be launched. Editor:Guan Source:Xinhua Recommend to your friend email:    China Central Television,All Rights Reserved