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China Strives to Guarantee Water Quality

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A senior Chinese official pledged Thursday that China would take measures to guarantee the country's water quality and would initiate national campaigns to crack down on pollution of the water environment.

Xie Zhenhua, director of China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), said that China was currently facing a critical water environment situation and it would be a tough and long-term task to establish an efficient system to deal with the problem.

A report on China's environmental condition showed that in 2002,29.1 percent of the water in China's seven major river basins met the water quality standard for Grade I to III, 30 percent was in the categories of Grade IV and V, and 40.9 percent was worse.

The water quality of the Pearl and Yangtze rivers met the standard of Grade II and was in good condition, said the report.

The report also said that nitrogen and phosphorus pollution wasserious in China's major lakes including Chaohu, Taihu and Dianchilakes, making the overabundance of minerals an outstanding problem.

China kicked off campaigns to curb the national water pollutionin 2001, said Xie, who said that success at the primary stage was achieved.

According to Xie, the water quality of Taihu and Chaohu lakes in east China has improved significantly.

The SEPA has completed a national network for monitoring the water quality in China's major river basins, Xie revealed, adding that the network is also responsible for a monthly report on the water quality in China's major rivers.

Xie also warned that actions leading to severe water pollution or destruction of water ecological balance would face serious penalties.

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