Out of sight, but not out of mind
- From: Vol 12, Issue 9 (September 2011)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: China
- Related Companies: Ministry of Water Resources
China has released its first official policy document addressing groundwater contamination. It is long overdue, argues GWI’s China editor Kathy Liu.
The State Council, China’s top policy-making body, published new guidelines for the prevention and treatment of groundwater pollution in late August, in which industrial pollution is singled out for tighter monitoring.
The move follows a report published earlier this year by the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (a think-tank under the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)), which estimated that ...
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