Sewage Prevention and Controlin China

LI Jing, LI Liping
Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China

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Institutional arrangement

2Policies

3challenges

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Way forward

CONTENTSFrom the Ministry of Environmental Protection(MEP) to the Ministry of Ecology andEnvironment (MEE)• The Institutional Reform Plan for the State Council,
March 17, 2018
– To establish the MEE on the basis of MEP.
– Integrating the environmental regulatory
functions of 6 other agencies.

3National Development and Reform Commission
climate change and carbon emission reduction
Ministry of Land and Resource
preventing groundwater pollution

MEE

Ministry of Water Resourcewatershed environmental protection, the locations ofdischarge points, and water function planning
Ministry of Agriculture
preventing non‐point source agricultural pollution
State Oceanic Administration
ocean environment protection
Office of South‐North Water Transfer Projectenvironmental regulatory authority in project area
MEP
policy making, monitoring, and enforcement, etc.

4Structure of MEE• 23 departments, 478 staff• Department of Water Ecology and Environment, 5 divisions• Department of Soil Ecology and Environment, 4 divisions
Department ofWater Ecologyand Environment

General Affairs

Key Water Basins
Protection andRestoration

Surface WaterEnvironment
Management

Water Pollutant
Sources

Water Quality
Support for Key
Projects

Department ofSoil Ecology andEnvironment

General Affairs

Contaminated Lot
Environment
Administration

Rural Area
Environment
Administration

Groundwater
Environment
Administration

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Institutional arrangement

2Policies

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Drivers and barriers for promoting DEWATS

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Way forward

CONTENTS

Policies on sewage prevention andcontrol
Law on Prevention and Control of Water
Pollution, Environmental Protection Law• Requirements for sewage prevention andtreatment

Action Plan for Prevention and Control ofWater Pollution
Three‐year action programme for rural
habitat rehabilitation• Specific rules over sewage prevention andtreatment

Standards• Standards for sewage discharge

Discharge permitting system• Getting permit to discharge

New Environmental Protection Law
MEP
Effective from Jan. 1st, 2015
Up to 70 Articles compared with 47 in previous law

 Clarifies the relations between environment and development by prioritizing
environmental protection
 Steps up punitive measures against disobeying companies by imposing fines with nomaximum amount A seperate chapter on information disclosure and public participation, granting thegeneral public the access to information, the right to participate in and supervise
environmental protection
 Granting the governments of municipal level and above standings for public
interest environmental litigation
 Draws an ecological redline for rigorous environmental protection

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Water Pollution Prevention & Control
Law (WPPCL)
Chapter IV
Article II

Chapter IV Water Pollution Prevention &Control in Urban（Article 49-51）

Water Pollution
Prevention & Control
Law (WPPCL)

Chapter IV Water Pollution Prevention &Control in Agriculture and Rural Areas（Article 52-58）

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Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Water
Pollution
To accelerate
construction andalteration of urban
sewage treatmentfacilities
Existing urban sewage
treatment facilities should bealtered according to local
conditions and reachcorresponding discharge
standard or recycling
requirement before the end of2020.
By 2020, all counties and key
towns nationwide should becapable of sewage collection
and treatment, with sewage
treatment rate in counties andcities reaching about 85% and95% respectively.

Fully reinforcing
supporting pipe
network construction

Promoting sludge
treatment anddisposal.

To strengthen sewage cut-off
and collection in urban
villages, old urban areas andsemi-urban areas.

Stable, harmless andresourceful treatment
should be carried out forsludge produced by sewage
treatment facilities, andsludge not in compliancewith relevant standard is
not allowed into cultivatedland.

Rainfall and sewage shunting
should be accelerated forexisting combined sewer
system, with measures such as
cut-off, regulation and storage,
and treatment taken in case ofany difficulty in shunting.
Supporting pipe network for
newly built sewage treatment
facilities should be designed,constructed and operated.

Illegal sludge sites shouldbe banned.

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Housing and urbanrural development

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Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Water
Pollution
To prevent and control livestock and poultry farming pollution.

Livestock and poultry farming areas should be scientifically divided. Existing large-scale livestock
and poultry farms should be equipped with fecal sewage storing, treating and utilizing facilities
according to pollution prevention and control needs. Dense free-range areas should adopt collection,
by households, and centralized treatment and utilization of livestock excrements and sewage.

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Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Water
Pollution•••Industrial Structure
Eliminate
outdated capacity
Raise theenvironmental
thresholds••••

Spatial Layout
Construction permissio
nLimits or withdrawal
Protection••••

Circular Development
Industrial water recycling
Regeneration and utilizati
on
Sea water utilization

 Seeking to upgrade and restructure its economy by pressing ahead waterpollution prevention and control
 Striking a balance between economic development and water
environment protection Adjusting to the economic and environmental new normal

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Three-year action programme for rural habitat
rehabilitation

Toilets
Renovationrural domestic
sewagedisposal
Different treatment technology
Extend the pipe network
Recycling
Black and odorous water
bodies are eliminated gradully
The river chief system and thelake chief system
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Standards for Sewage Discharge
MEP

Technical specifcation for applicationand issuance of pollutant permit
Wastewater treatment (on trial)

Discharge standard of pollutants formunicipal wastewater treatment
plant （GB18918-2002）

Integrated Wastewater DischargeStandard (GB 8978 – 1996)

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Pollution Discharge Permit
Goals
A discharge permitting system that covers all
stationary sources by 2020

An efficient permit information management
platform

Results
Well-coordinated and streamlined environment
management
Enterprises and public institutions held
accountable for not fulfilling environment
obligations

An efficient, well-structured and law-based
permitting system

Whole-process management of stationary sources
and coordinated control over multiple pollutants

A systemic and well-designed ‘one-certificate’
management model

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Drivers and barriers for promoting DEWATS

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Way forward

CONTENTS

challenges

MEP

The concept of development has
not establishedManagement and control ofecological space is weak

Much discharge

More ecological environmental risk

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Drivers and barriers for promoting DEWATS

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Way forward

CONTENTS• Monumental tasks came with the expandedpower– 7 major campaigns against pollution in the next 3years.
• Air pollution/blue sky• Diesel vehicles• Urban water pollution• Bohai Sea pollution• Yangtze River recovery• Drinking water sources• Agricultural and rural pollution
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Next step Implement the Water Pollution Prevention & Control Law and Action Planfor Prevention and Control of Water Pollution2

 Deepening pollution prevention and control in key basins and establish
function zoning management system.
 guarantee safe sources of drinking water
 treating black and odorous water bodies in cities Treating water pollution in industrial agglomeration areas on a centralizedbasis Boosting prevention and control of agricultural and rural pollution
 strengthening wetland protection and restoration
 to improve environmental supervision and law enforcement mechanism,
develop Environmental Protection Inspection once more.

谢谢Thank You !