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Polluted rivers get treated
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EFFORTS to treat the stubborn pollution in Futian and Xinzhou rivers will soon get started, according to a meeting that convened on April 3, thus drawing the curtain for the city's campaign to lift the face of local rivers.
River pollution has long been a headache in Shenzhen. Last year the issue was brought on the table by deputies to the SZ Municipal People's Congress. They voiced their strong concerns about the seriously polluted rivers.
Priorities were given to their opinions. The municipal government carried out in-depth investigations and assessments and worked out a framework on the treatment of polluted rivers in the city. Under the framework, the municipal government was expected to invest several hundred million yuan to tackle the problem. By the year of 2005, the city is expected to clean up all the sources of the drinking water.
The framework set Futian, Xinzhou and Buji rivers as priorities in the special zone, while Guanlan, Longgang and Pingshan are priorities out of the special zone.
By March this year, detailed plans on the treatment of Futian and Xinzhou rivers had finally been nailed down. Total investment will be 630 million yuan. The project includes laying pollutant-intercepting pipelines at Xinzhou river and treating life sewage in communities near the Futian river. Industrial sewages produced will get monitored.
Reasons for the river pollution are very complex, according to experts.
The city doesn't have a complete drainage system, a problem left over at the initial period after the establishment of the special zone. Some local residents use pipelines for draining rain to channel life drainage. Experts pointed out the hydrographic net of Shenzhen is actually a network of floodwater drains and the lack of running water makes the flow slow and stagnant.
(Alfred Zhang)
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