Strategic Analysis for Water Ecology Security in China--from EU Perspective
China No.1 document in 2011 and the three red lines of water resources policy objectives defined for Ministry of Water Recourses (MWR) is a formidable and unique water resources challenge unprecedented in the world.The EU on the other hand has accumulated an unmatched wealth of good policy practices aiming at controlling water use and pollution release and securing a high level of water resources protection across the union.The objective of this Strategic Analysis of Water Ecology Security is to provide decision makers of an insight on the rationale for policy action desirable to successfully implement the three red lines defined in the No 1 document of MWR based on EU experience with good policy practices.Based on an assessment of the current Chinese practices for water resources protection and water ecology security and a comparison with EU and EU Member States policy experience in the field,the success of the three red lines pohcy under MWR is expected to critically hinges on the capacity of the Chinese government at all level (central,provincial & local) to thoroughly and effectively monitor and enforce the policy.Currently the Chinese regulations for the permitting of water abstraction as well as wastewater discharge into water bodies do not allow adequate monitoring for compliance and enforcement.The permits needed are not integrated (quantity,efficiency and quality) and critically,the permits are too simply worded and do not cover in adequate unambiguous details and precision the obligations of the permit with regard to Emission Limit Values (ELV),Mixing zone,BAT requirements,monitoring and inspection,reporting requirement,sources and data to be reported,specific operation condition changes which would require a reassessment of the permit,penalties to be incurred in case of breach of permit,and more.In the EU an integrated water permit will be written by experience inspectors which specify in very great details and great unambiguous precision what are the obligations of the permittee.It is this attention to details and the unambiguous precision in the written permit drafted by an experienced inspector,which makes all the difference when it comes to compliance inspection and enforcement procedures.The key message is that to enable effective compliance and monitoring of the achievement of the three red line policy,a new water resources regulatory process having at its core a new integrated water resources impact permit for water users and pollution discharger merging together the three dimensions of the red lines (quantity,efficiency,quality) is an absolute necessity.
permit three red lines
Philippe Bergeron Wen Huina Xia Peng Shi Yang
EU-China River Basin Management Programme Yellow River Water Resources Protection Bureau, Zhengzhou, 450004, China Development and Research Center, Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing, 100038, China
国际会议
The 5th International Yellow River Forum (第五届黄河国际论坛)
郑州
英文
20-28
2012-09-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）