{"id":26938,"date":"2008-04-25T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:36:43","slug":"1938-three-chinese-provinces-fail-on-river-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1938-three-chinese-provinces-fail-on-river-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Chinese provinces fail on river targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The river, China&#8217;s third largest, stretches more than 1,000 kilometres<br \/>\nthrough Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces. However, the<br \/>\nreport, by the country&#8217;s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) &#8212;<br \/>\nformerly the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA),<br \/>\nfound only Shandong had met targets on treating industrial waste.<\/p>\n<p>The Huai was still &quot;plagued with ammonia and nitrogen&quot;, the report<br \/>\nsaid. The chemical oxygen demand (COD), a measure of water pollution,<br \/>\nalso was in excess of targets.<\/p>\n<p>There are 191 urban waste water treatment plants along the river, the<br \/>\nreport said, which together are able to purify about 2.7 billion<br \/>\ntonnes of waste every year. But according to Xinhua news agency, an<br \/>\naverage of 4.4 billion tonnes of waste is discharged into the river<br \/>\nevery year.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/china.org.cn\/environment\/news\/2008-04\/22\/content_14993119.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improper monitoring and weak law enforcement meant three of the four<br \/>\nprovinces along China&#8217;s Huai River failed to meet targets on<br \/>\nindustrial wastewater reduction and treatment, state media reported<br \/>\nthe country&#8217;s environment ministry as 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