4.3 River Basin Management Systems in China: Implementation Design
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4.3.4 River Basin Water Resource Protection
Water resource protection in China includes the systems of water function zoning and
wastewater discharge outlets into water bodies, as defined by the 2002 Water Law.
The plans for water function zones of major state rivers and lakes shall be formulated by MWR in collaboration with the environmental protection and other relevant
departments of the State Council and provincial governments. These plans are then
submitted to the State Council for approval. The plans for water function zones of the
interprovincial rivers and lakes shall be formulated by RBO and relevant provincial
water and environmental protection departments; these are then reviewed by relevant provincial governments, examined by MWR and the environmental protection
department of the State Council, and approved by the State Council or its authorized agency. RBO shall verify water body pollution assimilation capacity according
to the water quality requirements of water function zones and the body of water’s
purification capacity, put forward the opinion on pollution discharge volume limit
to environmental protection agencies. RBOs shall monitor water quality in water
function zones (Article 32, 2016 Water Law).
RBOs are responsible for the supervision and management of wastewater
discharge outlet into water body if the outlet is set up in the river courses or lakes
directly managed by the RBOs, or together with water abstraction permit applications
managed by the RBOs, or its required EIA approved by the environmental protection department of the State Council (Article 4 and Article 5, 2004 Supervision and
Management Methods of Discharge Outlet into Waters).
4.3.5 River Basin Flood Control
River and lake harness and flood-control engineering projects shall conform to river
basin comprehensive plans and combine with development of river basin water
resources (Article 3, 2016 Flood Control Law). Interprovincial river basin floodcontrol plans are formulated by the relevant RBO with relevant provincial governments and submitted to the State Council or its authorized agency for approval
(Article 39, 2016 Flood Control Law). The flood-control plan of interprovincial
rivers shall be formulated by the relevant RBO with relevant provincial governments
and submitted to the State Council and its authorized agencies for approval (Article
40, 2016 Flood Control Law). Flood regulation plans shall be formulated according
to approved flood-control plans. The flood regulation plans of interprovincial river
basins shall be formulated by the relevant RBO with relevant provincial governments
and submitted to the state or river basin flood-control headquarters (Article 12, 2005
Regulation of Flood Control).
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4.3.4 River Basin Water Resource Protection
Water resource protection in China includes the systems of water function zoning and
wastewater discharge outlets into water bodies, as defined by the 2002 Water Law.
The plans for water function zones of major state rivers and lakes shall be formulated by MWR in collaboration with the environmental protection and other relevant
departments of the State Council and provincial governments. These plans are then
submitted to the State Council for approval. The plans for water function zones of the
interprovincial rivers and lakes shall be formulated by RBO and relevant provincial
water and environmental protection departments; these are then reviewed by relevant provincial governments, examined by MWR and the environmental protection
department of the State Council, and approved by the State Council or its authorized agency. RBO shall verify water body pollution assimilation capacity according
to the water quality requirements of water function zones and the body of water’s
purification capacity, put forward the opinion on pollution discharge volume limit
to environmental protection agencies. RBOs shall monitor water quality in water
function zones (Article 32, 2016 Water Law).
RBOs are responsible for the supervision and management of wastewater
discharge outlet into water body if the outlet is set up in the river courses or lakes
directly managed by the RBOs, or together with water abstraction permit applications
managed by the RBOs, or its required EIA approved by the environmental protection department of the State Council (Article 4 and Article 5, 2004 Supervision and
Management Methods of Discharge Outlet into Waters).
4.3.5 River Basin Flood Control
River and lake harness and flood-control engineering projects shall conform to river
basin comprehensive plans and combine with development of river basin water
resources (Article 3, 2016 Flood Control Law). Interprovincial river basin floodcontrol plans are formulated by the relevant RBO with relevant provincial governments and submitted to the State Council or its authorized agency for approval
(Article 39, 2016 Flood Control Law). The flood-control plan of interprovincial
rivers shall be formulated by the relevant RBO with relevant provincial governments
and submitted to the State Council and its authorized agencies for approval (Article
40, 2016 Flood Control Law). Flood regulation plans shall be formulated according
to approved flood-control plans. The flood regulation plans of interprovincial river
basins shall be formulated by the relevant RBO with relevant provincial governments
and submitted to the state or river basin flood-control headquarters (Article 12, 2005
Regulation of Flood Control).