MEP prints and distributes the 2017 inventory of the national project pool to fight water pollution

MEP printed and distributed the Inventory of the National  Project Pool for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution (2017). The  master implementation plans of 228 prefectural cities for the water pollution  control are supported by the national project pool, including more than 3,300  projects with a total investment around 300 bn. yuan.

MEP and MOF started to develop the project pools to  fight water pollution in 2016, and in order to improve the quality of the  projects in the national pool and accelerate the project progress, MEP proposed  the category-specific management of the projects based on the maturity of the  projects in the national pool and the division of administrative powers, and  organized the renewal of the national pool since the start of this year. The  Ministry had the first 118 master plans already supported by the pool adjusted  and offered technical guidance to 174 applicant prefectural cities this year. At  last, the implementation plans of 228 cities made it to the national pool, with  projects ranging from the ecological conservation of lakes with fairly good  water quality, the protection of the centralized drinking water sources in urban  areas, the prevention and control of water pollution in key watersheds, to the  groundwater pollution control.

PPP model is recommended for the projects in the national  pool, so the new wastewater and garbage treatment projects specified by the  implementation plans in the 2016 inventory and the 2017 applicant plans were  removed from the pool for not adopting the PPP model.

In the next step, the local governments will organize the  prefectural cities to further improve the implementation plans and promote the  project progress.

It is learned that the central government is going to spend  12 bn. yuan special funds soon to support the water environment protection and  governance projects in the national project pool and facilitate the  implementation of the action plan against water pollution.

(This English version is for your reference only.In case any discrepancy  exists between the Chinese and English context, the Chinese version shall  prevail.)