China News Service, Beijing, February 22 (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) What progress has been made in the governance of my country's water ecological environment in the past year?

In 2023, what are the key arrangements for the regulation of black and odorous water bodies and the supervision of sewage outlets?

On the 22nd, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference in February, and the relevant person in charge introduced the relevant situation of water ecological environment governance.

The scene of the press conference.

Photo by Yuan Xiuyue

The national discharge of major water pollutants will continue to decline in 2022

　　Huang Xiaoxian, director of the Department of Water Ecology and Environment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, introduced that in 2022, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will issue an action plan for the rectification of sewage outlets entering the Yangtze River, and more than 90% of the task of traceability of the sewage outlets of the Yangtze River and Bohai Sea will be completed, and more than 20,000 sewage will be resolved. Straight row, random row problem.

Completed the investigation of sewage discharge outlets in 6 provinces and 30 cities in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and the Fen River Basin.

　　In 2022, the discharge of major water pollutants across the country will continue to decline, and the goal of improving the quality of the water ecological environment will be successfully completed.

The proportion of national surface water sections with excellent water quality was 87.9%, an increase of 3.0 percentage points year-on-year; the proportion of sections with inferior water quality to Grade V was 0.7%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.5 percentage points; the main stream of the Yangtze River has reached Grade II water quality for three consecutive years, and the main stream of the Yellow River has reached Grade II water quality for the first time. Class water quality.

The total amount of chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen emissions decreased by 3.7% and 5.5% year-on-year respectively.

　　Huang Xiaoxian said that although the protection of the water ecological environment has achieved remarkable results, it still faces many bottlenecks and challenges, and there are still many outstanding problems and work shortcomings that need to be solved urgently. The ability to manage the water ecological environment needs to be improved. In some places, pollution interception and control are not in place, and the problems of blue-green algae blooms and water ecological imbalance still exist.

This year, the country plans to complete more than 800 black and odorous water bodies in large areas of rural areas.

　　Regarding the issue of black and odorous water bodies, Huang Xiaoxian said that in recent years, all localities have taken responsibility and worked hard to speed up the improvement of the shortcomings of urban environmental infrastructure. Judging from the current situation, the "13th Five-Year Plan" has been included in the supervision list of black and odorous water bodies The black and odorous water bodies in the built-up areas of prefecture-level and above cities (excluding prefectures and leagues) are basically eliminated.

He mentioned that in 2022, the proportion of black and odorous water bodies in county-level cities will be successfully completed by 40% of the annual target task.

　　Regarding the issue of black and smelly water bodies in rural areas, since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has organized a comprehensive investigation of black and smelly water bodies in rural areas, and included more than 4,000 black and smelly water bodies in rural areas that have been strongly reported by the masses and have a large area into the national supervision list. "Pull up the bills and sell the numbers one by one."

In 2023, the country plans to complete the renovation of more than 800 large-scale black and odorous water bodies in rural areas, and the relevant tasks have been decomposed and assigned to various provinces.

　　He said that in 2022, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Ministry of Finance will carry out pilot work on the treatment of black and odorous water bodies in rural areas, and will give 200 million yuan, 100 million yuan, and 50 million yuan to 15 cities across the country according to the project investment amount and the declared treatment area. file rewards.

In 2023, the guidance to the pilot areas will be strengthened, and all localities will be urged to further promote the treatment of black and odorous water bodies in rural areas through comprehensive and systematic treatment measures such as source control and sewage interception, dredging, water system connection, and water ecological restoration.

At the same time, this year, the two departments will continue to select areas that have the foundation and conditions to support and carry out pilot work.

230,000 sewage outlets have been investigated, and about one-third of them have been rectified

　　Regarding the supervision of sewage outlets, Huang Xiaozhu said that according to dispatch data, a total of 245,000 kilometers of river and lake shorelines have been investigated across the country, and nearly 230,000 sewage outlets entering rivers and seas have been found. will continue to increase.

So far, about one-third of the 230,000 sewage outlets have been renovated.

Over the past few years, the ecological and environmental departments at all levels have approved more than 8,000 sewage outlets into rivers and more than 900 sewage outlets into the sea.

　　He said that this year's target tasks are the main streams and important tributaries of the seven basins of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Haihe River, Pearl River, Songliao, and Taihu Lake. Key lakes and key bays must fully complete the investigation of sewage outlets, and 80% of the traceability must be completed. And 30% of the remediation tasks.

　　Huang Xiaoxian mentioned that in the typical cases exposed by these rounds of central environmental protection inspectors, it was found that the centralized sewage collection and treatment rate in some places is even less than 10%.

The places where this happens should be superficial in pollution control, and there are some places where the construction of environmental infrastructure is lagging behind and the sewage treatment capacity is insufficient.

　　"The problem of water pollution is manifested in the water, but its roots are on the shore." Huang Xiaozhu said that the reason is that some places have not established a correct view of political achievements. Pollution control "emphasizes face and despises internals" and requires real money. For example, the construction of the sewage pipe network, the upgrading and transformation of sewage treatment facilities, inaction and slow action in these areas, and even some places still have some "wait and see" thinking, and they have not made up their minds to solve this problem thoroughly. intolerable.

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