Chinanews.com, Yinchuan, November 30th (Reporter Yang Di) The reporter learned from the Ningxia Department of Ecology and Environment on the 30th that recently, 12 departments including the Ningxia Department of Ecology and Environment jointly formulated and issued the "Yellow River (Ningxia Section) Ecological Protection and Governance Action Implementation Plan" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Plan"), it is proposed to transform the Yellow River from over-intervention and over-use to natural restoration and recuperation. It is planned that by 2025, the water quality of the outlet section of the main stream of the Yellow River (Ningxia section) will reach Class II.
"The Yellow River is rich in Ningxia", Ningxia is the only province in China whose entire territory belongs to the Yellow River Basin.
The "Implementation Plan" aims to steadily improve the quality and stability of the ecosystem of the Yellow River (Ningxia section), effectively guarantee the ecological flow of the main stream and major tributaries, continuously improve the quality of the water environment, significantly improve the level of pollution control, and effectively control ecological environment risks.
The "Implementation Plan" proposes to transform the Yellow River from excessive intervention and overuse to natural restoration and recuperation, to accelerate the transformation of water use from extensive to economical and intensive, to effectively guarantee the ecological flow, and to guard the natural ecological security boundary of the Yellow River.
By 2025, the forest coverage rate in Ningxia will reach 20%, the soil and water conservation rate will reach 78.02%, the proportion of nationally controlled surface water sections reaching or better than Class III water bodies will reach 80%, and the surface water quality will be controlled within 10%. The water quality of the outbound section of the main stream shall reach Class II, and the water quality of centralized drinking water sources in cities at and above the county level shall reach or exceed Class III, and the proportion shall reach 100% (except for the environmental background).
The "Implementation Plan" proposes to implement the five major actions of river and lake ecological protection and governance actions, pollution reduction and carbon reduction synergistic actions, urban environmental governance facilities to make up for shortcomings, agricultural and rural environmental governance actions, and ecological protection and restoration actions, which will be implemented in the Ningxia section of the main stream of the Yellow River Carry out river basin ecological protection and governance actions, including the delineation of river and lake ecological buffer zones, the establishment and improvement of ecological flow monitoring and early warning mechanisms, and the promotion of river (lake, ditch) sewage discharge outlet investigation and rectification , Establishment of groundwater environment monitoring information platform and other measures.
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