Ministry of Ecology and Environment: In 2022, the goal of improving the quality of the water ecological environment will be successfully completed

　　Chinanews.com, February 22. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference on the 22nd.

Huang Xiaosong, director of the Department of Water Ecological Environment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, reported the overall situation of national water ecological environment protection at the meeting.

Huang Xiaoxian introduced that 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 first is to fight in depth to defend the clear water.

Print and distribute the action plan for in-depth protection and restoration of the Yangtze River, the action plan for the tough battle of ecological protection and governance of the Yellow River, and promote the introduction of the Law on the Protection of the Yellow River.

Actively promote the pilot project of water ecological assessment in the Yangtze River Basin, formulate a pilot work plan (2022-2024), and carry out pilot monitoring of water ecological assessment.

Fully support and cooperate with the central committees of the democratic parties and people without party affiliation to carry out the democratic supervision of the ecological environment protection of the Yangtze River.

The action plan for the rectification of the sewage outlets of the Yangtze River and the Bohai Sea has been issued, and more than 90% of the task of traceability of the sewage outlets of the Yangtze River and Bohai Sea has been completed, and more than 20,000 sewage problems of direct and random discharge have been resolved.

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.

Implement water pollution control in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and industrial parks along the Yellow River, and consolidate and deepen the prevention and control of industrial and urban water pollution.

Jointly issued the implementation plan for the battle against black and odorous water bodies in cities, issued an action plan for environmental protection of black and odorous water bodies, consolidated the achievements of black and odorous water bodies in cities at the prefecture level and above, and promoted the rectification of black and odorous water bodies in counties and county-level cities.

The protection of drinking water sources has been strengthened. A total of 19,600 township-level centralized drinking water source protection areas have been established across the country, and 10,363 problems in 2,804 water source areas have been rectified, effectively improving the level of drinking water safety protection.

Continue to take the lead in the production of the 2022 Yangtze River Economic Belt Eco-Environment Warning Film and the Yellow River Basin Eco-Environment Warning Film, and a total of 234 local outstanding ecological and environmental problems have been assigned.

　　The second is to improve the water ecological environment governance system.

Implement the arrangements for deepening the reform of the party and state institutions, revise and improve the working rules of the river basin and sea area ecological environment supervision and management bureau, and improve the efficiency of supervision.

Establish and improve the supervision system of stationary pollution sources with the pollutant discharge permit system as the core, and issue guidance on strengthening the enforcement and supervision of pollutant discharge permits, bringing a total of 3.44 million stationary pollution sources into the scope of pollution discharge permit management.

To promote the reform of the management of sewage outlets, the General Office of the State Council issued the implementation opinions on strengthening the supervision and management of sewage outlets entering rivers and seas, and comprehensively carried out the investigation, monitoring, traceability and rectification of sewage outlets.

Print and distribute the reference indicators for the protection and construction of beautiful rivers, lakes, and beautiful bays, and release the first batch of 26 excellent cases of beautiful rivers, lakes, and beautiful bays.

Effectively do a good job in epidemic prevention and control of water ecology and environmental protection, promote the establishment of a joint prevention and control mechanism for sudden water pollution incidents in the upstream and downstream of inter-provincial river basins, and firmly hold the bottom line of water ecological environment safety.

　　Huang Xiaoxian emphasized that 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.

　　In the next step, we will adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand systems, focus on improving the quality of the water ecological environment, and take precise, scientific, and lawful pollution control as the work policy to coordinate water pollution. Resources, water environment, and water ecological governance, continue to fight the battle for clear water, promote the implementation of water ecological environment protection plans in key river basins, promote the ecological protection and governance of important rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, continuously improve the modern environmental governance system, and steadily improve the quality of the water ecological environment. Support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment.