China News Service, March 27. According to the website of the Ministry of Water Resources, recently, in accordance with the relevant requirements for promoting the health assessment of rivers and lakes in the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Water Resources on Issuing Key Points for River and Lake Management in 2024", the Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission has conducted Arrangements were made for the establishment of river and lake health records in the Yellow River Basin in 2016.
River and lake health assessment is an important starting point for understanding the health status of rivers and lakes and analyzing river and lake problems. It is an important basis for formulating "one river (one) policy" and implementing river and lake system management. It is also an important basis for river and lake chiefs to organize and lead river and lake management. An important reference for protection work and testing the effectiveness of river and lake management and protection work. According to the work arrangement of the Ministry of Water Resources, by the end of 2024, the Yellow River Basin must focus on completing the health assessment of five rivers and lakes, including the Weihe River, Jinghe River, Qinhe River, Luohe River and Hongjiannao River.
The Yellow River Committee attaches great importance to this work, and through telephone communication, letter notification, etc., it urges the river chief offices of the nine provinces (districts) in the basin to follow the principle of overall planning and highlighting key points to do a good job in establishing provincial river and lake chiefs. For provincial rivers and provincial boundary rivers and lakes between provinces, attention must also be paid to other rivers and lakes included in the first national water conservancy census list, and the following requirements are put forward.
First, relevant provinces (regions) should strengthen communication and coordination and negotiate to determine a unified evaluation plan. In principle, the evaluation system in the "Notice of the River Chief Office of the Ministry of Water Resources on Issuing the "River and Lake Health Assessment Guidelines (Trial)" (No. 43) will be used to formulate a detailed work plan and carry out the river and lake health assessment work in an orderly manner.
The second is to summarize the work experience of Huangshui River, Datong River, and Tao River. "The lower reaches of the river actively connect with the upper reaches, the left bank actively connects with the right bank, and the lakes with large water areas actively connect with small water areas." If the negotiation cannot be resolved, the Yellow River Committee will coordinate and determine the unification. Evaluation plan.
Third, if other relevant recommended standards are selected, the necessity and applicability of the selection and the similarities and differences with the "River and Lake Health Assessment Guidelines (Trial)" in terms of evaluation indicators, indicator calculation methods and scoring standards should be explained.
In the next step, the Yellow River Commission will strengthen overall planning and coordination, urge the river basin provinces (districts) to complete the health assessment work on rivers and lakes with high quality in accordance with the established time points, and review the health assessment reports. At the same time, it guides and urges the river chief offices of all provinces (districts) to complete the health assessment of rivers and lakes in the Yellow River Basin on time and establish river and lake health files, providing strong support for scientific and dynamic understanding of the health status of rivers and lakes, and solid management, protection, and governance of rivers and lakes. .