Book contents
- Chinese Environmental Law
- Chinese Environmental Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Author’s Note
- Weights and Measures
- Statutes
- Regulations and Measures
- Judicial Interpretations
- State Plans and Party Policies
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations of Legal Instruments
- 1 Environmental Problems and Legal Responses
- 2 Key Institutions of Environmental Protection
- 3 The Environmental Protection Law
- 4 Environmental Impact Assessment
- 5 Regulation and Control of Air Pollution
- 6 Regulation and Control of Water Pollution
- 7 Waste Management
- 8 Soil Contamination
- 9 Environmental Tort
- 10 Judicial Review
- 11 Environmental Crimes
- 12 Environmental Public Interest Litigation
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Regulation and Control of Water Pollution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2021
- Chinese Environmental Law
- Chinese Environmental Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Author’s Note
- Weights and Measures
- Statutes
- Regulations and Measures
- Judicial Interpretations
- State Plans and Party Policies
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations of Legal Instruments
- 1 Environmental Problems and Legal Responses
- 2 Key Institutions of Environmental Protection
- 3 The Environmental Protection Law
- 4 Environmental Impact Assessment
- 5 Regulation and Control of Air Pollution
- 6 Regulation and Control of Water Pollution
- 7 Waste Management
- 8 Soil Contamination
- 9 Environmental Tort
- 10 Judicial Review
- 11 Environmental Crimes
- 12 Environmental Public Interest Litigation
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 examines the regulatory control of water pollution under the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law (WPPCL) (2017) and relevant state plans and regulations including the Action Plan on Water Pollution Prevention and Control (2015). It introduces the history of statutory control of water pollution from WPPCL (1984) and discusses the command-and-control approach including government’s responsibilities and agencies in charge, standard-setting and government planning, river basin management and key pollution control mechanisms. The chapter further addresses major sources of water pollution including point sources and non-point sources by different regulatory instruments, highlighting drinking water safety to protect public health and environmental emergency response to water pollution incidents to contain and mitigate harm. The chapter concludes with discussion of improved environmental enforcement and sanction, with brief reference to civil liabilities for water pollution under WPPCL (2017).
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- Chinese Environmental Law , pp. 194 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021