{"title":"Strategies for Guaranteeing Drinking Water Safety in the Yangtze River Delta","authors":"W. Chu, Xu Yang, Rong Xiao, Wei Jin","doi":"10.15302/j-sscae-2022.05.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":": Drinking water safety is related to national economy and people’s livelihood. China has always attached great importance to guaranteeing drinking water safety. Since China’s reform and opening up in 1978, water environmental pollution has brought great challenges to drinking water safety in the Yangtze River Delta region owing to active economic development and high population density in the region. After over ten years of development, the overall level for guaranteeing drinking water safety in the Yangtze River Delta region has significantly improved, effectively promoting the coordinated and sustainable development of the region. However, as people’s requirements for water quality and health gradually increase, work for guaranteeing drinking water safety in the megalopolis agglomeration of Yangtze River Delta faces various challenges. In this article, we analyze the water quality characteristics of typical water sources in the Yangtze River Delta region, and summarize the achievements in urban drinking water safety assurance of the region. Suggestions are proposed from two dimensions (i.e., management and technology) and three aspects (i.e., water source, water plant, and secondary water supply), including improving the ecological compensation mechanism, collaboratively revising water quality standards, developing green and efficient purification technologies, and innovating the water supply management model. These strategies can provide a reference for assuring drinking water safety and promoting regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta and other key regions.","PeriodicalId":65586,"journal":{"name":"中国工程科学","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中国工程科学","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15302/j-sscae-2022.05.003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
: Drinking water safety is related to national economy and people’s livelihood. China has always attached great importance to guaranteeing drinking water safety. Since China’s reform and opening up in 1978, water environmental pollution has brought great challenges to drinking water safety in the Yangtze River Delta region owing to active economic development and high population density in the region. After over ten years of development, the overall level for guaranteeing drinking water safety in the Yangtze River Delta region has significantly improved, effectively promoting the coordinated and sustainable development of the region. However, as people’s requirements for water quality and health gradually increase, work for guaranteeing drinking water safety in the megalopolis agglomeration of Yangtze River Delta faces various challenges. In this article, we analyze the water quality characteristics of typical water sources in the Yangtze River Delta region, and summarize the achievements in urban drinking water safety assurance of the region. Suggestions are proposed from two dimensions (i.e., management and technology) and three aspects (i.e., water source, water plant, and secondary water supply), including improving the ecological compensation mechanism, collaboratively revising water quality standards, developing green and efficient purification technologies, and innovating the water supply management model. These strategies can provide a reference for assuring drinking water safety and promoting regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta and other key regions.
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"Strategic Study of CAE" is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, hosted by the Strategic Consulting Center of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Higher Education Press Limited Company, and published by the Strategic Study of CAE Editorial Department. This journal is one of the "1+9+1" series of journals of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and its editorial board is the Consulting Working Committee of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
This bimonthly journal is published in Chinese. It is a core Chinese journal and a core journal of Chinese science and technology, included in the Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) database, and the Swedish DOAJ database.
The journal is positioned as an academic journal for strategic consulting in engineering and technology, mainly publishing academic papers that reflect the results of strategic consulting research in China's engineering and technology. It aims to provide counsel for the government's scientific decision-making, guidance for the industry's scientific development, and references for related academic research.