CP Strategies: Three Lakes - Links

[ Tai Hu | Chao Hu | Dian Chi ]
[ Water Pollution Management in China | Environmental Management of Lakes ]

Tai Lake (Tai Hu)

National Efforts to Tackle Pollution in Taihu Lake -- http://www.chinaenvironment.com/english/channel/pollution/waste/taihu.html -- article on causes of its pollution
Consideration and Preliminary Test of Using Vetiver For Water Ultrophication Control in Taihu Lake of China -- http://www.chinaenvironment.com/english/channel/pollution/waste/tiahu1.html -- report by Environmental Group (Institute of Soil Science, Academia Sinica, Nanjing)
Achievements in Water Pollution Prevention and Control in Taihu Lake Basin -- http://www.acca21.org.cn/eng/envchina98/manage.html -- Dec '98 summary
Lake T'ai -- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=72788&tocid=0&query=tai%20lake&ct= -- Encyclopedia Britannica's article on this lake
World Lakes Database, Tai Hu -- http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-26.html -- detailed information on the lake, including water quality, flora and fauna, land use, fishery and much more
ECO Investment Forum for Environmental Sound Technology for the Taihu Basin -- http://www.unido.org/doc/310567.htmls -- Nov '99 forum
Lake Tai: China's 3rd Largest Lake Fights to Survive -- http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/laketai.htm -- Sept 2002
See also: City of Shanghai

Chao Lake (Chao Hu)

Chao Hu Data Summary -- http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-07.html -- detailed information on the lake, including water quality, flora and fauna, land use, fishery and much more
Environmental and Economic Sustainable Development of Chao Lake Basin in Anhui Province -- http://www.lead.org.cn/Data/Case/en/chao.html -- 1997 case study
Wastewater Pollution in China -- http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/suscoasts/krismin.html -- research paper (1998) discusses problem at Chao Lake

Dian Chi

Tien Lake -- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=74309&tocid=0&query=tien%20lake&ct= -- Encyclopedia Britannica's article on Dian Chi
Dianchi: Anatomy of a Polluted Chinese Lake -- http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/dianchi.htm -- April 2000 report from U.S. Embassy Beijing. Details, pictures, statistics
Case study on water quality modelling of Dianchi Lake, Yunnan province, South West China -- http://www.iwaponline.com/wst/04002/wst040020035.htm -- abstract from Water Science and Technology
Case Studies from Three Plateau Lakes in Yunnan Province -- http://www.chinaenvironment.net/sino/sino5/page3.html -- excellent detail on Dianchi and 2 other lakes
Yunnan Environment Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=
73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P003599 -- World Bank project
Water Pollution Control and Demonstration Project for Dianchi Lake -- http://sedac.ciesin.org/china/policy/acca21/216-3a.html -- part of Agenda 21
See also City of Kunming, Yunnan Province

Map of Three Clean Lakes

Water Pollution Management in China

China's State of the Environment Report - Water, 2002 - http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SOE/soechina2002/water.htm - details on above lakes
Analysis Report on the State of the Environment in China from SEPA, February 2004 - http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SOE/analysis/index.htm - graphs and charts showing change in water and air pollution
Water Pollution in China -- http://www.chinaenvironment.com/english/channel/pollution/waste/waterpollution.html -- Overview of China's water pollution initiatives
People's Republic of China Water Resources -- http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/aquastat/countries/china/index.stm -- extensive and well organized information on water use and resources. Includes details about specific lakes and rivers, water use by region and sector, maps and much more
Policy and Market Analysis on Municipal Wastewater Treatment in China -- http://www.chinaenvironment.com/english/channel/pollution/waste/wastewater.htm -- goals and current initiatives
Water Resources Degradation -- http://www.chinaenvironment.com/english/channel/pollution/waste/waterresource.html -- background information and history
Water and Waste Management -- http://www.chinaenvironment.com/english/channel/pollution/water.asp -- resources on Chinese water management from a variety of sources
State of the Environment, China '98 - Water -- http://www.acca21.org.cn/eng/envchina98/water.html -- official summary with details and statistics
State of the Environment China Reports, 1996 thru 2002 -- http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SOE/index.htm -- updated annually, each includes sections on water
EnviroInfo - http://www.enviroinfo.org.cn/Water_Pollution/Lake_Reservoir/index_en.html -- list of news articles about Chinese lake water pollution issues - very current information
Water Pollution and Human Health in China -- http://www.wri.org/wri/health/prcwater.htm -- implications of China's severely polluted water resources and the current economic development model for public health
Can China Feed Itself? (IIASA) -- http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/argu/trends/trend_60.htm -- examination of China's limited water resources. Includes links to related information about specific lakes and rivers
Wastewater Pollution in China -- http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/suscoasts/krismin.html -- research paper (1998) discusses problem and proposes treatment
Valuing Water for Chinese Industries: A Marginal Productivity Assessment -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/work_paper/wps2236.htm -- 1999 paper estimates the marginal productivity of water based on the estimated production function
Water Pollution Abatement By Chinese Industry -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/work_paper/1630/index.htm -- 1996 working paper covers cost estimates and policy implications
China's Water Problems -- http://www.chinaenvironment.net/sino/sino5/index.html -- issue of Sinosphere featuring articles about water pollution management

General information about the Environmental Management of Lakes

International Lake Environment Committee Foundation -- http://www.ilec.or.jp/ -- includes a large database with details about the environment of most major lakes, and other related resources
Water Quality Glossary -- http://www.ew.govt.nz/ourenvironment/lakes/lakesglossary.htm -- explains the meaning of each different water quality measure
National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada -- http://www.cciw.ca/nwri/nwri.html -- ecosystem-based research creates and disseminates new knowledge and understanding of aquatic ecosystems required for the resolution of environmental issues

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