CP Strategies: Five Rivers - Links

Huai He (or Huahe)

Huai River -- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=42248&tocid=0&query=huai%20river&ct=-- Encyclopedia Britannica's article on this river
Case Study on Environmental, Social and Economic Impacts of Pollution Treatment Action in Huaihe River Basin -- http://www.lead.org.cn/Data/Case/en/huaihe.html -- 1998
Huai River Basin Pollution Control Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?
pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P047345 -- details of World Bank project
Huai He - identified for Environmental Attention

Hai He (or Haihe)

Hai River --http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=39595&tocid=0&query=hai%20river&ct=-- Encyclopedia Britannica's article on this river
Comparative Water-Quality Assessment of the Hai He River Basin in the People's Republic of China and Three Similar Basins in the United States -- http://0-water.usgs.gov.library.csuhayward.edu/pubs/pp/pp1647/ - Ground-water quality with respect to nitrate, major inorganic constituents, pesticides, stable isotopes, and tritium, November 2001
Hai He River -- http://www.china.org.cn/english/4626.htm -- basic information
Hai He - identified for Environmental Attention

Liao He (or Liaohe)

Liao River -- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=49235&tocid=0&query=liao%20river&ct= -- Encyclopedia Britannica's article on this river
Liao He River Basin Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=
104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P051859 -- details of the World Bank Project
Liao He - identified for Environmental Attention

Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)

Three Gorges Bulletin -- http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/quality/3Gorges/index.htm -- Chinese government document on the Three Gorges Dam and related information
Yangtze River -- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=119607&tocid=0&query=yangtze%20river -- Encyclopedia Britannica's article on this river
Yangtze River -- http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cu4w-kwsm/chin9601/fwb806.htm -- photo collection
Yangtze -- http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761573429 -- MS Encarta online article with good map
Chengdu, China wins Local Initiatives Award in 2000 -- http://www.iclei.org/liawards/winners2000/freshwater_winners.htm -- for revitalization of the Fu and Nan Rivers (part of Yangtze drainage basin)
Environmental Protection in Upper Yangtze River Makes Headway -- http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200009/02/eng20000902_49593.html -- Sept 2000 news article
Yangtze River Basin Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=
104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P003596 -- from the World Bank
Southern Jiangsu Environmental Protection Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=
104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P003580 -- from the World Bank
Sichuan Urban Environment Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=
104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P043933 -- from the World Bank
Environmental Protection in an Average Chinese Province -- Controlling Water Pollution in Anhui -- http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/anhuiwater.htm -- Yangtze and Huai rivers, June 2002
China Dams the Yangtze -- http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/Dam-3G.htm -- Nov 2002
Yangtze - identified for Environmental Attention

Huang He (Yellow River)

Deterioration in the Ecology of the Upper Reaches of the Yellow River -- http://www.chinaenvironment.com/english/channel/pollution/waste/qhaiylriv.htm -- from 1997
Yellow River -- http://www.cis.umassd.edu/~gleung/ -- maps, watershed, history
Huang Ho -- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=119604&tocid=0&query=huang%20ho -- Encyclopedia Britannica's article on this river
Huang He -- http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=064A7000 -- MS Encarta online article
Ansai Research Station -- http://www.lead.org/lead/training/international/china/1998/papers/ansai.htm -- discussion of water conservation research station on Zhifang gully, part of Yellow River watershed
Cleaning the Yellow River -- http://www.edu.cn/20010101/22703.shtml -- strategy and plans
Strengthening of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Dongying City -- http://www.integration.org/Projects/projects.htm - see China: project in Huanghe delta
Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabilitation Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK
=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P056216 -- project of the World Bank
Yellow River - identified for Environmental Attention

Map of Five Clean Rivers

Water Pollution Management in China: Rivers

China's State of the Environment Report - Water, 2002 - http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SOE/soechina2002/water.htm - details on above rivers
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
Polluted Rivers -- http://www.chinaonline.com/images/river_pollution_804.gif -- August 2000 map of most polluted rivers in China
EnviroInfo - http://www.enviroinfo.org.cn/Water_Pollution/index_en.html -- list of news articles about Chinese river water pollution issues - very current information
Main Rivers and Water Basins in China -- http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/data/water/wat_9.htm and http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/data/maps/rivers/riv1_s.htm -- related information by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
H2O China -- http://www.h2o-china.com/ -- research and news
Ambient water pollutant concentrations in major Chinese rivers -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/data/china/status.htm -- downloadable dataset from the World Bank. Rivers included: Songhua, Daliao, Yellow, Yangtze, Pearl (Chu) and Huai.
China: Managing Environmental Challenges, Video Footage of Urban Environment Issues in the Chinese Context -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/china/video/index.htm -- web-viewable video from the World Bank
Ministry of Water Resources -- http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english/index.htm -- Government site
China Water Environment Problems -- http://www.apec-vc.org.cn/english/china.htm -- summary

General information about the Environmental Management of Rivers

How We Measure Quality -- http://www.ew.govt.nz/ourenvironment/water/healthyrivers/measuringstreams.htm -- explanation of measuring water quality in rivers, includes glossary of terms
Water and Waste Water -- http://www.waterandwastewater.com/ -- news and resources for large and small waste water treatment

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