Feixi County steadily advances the work of governance of the Chaohu Lake water environment

In recent years, Fexi County has firmly established the concept of green development, insisting on the comprehensive water environment governance of Chaohu Lake as a major political task, taking a series of measures to steadily advance the governance of Chaohu Lake's water environment, and contributing Fexi's ecological strength to making Chaohu Lake a famous landmark of Hefei.

Source Control. The Fexi County Ecological Environment Bureau adheres to the source control of water-related projects in the Chaohu Lake Basin. It strictly implements the project approval policies stipulated for the Chaohu Lake Protection Area, the Chaohu Lake Scenic Area, and the two zones for livestock and poultry farming. Since 2020, the county has rejected 10 projects that do not meet the ecological environmental conditions or national industrial policies, completed the pollutant discharge permits for 209 water-related enterprises, and achieved full coverage of the management of pollutant discharge permits for water pollution.

Publicity. The county continues to carry out publicity activities themed on Chaohu Lake ecological environmental protection, utilizing annual World Environment Day and opportunities for legal publicity in communities and enterprises, allowing the public to participate in the governance of Chaohu Lake's water environment and effectively creating a strong atmosphere for the protection of Chaohu Lake's water environment.

Accurate Pollution Control. The county promotes water quality improvement and achieves emission reduction goals through engineering measures such as interception of sewage and ecological water replenishment; there are currently 12 urban sewage treatment plants. Through bidding and pipeline network renovation, the treatment rate of urban domestic and industrial wastewater entering urban sewage treatment plants has met the standards. All 12 urban sewage treatment plants are equipped with online monitoring equipment, and real-time monitoring of PH, COD, ammonia nitrogen, total phosphorus, and flow discharge is conducted through the monitoring platform to ensure that wastewater consistently meets standards.

Water Environment Governance Monitoring and Early Warning. Monitoring sections have been added to rivers within the county, such as Paihe River, Fengle River, and Hangbu River. Twice-weekly testing is conducted on tributaries and drainage outlets, with data and water quality analysis reports submitted to the county government weekly for scheduling. Water environment governance uses water quality monitoring data to guide the direction of investigation, clarify prevention and control areas, and evaluate the effectiveness of environmental pollution prevention and control projects. Regular monitoring of important rivers, reservoirs, and drinking water sources throughout the county is conducted, with all water-related enterprises in the county included in the monitoring scope. Regularly released information includes surface water early warning information and pollution source change information.

Strong Supervision. The county utilizes daily supervision and law enforcement, random inspections, special law enforcement inspections of water-related enterprises, special inspections of rural domestic sewage treatment facilities, and law enforcement inspections of medical waste and sewage treatment facilities to severely crack down on illegal environmental acts such as private secret pipelines, tampering with or forging monitoring data, or abnormal operation of water pollution prevention and control facilities.

Through a series of measures, since 2020, the annual average water quality of the Paihe River national monitoring section, the main tributary of the Chaohu Lake Basin, has reached the requirements of Class IV water; the water quality of the Fengle River and Hangbu River remains stable, maintaining surface water standards; and the surface water environmental quality compliance rate in the basin has increased.