(2011.01)
 
 

Abstract
The water pollution situation in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is serious, but the government has been making progress in reversing the situation in recent years. Table 1 summarizes surface water quality monitoring
trends between 2001 and 2008. The steady improvement of the incidence of good quality samples (Classes I–III) and decline in poor quality samples (Class V+) is apparent . However, as shown in Figure 1, the water quality situation in major river basins is somewhat variable. The incidence of Class I–III water quality samples in the southern part of the country (Pearl River and Yangtze River basins) is very high but falls off rapidly north of the Yangtze River, where annual rainfall is lower and the level of industrial and residential development is high. Water quality in the Hai River basin, in the vicinity of Beijing and Tianjin, is particularly poor.

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