Legislation on protection of drinking water sources and local management practices in the Pearl River Delta region of China

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-02-12
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Theprotectionofdrinkingwatersourcesisvitaltourbandevelopmentandpublichealth.Inthisstudy,thecurrentsituationofthemandatoryprotectionareafordrinkingwatersourceinthePearlRiverDeltaregionwasinvestigatedusingamethodcombiningGoogleEarthwiththefieldsurvey.Thegapsbetweenmanagementpracticesandlegislationrequirementswereanalyzed.Finally,severalcountermeasuresforwaterresourceprotectionwereproposedasfollows:topromotedelineationinamorescientificway,tosafeguardthesanctityofthelaw,tomakebetterplanonwatersaving,andtoencouragepublicparticipationinsupervisionandmanagement.