Socio-Economic Development Levels and Adequate Regulatory Policy for Water Quality Management

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 257-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Helmer
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Control Function ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
The Government

Rapid industrialization in a substantial number of developing countries has serious implications for the environment and human health and well being. Water resources such as river basins are particularly affected by industrial and municipal waste discharges which have led to severe effects on water quality. Current regulatory policies to cope with this situation are reviewed and their effectiveness compared. Major governmental instruments include legislation, planning instruments such as environmental impact assessment, effluent standards and charges, licensing, specification and subsidization of pollution control installations and direct interventions. In many developing countries the government acts in a dual role as developing agency and regulatory institution at the same time, which allows for introduction of environmental considerations and pollution control measures early in the industrial development process. Often the lack of an experienced and adequately staffed government machinery in the environmental sector hampers the regulatory agencies control function.

Water Quality and Health

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 201-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Kreisel
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Wastewater Reuse ◽  
Water Supplies ◽  
Minimum Quality Standards ◽  
Quality Guidelines

Water quality can affect human health in various ways: through breeding of vectors, presence of pathogenic protozoa, helminths, bacteria and viruses, or through inorganic and organic chemicals. While traditional concern has been with pathogens and gastro-intestinal diseases, chemical pollutants in drinking-water supplies have in many instances reached proportions which affect human health, especially in cases of chronic exposure. Treatment of drinking-water, often grossly inadequate in developing countries, is the last barrier of health protection, but control at source is more effective for pollution control. Several WHO programmes of the International Drinking-Water Supply and Sanitation Decade have stimulated awareness of the importance of water quality in public water supplies. Three main streams have been followed during the eighties: guidelines for drinking-water quality, guidelines for wastewater reuse and the monitoring of freshwater quality. Following massive investments in the community water supply sector to provide people with adequate quantities of drinking-water, it becomes more and more important to also guarantee minimum quality standards. This has been recognized by many water and health authorities in developing countries and, as a result, WHO cooperates with many of them in establishing water quality laboratories and pollution control programmes.

scholarly journals Water balance computation and water quality improvement evaluation for Yanghe Basin in semiarid area of North China using coupled MIKE SHE/MIKE 11 modeling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruifen Liu ◽  
Zeshi Li ◽  
Xiaokang Xin ◽  
Defu Liu ◽  
Jialei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
North China ◽  
Hydrological Cycle ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Semiarid Area ◽  
Mike She ◽  
Water Quality Improvement ◽  
Mike 11

Abstract Water shortage and water pollution are two prominent issues in North China. Understanding hydrological cycle and water-quality changes in response to pollution control measures is fundamental for a better water management there. Using coupled MIKE SHE/MIKE 11 modeling, various hydrological components in Yanghe Basin in semiarid area of North China were quantified for three typical hydrological years and concentrations of COD and TP in a national monitoring section of Yanghe were evaluated with/without pollution control measures. The modeling results show that the underground water storage of Yanghe Basin gets depleted due to evapotranspiration compensation and groundwater utilization regardless of hydrological condition, indicating an unsustainable in-situ water resource utilization. Water quality goals set for Yanghe (COD ≤ 20 mg/L and TP ≤ 0.2 mg/L) can hardly be achieved if pollution control measures are not taken, especially for a dry hydrological year. Depending on hydrological conditions, non-point source control technology-related projects in a 109-km2 village and a 7-km river-channel wetland in mainstream of Yanghe will have a positive effect or negligible effect on water quality improvement. To meet water quality goals, implementation of three wetlands is an effective and economic way.

scholarly journals "CHINESE MIRACLE" AND PROBLEMS OF ACCELERATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Yongyou Nie ◽  
V. A. Kartavtsev
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
The Government

This article is devoted to the study of the results of rapid economic growth on the example of the People's Republic of China. Forty years have passed since the beginning of the openness reforms in China. They are characterized by the rapid growth of China's economic power, the improvement of the well-being of the inhabitants of that country, as well as the strengthening of the state's place in the international arena. With the support of foreign investment in the early stages, China itself becomes an investor. Techno-intensive industries hold an important share of China's exports. Despite the rapid growth of economic indicators, China is facing new challenges for developing countries. The accelerated development of the state has serious environmental, political and economic consequences, from pollution to corruption and the lag of certain regions from the overall pace of the country's development. These problems are expected to be addressed through a number of measures taken by the Government in the coming decades: investment market reforms, reorientation of international trade to developing countries, green economies, market reform real estate, addition to the legislative framework, the creation of new controls and reform of existing ones and so on. The reform process is inevitable and is the key to the successful development of the People's Republic of China.

The Indian Farming-Community and their Health-Concerns for a Sustainable Agriculture

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
The Government ◽  
Made In

The exposure of farmers to agricultural hazards and risks has been increased in their work-places with the recent developments in agricultural sectors in most of the developing countries. This higher expose may be due to the enhanced need in meeting the food as well as monetary demand of farming house-holds. The agricultural-productivity has also been reduced in developing countries because of the exposure of farmers to work-related stresses affecting their well-being. Thus, an attempt was made in this study for exploring the mental-health disorders among the farmers and the farming-community in the state of Odisha in India for undertaking possible intervention strategies by the government and competent authorities.

Environment Analysis on Controlling PM2.5 in Beijing

2014 ◽  
Vol 508 ◽  
pp. 259-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Qiu ◽  
Chun Li Ye ◽  
Li Yong Yang ◽  
Chang Bing Ye
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Coal Combustion ◽  
Mass Concentration ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Environment Analysis ◽  
Average Mass ◽  
International Image ◽  
Environmental Protection Policy ◽  
The Government

PM2.5 pollution in Beijing not only causes the greatest health problems, and reduces the visibility (haze), but also impacts on the China governments credibility and international image. The paper showed that the average mass concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing was 103μg/m 3 in the first half year of 2013; the annual mean mass concentration of PM2.5 has risen in recent years; the transfer of regional pollution, motor vehicles, coal combustion and dust are the major sources of PM2.5 during 2012 in Beijing; and finally the government should take effective measures to control PM2.5. The paper may provide some theoretical guidance for the government implementing environmental protection policy and pollution control measures.

Water quality and food safety: a review and discussion of risks

Water Policy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 680-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puja Jawahar ◽  
Claudia Ringler
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
High Water ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Safety Risks

While increased diversification of developing-country diets as a result of agricultural and economic growth has improved nutritional status and human health, the increased consumption of high-value products—particularly fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy and animal products—has lead to significant food safety risks associated with unsafe management and use of water resources These risks are both magnified and masked in developing countries due to a lack of regulation combined with a dearth of data and information on the relations between water use, water quality and food safety risks. Given the likely estimated rapid increase in production, trade, and consumption of agricultural commodities with high water-related food safety risks, avoiding contamination and maintaining water quality and food safety are becoming growing public health issues in developing countries. This paper introduces the linkages between water quality and food safety, describes the causes for declining water quality levels, and identifies the various stages of the production process that are vulnerable to contamination due to water use. It concludes with a review of constraints to food safety and water quality management and identifies the main research gaps relevant to agricultural water management in developing countries.

scholarly journals Theoretical and methodological aspects of the eco-industrial space development

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-44
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Wegner-Kozlova ◽  
Olga Guman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Industrial Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

Contemporary society is challenged by the issue of meeting seemingly contradictory needs: achieving economic well-being and ensuring environmental security. On the one hand, rising levels of environmental pollution increasingly threaten systems of life support. On the other hand, economic difficulties cause the growing financial instability. Accordingly, there is a need to move towards a more sustainable environmental and economic system, which requires additional research in this field. The paper focuses on the circular economy as a tool for creating the eco-industrial space to attain sustainable development goals based on the principles of market organisation and long-standing social and economic relations. Methodologically, the research relies on the theory of circular economy and the theory of social space. Research methods include deduction and induction, analysis and synthesis, statistical, comparative, causal, and factor analysis, historical method, which allows taking in account historical, social and cultural peculiarities of the economy, as well as other general theoretical methods. As a result of the research, the authors (1) identify eco-industrial subspace within the social space, which enables clarifying the specifics of the interaction between actors of the social space interested in meeting the needs of both economic development and ecosystem sustainability; (2) develop a system for assessing the circular economy from the viewpoint of eco-industrial interaction. The scientific value of the research findings consists in elaborating on the ecological aspect of industrial regions’ functioning. The circular economy can potentially contribute to the energy efficiency, reduce environmental pollution, and create efficient ways of producing and consuming. The suggested system for assessing the circular economy allows detecting the dynamics of the negative pressure on the ecosystem, which enables the government authorities to purposefully green the industrial development.

Evaluation of Government Performance in Haze Pollution Control and the Optimization Path in Beijing

2020 ◽  
pp. 2050014
Author(s):  
LI Yunyan ◽  
SUN Guihua ◽  
DI Peng
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Development Potential ◽  
Haze Pollution ◽  
Government Management ◽  
The Government

In recent years, Beijing has been more often confronted with serious haze pollution, especially in autumn and winter. The People’s Government of Beijing Municipality has adopted a package of measures to control the haze pollution with its best efforts. To objectively evaluate how effective these haze pollution control measures are from different perspectives and in an all-round way, it is necessary to adopt a scientific and reasonable approach. Based on the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) idea, we establish a system of indexes to evaluate the government performance of Beijing in haze pollution control from the four perspectives of development quality, public services, government management and development potential, and use a combination of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and entropy weight method (EWM) to determine the index weights, and objectively evaluate Beijing’s performance in haze pollution control from 2010 to 2016. The results show that the scores for the four perspectives are all on the rise, and since the implementation of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan in 2013, the government’s haze pollution control measures have achieved significant results, and made a much higher overall score. On that basis, we propose the optimized path for Beijing’s haze pollution control, namely, accelerating the upgrading of development quality, improving the public services level, strengthening the government management, tapping the development potential of haze pollution control and increasing the linkage and cooperation between the governments of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

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