Multi-indicator assessment of water environment in government environmental auditing.
This study focused on a multi-indicator assessment methodology for governmental environmental auditing of water protection programs. The environmental status of Wuli Lake in China was assessed using the global indicators (driver-status-response) developed by the Commission on Sustainable Development, and four additional indicators proposed by the author: water quality, pollution load, aquatic ecosystem status, and lake sediment deposition. Various hydrological, chemical, biological and environmental parameters were used to estimate the values of the indicators for assessment of environmental status of the lake based on time series data sets for twenty years. The indicators proposed can be customized to meeting the needs for particular assessment of water protection programs. This method can be used to evaluate the performance of national environmental protection programs and provide technical support for environmental auditors.
He
Gui-zhen
GZ
Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. heguizh@yahoo.com.cn
Lu
Yong-long
YL
Ma
Hua
H
Wang
Xiao-long
XL
D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005618:Fresh Water; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis; D006078:Government Programs; D010839:Phytoplankton; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011786:Quality Control; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D015048:Zooplankton
D014873:Water Pollutants