title: [Countermeasures for strict water quality management of drinking water sources: some thoughts and suggestions on implementing strict water resources management].
abstract: Suggestions on Carrying Out Strict Management Regulations of Water Resources were promulgated by the State Council in January, 2012. This is an important issue which has drawn public attention. I strongly support the principle and spirit of the regulations, as well as the request that governments above the county level bear the overall management responsibility. However, as to the technical route of and countermeasures for achieving strict management, several problems exist in reality. Relevant opinions and suggestions are given in this paper (the paper focuses exclusively on drinking water sources which are most in need of strict protection and management). Main opinions are as follows. (1) The sources of drinking water meeting the Class II standard in Surface Water Environment Quality Standards (GB 3838-2002) may not necessarily be unpolluted; (2) A necessary condition for protecting drinking water sources is that the effluents of enterprises' workshops discharged into the conservation zone should meet the regulation on the permitted maximum concentration of priority-I pollutants defined in the Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard (GB 8978-1996); (3) There is a strong doubt about whether Class II standard in GB 3838-2002 for priority I pollutants reflects environmental background values in water.
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. fugw@tsinghua.ed.cn
authors.forename: Guo-Wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000592:standards*; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry; D060753:Water Quality / Q000592:standards*; D062066:Water Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical