Official Reply of the State Council concerning the approval of water contamination management plan of up reaches of the Yangtze River. Country/Territory China Document type Miscellaneous Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword River basin institution Waste disposal Waterworks Effluent waste water/discharge Pollution control Sewerage Basin/catchment/watershed Freshwater pollution Inland waters Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract Replied by official letter No. 9 of 1999. It approves the Water Contamination Management Plan of up reaches of the Yangtze River, which was submitted by No. 2230 of 1998. It requires the State Development Planning Commission to organize the implementation of the plan jointly with Chongqing and Sichuan people's government, and other concerned department of the State Environmental Protection Administration, Ministry of Water and Ministry of Construction. In order to improve the operation of wastewater disposal, it suggests establishing experimental unit in the concerned cities to charge the wastewater disposal, and the fees shall be used for the construction and operation of the waste disposal facilities. Full text Chinese