Healthy Life of the Yellow River
Based on the study of evolution of the Yellow River,it's concluded that keeping healthy life of the Yellow River is important to promote harmonious co-existence of human and nature,and the river's healthy life very much depends on the social and economic conditions of human society.This paper analyzes the major challenges facing the Yellow River Basin Management nowadays,and describes the strategies and focus to harness the Yellow River at present stage.This study indicates that it is of higher priority to sustain sufficient Yellow River flow to ensure sediment transportation,self-purification and ecological water demand,and water saving and water transferring projects were necessary to optimize the water balance between water supply and water demand.Furthermore,the sediment management and river training works are also important approaches to keeping the healthy life of the Yellow River.
Through the analysis of present environmental quality in surface water from the four cities and two areas of Taizhou City,the author has identified the existing problems in surface water and main factors affecting water quality,and proposed some measures for the protection of surface water.