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ξ China's ten-year-long efforts seemingly have failed to clean the Huaihe River
ξ it's China's third largest river which supplies water for one-sixth of the country's 1.3 billion population
ξ according to an investigation report released by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) in Beijing
ξ water from the Huaihe's tributaries, which carry 60 percent of total water resources of the river,
ξ are too polluted to supply even industrial production and irrigation, let along drinking
ξ covering Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces,
ξ the Huaihe River Valley is one of the most densely populated areas of China,
ξ an old agriculture base and an emerging industrial belt
ξ millions of tons of waste and urban sewage have poured into the river for years
ξ China started its cleaning action for the Huaihe in 1994 and invested almost 20 billion yuan (US$2.41 billion in it so far
ξ Pan Yue, SEPA's vice-director led a 15-day inspection tour, covering 165 chemical, brewery, pharmaceutical and paper-making plants,
ξ 30 urban water treatment plants, 155 longitudinal sections of 65 branch rivers in the four provinces along the river
ξ he was disappointed to see that 31.5 percent of industrial polluters discharge more than the maximum permitted,
ξ 56.7 percent of water treatment plants are out of service, and
ξ the water quality of half the branch rivers falls short of target standards set in 2001
ξ he first blamed local officials who ignore environmental capacity to accommodate pollution when making economic development plans
ξ the failure was also attributed to fund shortage
ξ a five-year cleaning plan launched in 2001 intended to invest 60 billion (US$7.25 billion),
ξ but only 33 percent had been realized by mid-2004
ξ some 85 water treatment plants, which were supposed to operate by the end of 2005 haven't been built yet for lack of money
ξ thirdly, heavy polluting industries are still the industrial pillars of the river valley
ξ the paper-making industry, chemical industry, beverage industry, textile industry and food industry have discharged 78.4 percent and 94.2 percent of the river's total COD and ammonia nitrogen
ξ agricultural pollution is soaring
ξ seventy percent of fertilizers and pesticides used by farmers in the river valley are washed into the river
ξ Pan demanded local governments to adjust the industrial structure, arrange agricultural and industrial production
ξ based on the river's capacity, and push forward the emission licensing system
ξ he also urged laws and regulations to give SEPA more power than small fines to punish polluters

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