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Adapt From chinadaily: Shanghai suffers from insufficient water pollution controls and the
weak enforcement of laws designed to deter polluters, the central
environment inspection team announced on Wednesday.
Inadequate implementation of penalties levied on polluters meant that
800 companies that had been ordered to stop production in 2013 were
still in operation, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a
statement.
In addition, 375 companies found to be producing excessive emissions
had been fined less than 50,000 yuan ($7,250), which is lower than the
minimum level set by municipal regulations, it added.
The inspectors said Shanghai had made some progress in improving its
environment, such as by reducing the amount of airborne pollutants last
year, but there is still a large gap between environmental quality and
people's expectations.
In addition to weak law enforcement, the monthlong inspection of
Shanghai, which started on Nov 28, exposed other inadequacies such as
missing or postponed deadlines for bringing in antipollution measures.
For example, the State Council issued a notice requiring all
provincial regions to deal with illegal construction projects by the end
of last year, but the inspection team found that 976 illegal wood
processing plants in the city's Fengxian district were still in
operation.
In Baoshan district, meanwhile, water quality in the river has
continued to worsen since 2013, and all 16 sections with regular
monitoring were found to have water that was not suitable for use in
irrigation, industrial production or for any other purpose.
Improvements to urban waste water plants have also fallen behind schedule, the inspection team added.
During the monthlong inspection, the team uncovered 1,893 violations and reported them to the municipality.
As a result, 895 companies were required to improve and 929 polluting
companies received fines totaling 62 million yuan, the statement said.
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