scholarly journals Wildlife, Water Quality and the Public Trust Doctrine: A Means of Enforcing Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Plans

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronique P. Jarrell-King
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Nonpoint Source Pollution ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Nonpoint Source ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Trust Doctrine ◽  
Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution ◽  
Pollution Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Agricultural Nonpoint Source

Management of agricultural nonpoint source pollution in China: current status and challenges

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Nonpoint Source Pollution ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Nonpoint Source ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution ◽  
Agricultural Nonpoint Source

Water quality in China shows an overall trend of deterioration in recent years. Nonpoint source pollution from agricultural and rural regions is the leading source of water pollution. The agricultural nonpoint source pollutants are mainly from fertilization of cropland, excessive livestock and poultry breeding and undefined disposal of daily living wastes in rural areas. Agricultural nonpoint sources contribute the main source of pollution to most watersheds in China, but they are ignored in management strategy and policy. Due to the lack of full understanding of water pollution control and management and the lack of perfect water quality standard systems and practical legislative regulations, agricultural nonpoint source pollution will become one of the biggest challenges to the sustainable development of rural areas and to society as a whole. The system for agricultural nonpoint source pollution control in China should include an appropriate legislation and policy framework, financing mechanisms, monitoring system, and technical guidelines and standards. The management of agricultural nonpoint source pollution requires multidisciplinary approaches that will involve a range of government departments, institutions and the public.

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