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On December 8, the Beijing Municipal Government nominated 377 river training supervisors for 425 rivers spreading throughout the city, and announced that citizens are free to report the pollutant discharge behaviors to the supervisors.
But what does a ‘river supervisor’ refer to?
Headed by the mayor and composed primarily of leaders from governments at all levels, the supervisors are responsible for city-wide river training programs.
The previous river training program, or more precisely, the ‘water treatment issue’, was mainly in charge of the Lake and River Administrative department. However, following extensive analysis, it became clear that pollutants in river banks should be at the forefront of the program instead.
Therefore, combined with the relevant departments, it was decided that not only the water, but also the banks, should be involved in the river training programs.
Small companies and restaurants surrounding the Heishanhu River bank were the main polluters in Haidian Town. Su Jianhua, the town mayor and the river supervisor of the town, built two one-kilometer sewage collection pipelines along the riverside to harness the sewage last year.
In addition, along the North Han River, the river name and the phone number and the name of the supervisor were written on the information boards. Once detecting pollution, citizens can report the problem freely.
“A year after nominating the river supervisors, the water pollution in Haidian district has reduced by sixty percent,” the officials said, adding that a third party was employed yearly to examine and confirm the supervisors’ work.
