Poyang Lake Basin Town Water Environment Management Project

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The development objectives of Poyang Lake Basin Town Water Environment Management Project for China are to reduce the pollutant discharge into selected waterways, and improve management of water quality in selected counties in the Poyang lake basin within Jiangxi province. The project comprises of four components. The first component, institutional strengthening for water management includes following key activities: (i) establishment of the lake management platform (LMP) designed to strengthen the Poyang lake basin’s management, institutional, and knowledge sharing architecture; (ii) establishment of water environment monitoring systems; (iii) preparation of studies related to ecological protection of Poyang lake; (iv) preparation of sensitivity assessment of Poyang lake; and (v) enhancement of participatory sustainable lake basin management. The second component, lake and river restoration and improvement of wastewater management will restore river and lake environment for Yugan, Poyang, and Duchang counties and improve domestic wastewater system in Duchang, Jing’an, Fengxin, and Jishui counties. The third component, improvements in solid waste management will improve solid waste collection and transportation systems in the rural and urban areas of Duchang, Yugan, Jing’an, and Shangli counties, to reduce solid waste disposal to the lake and river systems of the Poyang lake basin. The fourth component, project implementation support will support the overall capacity of the project implementing entity to coordinate, manage, and supervise the implementation of the project.