Chinese Water Systems - Volume 1: Liaohe and Songhuajiang River Basins

This book describes the huge efforts by the Chinese Government concerning the restoration and future sustainable management of Chinese water systems. It presents the results of a Sino-European joint project concerning the Songhuajiang-Liaohe River Basin (SLRB) in Northeast China conducted by the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany, and the Natural Environment Research Council as represented by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), UK. The book explains in great detail the development of risk assessment and corresponding management methods for (i) controlling water pollution, (ii) assessing river health and ecological restoration options, (iii) characterizing persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and (iv) protecting fragile groundwater resources. It also describes the implemented demonstration sites of SLRB during the project course as well as lessons learnt on efficient project management and the dissemination of knowledge and technologies.

Yonghui SONG, Prof., Dr.-Ing., Ph.D., is vice president of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES). He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of China in 1999, and his Dr.-Ing. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany in 2003. His research focus is on technologies for water pollution control and water environment management. He has undertaken over 20 national, ministerial and provincial scientific research projects as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator, has published over 380 journal papers and over 100 conference papers, and has applied for more than 60 patents and software copyrights. He received the Outstanding Research Team Award of the '11th Five-year Plan' of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), China, and the 2012 Award of the Ministry of Environmental Protection for Science and Technology. He was selected as the Youth Innovation of Science and Technology Leading Talent by MOST in 2012 and was elected as the Innovation of Science and Technology Leading Talent by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee General Office of China in 2013.