The Pros And Cons Of Water Pollution

The government must do something to improve the situation, and in the past decade, it did make an effort. There were rules and policies dealing with the environmental problems. For example, in 1984 and 1985, two policies “Provisions on Effluent Charges and Fines of Shanghai” and “Rule of Shanghai Huangpu River on Protection of Upriver Water Resources” were issued (Wang, Da, Song and Li). But producing general regulations is merely the very first step, and there are a lot more to consider. On a spanned period, the authority in New York City implemented different programs to protect the watershed in order to improve drinking water. In this case, Shanghai government and environmental organizations can definitely learn from them.

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Air pollution, which can affect people’s respiratory systems, should be highlighted in both cities. The authority should focus more on particulate matters (PM2.5 and PM10) as they are emitted from not only factories but also vehicles. Industrial areas need monitoring, as they are the main sources of pollutants. Another problem water pollution is directly related to human beings lives. Ensuring water quality is the job of government because they are the ones who have the rights to control industrial sewages. Last but not least, soils, which have an indirect relation to humans’ bodies, need protection from heavy metals. Farming organizations should use a new method of farming to minimize the harm from contaminating earth and find ways to avoid soil degradation. For Shanghai and many other cities that are processing urbanization, it is significant for them to find a balance between economic growths and environment protection. By studying the historic expand of urbanization in cities from developed countries such as the US and France, developing cities such as Shanghai and Mumbai can learn lessons from their experience and environmental sufferings. As the urban rate keeps increasing all over the world, governments have to consider the environmental aftermath of urbanization and try to have a smarter urban design before transforming rural areas to cities. They should remember that the traditional developing route “polluting first, treatment after” needs