China deploys fish in algae-choked lakes May 7, 2008
CHAOHU LAKE, China - This sprawling, jade-hued lake in eastern China is pleasant enough on a cool spring day. But when spring warms into sultry summer, Chaohu turns slimy and stinky as algae fed by sewage, farm and factory runoff bloom, leaving it toxic and undrinkable ... 6 million silver carp fry into Chaohu Lake in February in the largest such project in China. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Fish by the ton used to fight pollutant-fed algae May 5, 2008
CHAOHU LAKE, China - This sprawling, jade-hued lake in eastern China is pleasant enough on a cool spring day. But when spring warms into sultry summer, Chaohu Lake turns slimy and stinky as algae fed by sewage, farm and factory runoff bloom, leaving it toxic and undrinkable ... 6 million silver carp fry into Chaohu Lake in February in the largest such project in China. (AZCentral -- News)
China to spend 30 bln yuan to clean polluted lake Apr 19, 2008
The country's major lakes - Taihu, Chaohu and Dianchi, which are water sources for millions, have been contaminated by algae blooms, which eat up oxygen in water which in turn leads to the deaths of water creatures and makes the water undrinkable. Editor: Sun Yunlong. (Xinhuanet, China)
Algae-munching fish clean up Chinese lake: official media Feb 22, 2008
More than 50,000 silver carp fry have been introduced into Chaohu lake and another 1. 55 million will be added in the next 20 days, said Wu Changjun, from the Chaohu Fishery Administration, according to the Xinhua news agency ... Chaohu, China's fifth biggest lake in the nation's eastern Anhui province, was last year overcome by the blue-green foul-smelling algae, threatening water supplies and destroying life in the lake. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Another $13.5 mln allocated to aid snow-hit areas Jan 30, 2008
Traffic policemen help vehicles pass the toll station of Bantangdao Entry of the reopened Hefei-Chaohu-Wuhu Expressway, Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 29, 2008. Over 2,000 vehicles were suspended in Chaohu due to the heavy snow in the past few days. (Xinhuanet, China)
China Sets 2030 Target to Clean Up Lakes Jan 23, 2008
Algae blooms have poisoned the waters of at least three major lakes, Taihu, Chaohu and Dianchi, which provide drinking water for millions. In a bid to tackle the problem all fish farms should be removed from the areas round the three lakes by the end of this year, and nitrogen and phosphorous removal facilities added or improved in all sewage treatment plants, the report said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Children at "growing risk" from diabetes Nov 15, 2007
A doctor teaches a lesson of diabetes to students in Huiwen Middle School in Chaohu, Anhui Province Nov. 14, 2007. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
China pays to save energy Aug 28, 2007
"A series of environmental pollution accidents, such as the outbreak of blue-green algae in China's major lakes - Taihu Lake, Chaohu Lake and the Dianchi Lake - this year have shown how difficult it is to sustain economic and social development if the energy-saving and discharge-reduction problems cannot be solved properly," he said. He said some local governments still take economic growth as the sole criteria for evaluating officials' performances and they have not introduced energy-saving... (Asia Times Online)
Blue-green algae sully reservoir in NE China Jul 16, 2007
In the last two months, blue-green algae outbreaks have been reported in Taihu Lake, Chaohu Lake and the southwestern Dianchi Lake, endangering domestic water supplies. On July 4, water supplies to 200,000 people in Shuyang county, Jiangsu Province, were halted for more than 40 hours after ammonia and nitrogen were found in a local river. (Xinhuanet, China)
New rules set for lake basin factories Jul 13, 2007
BEIJING, July 13 -- Discharges from various industries into the Dianchi, Chaohu and Taihu Lake basins will be lowered due to spreading algae that feeds on chemical-rich pollutants ... SEPA made the decision following a large-scale outbreak of blue and green algae this summer in China's big freshwater lakes - Taihu and Chaohu in East China and Dianchi in Southwest China - which threatened the source of drinking water for local residents. (Xinhuanet, China)
Premier stresses energy saving, pollution reduction Jul 10, 2007
Apart from Taihu Lake, blue-green algae outbreaks have been reported in Chaohu Lake and southwestern Dianchi Lake since May, and have threatened local tap water supply. Water pollution in the lake has aroused the concern of the central government, which has demanded that no more nitrogen or phosphorus discharging industrial projects be approved along the lake. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Agency stops projects on PRC's filthiest rivers Jul 5, 2007
The agency suspended industrial development in Chaohu, Bengbu, Baiyin, Banyannur, Weinan and Zhoukou cities, Hejin and Xiangfen counties in Shanxi. Projects at industrial parks in Wuhu, Lanzhou, Handan, Puyang and Shenxian County were also suspended by the agency. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ban slapped on polluting cities and industrial parks Jul 4, 2007
The cities are Chaohu and Bengbu in Anhui, Baiyin in Ningxia, Bayannur in Inner Mongolia, Weinan in Shaanxi, Zhoukou in Henan; and the two counties are Hejin and Xiangfen in Shanxi ... In Chaohu, for example, 18 of the 23 industrial plants checked were found releasing pollutants illegally into Chaohu Lake. (Xinhuanet, China)
Water quality a major priority Jul 2, 2007
Since May, blue-green algae outbreaks have been reported in eastern Taihu Lake, Chaohu Lake and southwestern Dianchi Lake. Pollution has largely been to blame. (People's Daily Online, China)
Lakes again under threat from algae Jun 22, 2007
Large-scale algae outbreaks are once again posing a threat to the drinking water supplies from Taihu and Chaohu lakes ... About 300 km to the west of Taihu, Chaohu Lake in nearby Province is also under threat of an algae outbreak ... The western part of Chaohu is said to be most at risk, and a tap water factory 3 km from its western bank stopped using it as a water source earlier this week. (People's Daily Online, China)
Two China lakes menaced by algae outbreaks Jun 17, 2007
Satellite pictures of Taihu and Chaohu Lakes in the country's heavily populated east showed canopies of blue-green algae covering big stretches of the lakes, the China News Service reported ... Experts warned the algae could expand to cover more of Chaohu Lake in neighbouring Anhui province, the country's fifth biggest fresh water lake ... As of Friday, algae covered about 800 square kilometres (309 square miles) or one third of Taihu, and 280 square kilometres (108 square miles) or one third of... (AlertNet)
Algae threat unlikely in Chaohu Lake Jun 13, 2007
BEIJING, June 13 -- A serious outbreak of algae in Anhui's Chaohu Lake is unlikely mainly due to imminent rains which dilute the concentration of the fast-spreading, foul-smelling plant, a senior environmental official said yesterday ... The satellite monitoring system yesterday showed patches of algae spread over 40 sq km floating on the 820-sq-km Chaohu Lake, a source of drinking water to some 260,000 people ... Zhang Bangguo, chief engineer of the Chaohu environmental protection bureau,... (Xinhuanet, China)
Blue-green algae discovered in another E China lake Jun 8, 2007
HEFEI, June 7 (Xinhua) -- More blue-green algae has been found in east China, this time in China's fifth largest freshwater lake - Chaohu Lake - in the eastern province of Anhui ... "The eastern part of the lake, which is the source of drinking water for the neighboring Chaohu city, meets the country's drinking water standards," Zhang said ... The Chaohu Lake experienced a blue-green algae bloom in July 2004 but it soon subsided after timely winds and rainfall. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's environment situation continues to deteriorate May 23, 2007
He said the situation of Taihu Lake and Chaohu Lake in east China and Dianchi Lake in Province had also deteriorated dramatically. With the Songhuajiang River taking the lead, there have been frequent reports of pollution in the major rivers and their tributaries in recent years. (People's Daily Online, China)
China's environment continues to worsen May 23, 2007
Pan also said that the situation of Taihu Lake and Chaohu Lake in east China and Dianchi Lake in Yunnan province in the southwest have dramatically changed. No other details were given about why the situation was declining. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
* World News Quick Take Apr 13, 2007
Lu Erxiang, who was allegedly drunk, killed himself on Wednesday at the site of his former home in Chaohu City, Anhui Province, as more buildings were being knocked down to make way for a shopping mall, the Jianghuai Morning Post said. A police officer who tried to stop him also caught fire and was still being treated for burn injuries, according to the paper. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Animal waste a heavy burden for environment Mar 3, 2007
A recent survey by Tsinghua University found agricultural production respectively accounted for 70, 60 and 35 percent of the nutrients (such as nitrogen and phosphorus) in China's three most polluted lakes Dianchi Lake in Yunnan Province, Chaohu Lake in Anhui Province and Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province. Cheng said animal and poultry waste made up a large part of the nutrients. (Xinhuanet, China)
Migrant workers have 20 mln kids back home Jan 29, 2007
A survey in Chaohu, in Anhui last year showed that migrating parents had left behind 116,000 children. About 952,000 people, including 55,000 couples from the paddy cultivation area, have migrated from Chaohu, according to Yu Zupeng, an official of the provincial committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, which carried out the survey ... Such children have little communication with their parents: most Chaohu migrants talk to their children over the phone just once or twice... (Xinhuanet, China)
