China: WWF water management plan for vast textiles cluster
As part of the Chinese government’s clampdown on water pollution, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Changzhou National Hi-Tech District's Textile and Dyeing Industrial Park have signed a joint statement on promoting "innovation in water management".
The park is home to more than 300 manufacturers with a total annual output value exceeding $1.61 billion, who will adopt new approaches, including how to better manage consumption, conservation, drainage and learn how to reduce pollution.
A consulting team will advise on approaches to water management, and evaluate the industrial park's influence on the surrounding basin, transforming it into a “model”.
China's has issued its strictest water resource management policies yet through the ‘Action Plan on Water Pollution Prevention and Treatment’. It has closed hundreds of factories across all sectors since the introduction of the new controls last year.
