IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/jeapmx/v05y2003i04ns1464333203001504.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Strategic Environmental Assessment (Sea) Of Wastewater Reuse Policy: A Case Study From Tianjin In China

Author

Listed:
  • XU HE

    (United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Study, 53-67, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8304, Japan)

  • ZHU TAN

    (Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P.R. China)

  • DAI SHUGUI

    (Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P.R. China)

Abstract

China is one of the thirteen countries in the world that lacks water. Rapid economic growth and urbanisation over the past two decades have exerted enormous pressure on China's water resources. The shortage of water resources and serious water pollution have become important factors restraining the sustainable development in the cities. Wastewater reuse has been proven to prevent water pollution and ameliorate the pressure on the water environment. Moreover, wastewater reuse can make up for the lack of funds in wastewater treatment. So, wastewater reuse is a viable choice to realise the sustainable utilisation of water resource in China. There still remain many uncertainties in wastewater reuse. It is strongly recommended that a wastewater reuse policy be pushed forward considering the necessity and the implications to society, the economy and the environment. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is seen as an important tool for integrating the environmental factors into decision-making. This paper illustrates a case study for SEA — aimed at Tianjin Wastewater Reuse Policy (TWRP). The process of SEA at the policy level and the related problems are presented within this case study. It provides a good framework for carrying out SEA of waste reuse at the national level. The study will support the Chinese Government in developing a national strategy on urban wastewater reuse through an investigation of the existing situations, evaluation of policy options in different areas, and offering recommendations.

Suggested Citation

  • Xu He & Zhu Tan & Dai Shugui, 2003. "Strategic Environmental Assessment (Sea) Of Wastewater Reuse Policy: A Case Study From Tianjin In China," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(04), pages 503-521.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:05:y:2003:i:04:n:s1464333203001504
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333203001504
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1464333203001504
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S1464333203001504?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Debaere, Peter & Kurzendoerfer, Amanda, 2015. "Decomposing U.S. Water Use Since 1950. Is the U.S. Experience Replicable?," CEPR Discussion Papers 10573, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:05:y:2003:i:04:n:s1464333203001504. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscinet.com/jeapm/jeapm.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.