在 P. R 的三个峡水库区域的水银污染。中国应得特殊注意。我们在水库区域的重庆部分调查了当前的状况,识别了污染来源并且建议了为在这个区域的水银污染的补习和预防的一些建议。在重庆的大气的水银主要从煤烧和象灯和发烧温度计的各种各样的类型那样的包含水银的产品的版本。在重庆和 Changshou 的城市的排水,和来自在 Wujiang 河的更低的活动范围的高水银背景区域的流量在长江的水里贡献了大多数水银。责备的一个多数应该在 Wujiang 山谷在水银和金采矿上被生。我们建议了泼出陆地减轻土壤侵蚀并且阻止忍受水银的土壤跑进河,阻止包含水银的产品和改进基础结构的使用为减少水银版本收集包含水银的浪费的教育活动,为对待废水的更多的设备和提供分泌物的增加的要求的稳固的废物的 foresting ,并且变得在污染水银的土地选择了长期的植物专心于水银土壤。我们也建议了监视系统,增强的立法和保证持续努力在限制水银版本被投资,恢复水银在水库区域污染了土地和水的有效行政机制的奉献水质量的一致操作。
Mercury pollution in the Three Gorges Reservoir area of P. R. China merits special attention. We investigated into the current situation in the Chongqing part of the Reservoir area, identified the pollution sources and proposed some suggestions for the remediation and prevention of mercury pollution in this area. Atmospheric mercury in Chongqing was mainly from coal burning and releases of mercury-containing products such as various types of lights and fever thermometers. Urban drainage in Chongqing and Changshou, and runoffs from the high mercury background area in the lower reaches of the Wujiang River contributed most of the mercury in the water of the Yangtze River. A majority of the blame should be laid on mercury and gold mining in the Wujiang valley. We suggested foresting sloping lands to relieve soil erosion and prevent mercury-bearing soil from running into rivers, educational activities to discourage use of mercury-containing products and improved infrastructure to collect mercury-containing wastes for reducing mercury releases, more facilities for treating wastewater and solid waste to accommodate increased requirements of discharge, and growing selected perennial plants in mercury-contaminated land to absorb the mercury in soil. We also suggested concerted operation of a dedicated water-quality monitoring system, reinforced legislation and an effective administrative mechanism to ensure lasting efforts are invested in curbing mercury releases and restoring mercury contaminated land and water in the Reservoir area.