摘要
A prominent mining company that discharged waste into a reservoir has recently felt the brunt of China＇s updated Environmental Protection Law, in a concerted commitment to clamp down hard on environmental polluters. In August 2014, the Huangchangping Mining Co. in central China＇s Hubei Province began trial production of pyrites without formal approval from the local environ- mental watchdog and dumped untreated waste water on nearby land. The toxic sewage seeped into groundwater that then flowed into the Oianzhangyan Reservoir, taint- ing the drinking water supplies for people living in Wushan and Fengjie counties in Chongqing Municipality neighbor- ing Hubei.
A prominent mining company that discharged waste into a reservoir has recently felt the brunt of China＇s updated Environmental Protection Law, in a concerted commitment to clamp down hard on environmental polluters. In August 2014, the Huangchangping Mining Co. in central China＇s Hubei Province began trial production of pyrites without formal approval from the local environ- mental watchdog and dumped untreated waste water on nearby land. The toxic sewage seeped into groundwater that then flowed into the Oianzhangyan Reservoir, taint- ing the drinking water supplies for people living in Wushan and Fengjie counties in Chongqing Municipality neighbor- ing Hubei.
