China revises law on water pollution prevention and control.
The law was adopted after a second reading at the bi-monthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
Submitted to the committee for a first reading in December 2012, the new version strengthens government responsibility and supervision.
The law stipulates that emergency and back-up water resources should be set up in cities with single water sources and governments above the county-level should make public information of drinking water quality at least once a quarter.
Those who build sewage outlets in protected drinking water source areas will face a maximum fine of one million yuan.
At the beginning of the session, lawmakers also reviewed the first soil pollution prevention and control law.
According to the draft, all entities and individuals must prevent soil pollution, and will be held accountable for damage caused.
There will be national standards for soil pollution risk control.
China revised its law on air pollution in 2015, restricting various sources of smog and making environmental data more transparent.
The Air Pollution Control Law stipulates that a gasoline quality standards should be established and matched with restrictions on major pollutants.