Lawyer's Application for Groundwater Monitoring Public

The lawyers Huang Peiping, Han Shichun, and Ye Mingxin of the Beijing Yilian Labor Law Aid and Research Center wrote to the Ministry of Land and Resources on February 25 to disclose the detailed results of groundwater quality monitoring in 200 cities nationwide. Huang Leping said that the contents released by the Ministry of Land and Resources at present only provide a summary of the monitoring results, and neither the specific monitoring results nor the names of these cities have been announced. Recently, the issue of water pollution has attracted more attention, so the disclosure of relevant data is "imminent."

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Land and Resources Administration Hall stated that he had already received Huang Leping’s e-mail and he would respond in strict accordance with the relevant regulations and procedures. How to reply and whether to disclose the details of water quality monitoring should be decided after research.

In 2011, groundwater quality monitoring was carried out in 200 cities across the country. In May last year, the Ministry of Land and Resources released the 2011 China Land and Resources Bulletin, which announced the results of groundwater monitoring. According to briefings, 57% of the 4727 monitoring sites in the country's groundwater quality monitoring were poor-very poor. Compared with 2010, the total number of water quality monitoring cities with continuous monitoring data is 176, of which, 66% of the city's groundwater quality is dominated by stability, and the proportion of cities with better water quality and water quality deterioration is almost the same.

>> Link to apply for disclosure of soil pollution The Ministry of Environmental Protection said that the state secrets On January 30, 2013, lawyer Dong Zhengwei submitted two open applications to the Ministry of Environmental Protection for disclosure of soil pollution survey methods and data and other data.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Environmental Protection sent a reply, citing "state secrets," and refusing to disclose data on the investigation of soil pollution in the country.