Problems identification of water function zoning and harmonious countermeasures

The shortages of current water function zoning (WFZ) in China was summarized and described as followings: Absence of implantation of integrated watershed management; ignoring the ecological water demands of aquatic ecosystems; neglecting the indicators and goals of water resource, water environment and aquatic ecosystems, and dynamic regulating of immediate, medium-term and long-term. Accordingly, based on the watershed management and the theories of water resource management, aquatic ecosystem integrity assessment, aquatic ecosystem services and ecological water requirement, three harmonious countermeasures were proposed to improve current WFZ and support China's water resource management in the future: Constructing the integrated watershed management module which stresses on source control; harmonizing human demands and aquatic ecosystem demands on water resource; and developing the new management indicators and goals, including water resources, aquatic ecosystem and water environment. The integrated system for water resource management was developed and the immediate, medium-term and long-term requirements were considered in the proposed system.EI03419-4222