6位国内领军水污染控制专家recently launched the initiative to establish China's first sewage treatment concept factory project. Currently, there are over 3,800 urban sewage treatment plants in China, with a total processing capacity comparable to that of the United States. However, they still face numerous outstanding issues such as high energy consumption and large amounts of sludge production during treatment, as well as water quality standards that cannot be fully met for environmental protection.
At the beginning of this year, six renowned experts in the field of water pollution control - Qiu Jiuhui, Wang Kaijun, Wang Hongchen, Yu Gang, Ke Bing and Yu Hanqing - jointly established the "Expert Committee on Sewage Treatment Concept Factory" in China. They plan to apply global cutting-edge concepts and advanced technologies over a period of about five years to build and put into operation one or three sewage treatment concept factories.
"The concept factory aims to create an environment-friendly construction goal focusing on sustainable water quality forever," said Qiu Jiuhui from Chinese Academy of Engineering and Researcher at Chinese Academy of Sciences' Ecological Environment Research Center. The concept factory is expected to reduce social energy consumption by 1%. According to Wang Jinan from National Environmental Protection Bureau's Environmental Planning Institute (also serving as Chief Engineer), "The concept factory is very meaningful exploration for us." He also suggested incorporating elements like internal rate of return calculation based on energy saving measures into design planning for sewage plants.
As reported by 2012 data up until December 31st., Beijing had 41 major wastewater treatment plants and 50 small-scale urban wastewater treatment facilities with a daily handling capacity reaching nearly 389 million cubic meters/day. By end-2015 Beijing plans completion projects including constructing 47 secondary treated water factories along with laying down approximately1290 km long sewer lines plus484 km long recycled water pipelines; thus achieving a city-wide waste-water processing rate exceeding90%. Expected by end-2015 year-end will see an additional increase in Beijing’s wastewater processing ability reaching228 million cubic meters/day; central district's waste-water process rate set at98%.
By building these conceptual factories within five years using cutting-edge technology from around the world while addressing past shortcomings effectively through efficient resource recycling processes – which could help minimize carbon footprint further – we can ensure future readiness not only locally but nationwide in terms enhancing overall efficiency within our environmental management systems across all levels!