Shaoguan Handed in a Beautiful Answer Sheet with 98.1% Rate of Air Quality！

During the whole year of 2023 in Shaoguan

The number of days with excellent and good air quality index is 358 days.

The excellent and good rate was 98.1%. Water quality of 11 major rivers in 34 manual monitoring sections and above

The excellent rate was 100%.

 

Recently, the Ecological Environment Department of Shaoguan City issued the "2023 Shaoguan Ecological Environment Bulletin".

 

About Air Quality

Air quality per thousand area in 2023, the annual average concentration of sulfur dioxide in urban ambient air in Shaoguan City (Hereinafter referred to as the "annual average") is 12 micrograms/cubic meters, the annual average of nitrogen dioxide is 14 micrograms/cubic meters, the annual average of inhalable particulate matter (PM10) is 38 micrograms/cubic meters, the annual average of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is 24 micrograms/cubic meters, and the 95th percentile of the daily average of carbon monoxide is 0.9 mg/m3 and the 90th percentile of the daily maximum 8-hour concentration of ozone is 126 micrograms/m3, all of which are superior to the national secondary standard. The annual air quality index of the whole city was excellent and good for 358 days, with an excellent rate of 98.1 percent .

 

The air quality in the city is good. Photo by Tong Tongshao  

 

 

About Quality of Water Environment：

In 2023, the comprehensive pollution index of water quality in Shaoguan City was 3.1267, ranking second in the Province; the improvement range of water quality index in Shaoguan City was 4.76%, ranking first in the Province, and the water quality of the whole city has improved. The water quality of 34 manual monitoring sections of 11 major rivers (Beijiang, Wujiang, Lujiang, Nanshui, Mojiang, Jinjiang, Maba, Yujiang, Xinfengjiang, Hengshishui and Datan) in Shaoguan City is 100%, which is the same as that in 2022.The proportion of class I was 2.94%, the proportion of class II was 88.24%, and the proportion of class III was 8.82%.

 

Both sides of the Lujiang River.

 

In 2023, Nanshui Reservoir of Shaoguan Municipal Drinking Water, Shiliting Reservoir of Wujiang (standby water source), Cangcun Reservoir of Qujiang District, Huashan Reservoir of Shixing County, Gaoping Reservoir of Renhua County, Longxian River of Wengyuan County (Yuandong Water), Waterfall Reservoir of Nanxiong City, Cangshi Reservoir of Nanxiong City (standby water source), 780 meters upstream of Zhangtan Gate Dam of Lechang City, Zhangxi Water of Lechang City (standby water source), The water quality of 12 centralized drinking water sources, such as Lugu River Reservoir in Xinfeng County and Baishuica Reservoir in Xinfeng County, has reached Class II or above, and the water quality is excellent, with the water quality reaching the standard rate of 100%, maintaining a stable standard.

 

The rippling Nanshui Lake. Photo by Zhong Hua

 

In 2023, the water quality of Nanshui Reservoir, the municipal drinking water source, is Class I, with a total standard water intake of 91.68 million cubic meters; the water quality of Shiliting Reservoir (standby water source) in Wujiang is Class II, with a total standard water intake of 4.92 million cubic meters; the water quality of Cangcun Reservoir in Qujiang District is Class II, with a total standard water intake of 26.85 million cubic meters.