date:Apr 01, 2014
fragile marine environment, according to the SOA report. The administration rated the quality of 44,000 square kilometers (km) of coastal waters below Level IV the lowest level in the organisations rating system.
Inorganic nitrogen, active phosphate and fossil oil were the main pollutants, according to the report, pointing to damage caused by raw sewage, industrial waste and oil spills. Astonishingly, the report said that the quality of 88 percent of waters surrounding China's 431 coastal pol