Biological Monitoring Study of Water Quality in the Waterways in Shanghai Metropolitan Area

Project Overview

Location:
Shanghai, China

Dates:
Feb 2005 - Dec 2006

Funding Body:
World Bank

Project Status:
Completed

The project aimed to review the status of the water quality monitoring programme in Shanghai Metropolitan Area, including the Huangpu River and its tributaries and the Changjiang River Estuary. The project assessed the scope for developing a biological monitoring programme involving riparian communities in urban and surrounding rural areas in the Shanghai region. The project included an assessment of the scope for developing a community/participatory monitoring programme that would focus on biological indicators as well as the organisation of a workshop with specialists in water quality and freshwater ecology. The biological monitoring programme, which focused on establishing bio-indicators, could then be adopted for assessing outcomes and biological impacts of the Shanghai APL Urban Environment Project.

• Biomonitoring Workshop, Shanghai China, 29th March 2006