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Master Plan for Integrated Management of Water Environment in the Taihu Basin Revision Preface At the end of May 2007, the outbreak of water crisis in the Taihu Basin aroused great attention of the Party Central Committee and the State Council as well as the widespread concern from all sectors of community. According to the State Council’s requirements, the Development and Reform Commission, together with the relevant departments and local governments, made Master Plan for Integrated Management of Water Environment in the Taihu Basin in urgency to guarantee peoples drinking water safety and improve the quality of water environment in Taihu. In May 2008, the State Council officially approved and implemented it. Through the concerted efforts of all parties concerned over the past five years, the management of Taihu has achieved initial success in the aspects of drinking water safety, stable and good quality guarantee of the water environment. The short-term goals have been basically obtained which were determined in the Plan. However, the Taihu management has a long way to go. With the regional economic society development and in-depth management, the Taihu is faced with new situations and new problems to be solved. In April 2012, in order to consolidate the management results and improve the management level, the fifth plenary session of inter-provincial joint meeting on Comprehensive Management of Water Environment in the Taihu Basin proposed the Master Plan Revision. After in-depth investigation and study, the Development and Reform Commission, together with the relevant departments and local organizations technical forces, formulated Master Plan for Integrated Management of Water Environment in the Taihu Basin (2013 revision) (hereafter referred to as “Master Plan Revision”). The management area of the Plan covers 31,800 square kilometers in total, including Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and Zhenjiang City, 4 cities and 30 counties (cities, districts) in Jiangsu Provin