【正文】 roval. Plans for preventing and controlling water pollution of basins of other rivers that run across provinces or counties shall be formulated, in line with the plans for preventing and controlling water pollution of basins of major rivers, designated as such by the State, and in light of actual local conditions, by the environmental protection departments of the people39。s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may establish their own local standards for the items that are not specified in the national standards for discharge of water pollutants. With regard to the items that are already specified in the national standards for discharge of water pollutants, they may establish more stringent local standards than the national standards. All local standards must be reported to the environmental protection department under the State Council for the record. Those who discharge pollutants into any water body for which local standards have been established shall observe such local standards. Article 8 The environmental protection department under the State Council and the people39。s governments at various levels shall be the organs exercising unified supervision and management of prevention and control of water pollution. Navigation administration offices of the munications departments at various levels shall be the organs exercising supervision and management of pollution caused by ships. Water conservancy administration departments, public health administration departments, geological and mining departments, municipal administration departments, and water sources protection agencies for major rivers of the people39。s Congress on Revising the Law of the People39。s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution (Adopted at the Fifth Meeting of the Standing mittee of the Sixth National People39。s Congress on May 11, 1984 and promulgated by Order of the President of the People39。s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution adopted at its 19th Meeting on May 15, 1996) Contents Chapter I General Provisions Chapter II Establishment of Standards for Water Environment Quality and for Discharge of Water Pollutants Chapter III Supervision and Management of Prevention and Control of Water Pollution Chapter IV Prevention of Surface Water Pollution Chapter V Prevention of Ground Water Pollution Chapter VI Legal Liabilities Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 This Law is enacted for the purposes of preventing and controlling water pollution, protecting and improving the environment, safeguarding human health, ensuring effective utilization of water resources and promoting progress of the socialist modernization drive. Article 2 This Law applies to prevention and control of pollution of rivers, lakes, canals, irrigation channels, reservoirs and other surface water bodies and of ground water bodies within the territory of the People39。s governments at various levels shall, through performing their respective functions and in conjunction with environmental protection departments, exercise supervision over and management of prevention and control of water pollution. Article 5 All units and individuals shall have the duty to protect the water environment and the right to supervise and inform against any pollution or damage to the water environment. Any unit or individual that has suffered damage directly from a water pollution hazard shall have the right to demand elimination of the hazard and pensation for the damage by the polluter. Chapter II Establishment of Standards for Water Environment Quality and for Discharge of Water Pollutants Article 6 The environmental protection department under the State Council shall establish the national standards for water environment quality. The people39。s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in line with the requirements of prevention and control of water pollution and the country39。s governments at or above the provincial level, together with the water conservancy administration departments and other departments concerned as well as the relevant local people39。s governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the approved plans for preventing and controlling water pollution of river basins, organize people to work out plans for preventing and controlling water pollution for their own administrative regions and incorporate such plans in the longterm, mediumterm and annual plans of their administrative regions for national economic and social development. Article 11 Relevant departments under the State Council and local people39。s government at or above the county level for approval. Article 15 Enterprises and institutions that discharge pollutants into a water body shall pay a pollutant discharge fee in accordance with State regulations。s government concerned and in light of the utilization functions determined by the State for water bodies of major river basins as well as the economic and technological conditions of the related regions, establish water environment quality standards applicable to water bodies of such major river basins within the provincial boundaries, and such standards shall be put into practice after being reported to and approved by the State Council. Article 18 Water resources protection agencies for major river basins determined as such by the State shall be responsible for monitoring the water environment quality conditions of such river basins within the boundaries of the provinces where they are located and shall, without delay, report the monitoring findings to the environmental protection department under the State Council and the water conservancy administration department under the State Council。s governments at