A cleaner Sansha in store to mark 3 years
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Sansha, a relatively new city encompassing a number of South China Sea islands, will soon put its waste treatment facilities into use for the first time.
The project is aimed at addressing mounting sewage and trash generated by residents, tourists and businesses in Sansha, which celebrates its third birthday today.
Since the city was established to administer about 2 million square kilometers of islands and territorial waters, it has become home to hundreds of fishermen, government employees and troops.
However, landfills and discharges of untreated water have affected the environment, said Chen Rufeng, an official on Yongxing Island, the government seat.
“The new facilities are being tested and are expected to start operation before long,” he said.
A wastewater treatment plant on Yongxing is designed to cope with the amount of wastewater generated by about 6,000 people. It will also produce reclaimed water for cleaning roads and landscaping.
A garbage treatment project consists of a number of collection stations built on scattered islands, including a large collection and treatment plant on Yongxing with a daily capacity of 2 tons.
Life on Sansha’s islands has become more pleasant over the past three years, mainly due to improved infrastructure. In 2014, the local government managed to provide access to desalinated water and electricity, generated by solar power and gasoline, on all the inhabited islands.
Currently, a government-led project is helping accommodate fishermen who live in cabins that are vulnerable to storms.
Villas being built on the Yongxing and Zhaoshu islands are expected to house more than 100 families.
Since January, a supply ship has been bringing food and other necessities from the island province of Hainan, which is hundreds of kilometers away, up to twice a week.
Prior to that, a much smaller vessel made the trip once or twice a month.
The new supply ship also helps Sansha’s deep-sea fish reach more buyers in inland markets, sometimes as far as Beijing.
Though fishing remains a traditional pillar of the local economy, the Sansha government is encouraging more residents to switch to tourism, catering for the buoyant cruise industry.
This year, it has earmarked 10 million yuan (US$1.6 million) as financial support for people who want to start their own businesses, such as restaurants at scenic spots.
A store serving stewed duck neck on Yongxing’s Beijing Road has proved a big hit, with long queues nearly every night. “We made 5,000 yuan (US$805) a day, and we run out of stock often,” said manager Wang Sisi.
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