Easen International Co., Ltd. signed a consulting service contract for the Hubei Huanggang Urban Environmental Comprehensive Treatment Project with an Asian Development Bank loan in April 2016.
The goal of this project is to promote the urbanization process of environmental sustainability and social inclusion in Huanggang City, Hubei Province, China by improving urban infrastructure construction and management services. This project will support the capacity development of urban river and lake environmental improvement, solid waste management, urban road and related public facility networks, and related urban services.
The project plans to utilize a loan of 100 million US dollars from the Asian Development Bank, and is expected to be executed from April 2016 to August 2020.
As part of the project capacity building project, the environmental protection department of Huanggang City will develop a water quality monitoring and forecasting system for the upper reaches of Xingfu River, as well as Baitan and Chiye Lake, and use it for systematic and sustainable water quality management. The system will be based on hydraulic and water quality models developed during project preparation, with great potential for replication. It can be disseminated as a good practice for sustainable pollution control and ecological protection, applicable to pollution and clogged urban lakes in small and medium-sized cities along the Yangtze River and other regions of China
This project includes three sub projects: (i) Urban Lake and River Improvement sub project, (ii) Solid Waste Management sub project, and (iii) Capacity Development and Institutional Strengthening sub project.