This open-access book addresses latest Sino-German results of the joint research efforts within
Major Water Program of the Chinese Government supported by German research funding. The Major
Water Program aims at the restoration of polluted water environments and sustainable management
of water resources in China. The joint BMBF-CLIENT project SINOWATER deals with three most
significant and strongest polluted Chinese waters the river Liao and the Dian-lake as well as
Tai-lake in the area of the metropolises Shenyang Kunming and Suzhou respectively. The
project was conducted by the Research Institute for Water and Waste Management at RWTH Aachen
(FiW) e.V. Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection Technical
University of Munich RWTH Aachen University German and Chinese companies (Martin Membrane
Systems AG Steinhardt GmbH Wassertechnik GuHong JT-elektronik bluemetric Huawang Water
EVU Group Atemis GmbH i+f process GmbH) in close cooperation with Chinese Academy of
Environmental Sciences Tongji University and the Dianchi Lake Management Authorities. Overall
the joint Sino-German research project SINOWATER provided solutions for the improvement of the
water quality in the mentioned water bodies as well as development and optimization of Good
Water Governance. These objectives could be achieved through the implementation of innovative
German water technologies and the optimization of water management elements in the fields of
industrial and municipal wastewater treatment as well as river and shallow lake management.
