ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Water environment problem is one of the most important factors that restrict the development of national economy. With the growth of population and the improvement of urbanization, it is even more urgent to solve the water pollution and improve water environment. In recent decades, a lot of research has been done in order to control the water environment pollution and many governance measures have been carried out for some major lakes and urban rivers. The paper summarizes the successful experience of water environment management at abroad, such as the representative management cases analysis of the Rhine River, the Thames, the Biwa Lake. The paper analyzes the successful and not so successful cases in some main lakes in China and concludes their water environment governance measures, the present situation and existing problems. The paper provides reference for the future reasonable water resource utilization and protection in China.
