Zhucheng Wastewater Treatment Plant of Hubei-Jiangxi Business Area Named Wuhan’s Benchmark Enterprise for Pollutant Discharge Permit Management 2026-08-04

Recently, Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment officially released the list of designated enterprises for the 4th batch of benchmark enterprises for pollutant discharge permit management. Zhucheng Wastewater Treatment Plant under the Hubei-Jiangxi Business Area was successfully selected. Thanks to its standardized, refined and regulated pollutant discharge management, the plant is the only selected enterprise in Xinzhou District, fully demonstrating its solid strength in ecological and environmental management.

The selection of Wuhan Benchmark Enterprises for Pollutant Discharge Permit Management features stringent criteria, standardized procedures and rigorous evaluation. It serves as an important authoritative accreditation to measure enterprises’ standardized environmental management capacity. The whole selection process consists of multiple stages including voluntary application by enterprises, district-level merit-based recommendation, multi-round municipal review, comprehensive expert assessment and on-site inspection. Candidates must meet a set of strict requirements: complete and compliant environmental documentation, no environmental administrative penalties in the past three years, no major sudden environmental pollution incidents, efficient and standardized handling of public environmental complaints, and regular compliance in daily pollutant discharge permit management. Being recognized as a benchmark enterprise represents high recognition from local authorities for the company’s ecological governance and compliant operation.

During the evaluation, Zhucheng Wastewater Treatment Plant stood out from numerous competitors with a sound environmental management system, standardized operation and control model, and refined pollutant treatment capacity. Over the years, the plant has earnestly fulfilled its primary environmental protection responsibility, strictly abided by all provisions on pollutant discharge permit administration, and regularly carried out key tasks such as equipment maintenance, process optimization, pollutant monitoring and account management. It has built a comprehensive safeguard for ecological security and won high praise from the expert panel with rigorous and standardized management outcomes.

This honor as a municipal benchmark enterprise for pollutant discharge permit management is not only authoritative recognition of the plant’s environmental management work, but also solid proof of its commitment to ecological governance and green development. Going forward, Zhucheng Wastewater Treatment Plant will uphold its responsibilities as a state-owned enterprise, give full play to its professional operation strengths and exemplary benchmark role, continuously improve wastewater treatment processes, elevate the refinement and standardization of pollutant discharge management, and strive to boost the quality and efficiency of regional wastewater treatment. It will provide solid support for high-level ecological and environmental protection as well as green, low-carbon and sustainable development in Xinzhou District, Wuhan.