The surface of the renewed North Taizi Lake. [Photo provided to en.whkfq.gov.cn]
Visit North Taizi Lake Park and you will be hit by its vivid ecological landscape – transparent water, diverse vegetation, and the sounds of birds and frogs. You will also be astonished to learn the lake used to be a smelly pond just four years ago.
Located in Xinhua village in the Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone (WEDZ), the lake used to be used as a fish pond and gave off foul smells as it was filled with blue-green algae. The water eco-system had deteriorated, along with the self-purification capacity of the lake. Nearby residents would shut their windows in the summer to keep the smell out.
In March 2018, a water governance program was undertaken to clean up the lake. Its environment was improved through targeted actions, such as intercepting sewage, purifying the lake's bottom mud, planting useful water plants, and building an 8,000-square-meter artificial wetland that now acts as a convenient habitat for fish, ducks, frogs, and other creatures.
Landscape plants such as cattails, canna lilies, and thalia dealbatas have been planted around the lake as well, and a variety of aquatic vegetation has been planted to beautify and purify it.
