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CCTV News (Focus Interview): In December 1999, preparations for the first flood prevention project in Mulanxi were basically ready. Tang Jinhua, then director of the Ministry of Water Resources and Hydropower, still felt that there were some problems.
Tang Jinhua, then director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Water Resources and Hydropower, said: "Although we have completed all the preliminary work, there are still many different views on the problems of the Mulanxi flood control project or construction, different opinions, and what to use to solve this. problem?"
In December of each year, there is a convention in Fujian Province. The main leaders of the five sets of the province will participate in the voluntary work of water conservancy construction in the winter and spring. The place of labor is usually selected in the suburbs of Fuzhou. This time, Tang Jinhua hopes to relocate the site to the construction site of the first flood prevention project at Mulanxi in Putian.
Tang Jinhua said: "I went to Comrade Jinping's office and reported to him how to arrange voluntary labor this year. Because he couldn't figure it out alone, leaders of several teams had to discuss it. As a result, he responded that afternoon. Yes, and schedule it. Tell me 27. "
12On December 27, 1999, the long-awaited first flood prevention project of the Mulan Creek by the people along the coast officially kicked off the construction of the project.
Comrade Xi Jinping said in an interview with reporters at the construction site of the Mulanxi Flood Control Project: "Today is the day when the flood control project in the lower reaches of Mulan Creek is started. Support the construction of the reconstruction of Mulan Creek, which will make Mulan Creek harm and benefit the people in the future. "
That night, Putian TV broadcast the news, which caused an unexpected social response.
Ye Jiasong, then Secretary of the Putian Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, said: "The cadres and the masses are basically unified. Everyone also feels that the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government are very supportive of this project. Provincial leaders have come to the scene to participate in labor, which proves that this project Yes, the province supports it. "
All the work of the first Mulanxi flood control project is being carried out in an orderly manner. The construction technology problems that everyone is most worried about, because the previous stage has undergone repeated expert demonstrations and tests, and progress is smooth. More than a month later, it was the Spring Festival of 2000.
Tang Jinhua: "Comrade Jinping came to the site of Mulanxi about ten times in a short period of time. After listening to the report and reading the materials, it is not enough. You must go to the site to go to the site for investigation, inquiry, and understanding. This is, When you decide to do it, you have to do it, have the responsibility, and do it well in a spirit of nailing. "
同时 At the same time as the construction of the Mulan Creek flood control project, another governance action around the entire Mulan Creek basin has been brewing and gradually being launched. Xianyou County is located in the upper reaches of Mulan Creek. Looking at the major events of the county party committee in 1997, there is such a record. "On the morning of August 7, Xi Jinping, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, led the responsible comrades of the relevant provincial departments to come to our county to investigate ... and instructed Xianyou County to pay more attention to environmental protection and ensure the ecological safety of Mulanxi waters while developing the livestock and poultry breeding industry. Yang Tianlin, then county magistrate of Xianyou County, accompanied this investigation.
Xianyou County at that time was vigorously developing livestock and poultry farming and had become the pillar industry of the county's agriculture.
Yang Tianlin, the mayor of the People's Government of Xianyou County, Putian City at the time, said: "A pond is dug on the side of the pig farm, and the manure water flows into this pond, which is picked into the field to make fertilizer, and of course it will penetrate into the river outside. Many The common people reported that the water in the well was dead. At that time, when Comrade Xi Jinping walked by, he walked calmly. We felt a taste, and we needed to cover it in some places. The taste of the pig farm was still relatively great. At the time, Comrade Xi Jinping also said something In other words, he said that your ecological protection of the Mulan River water environment is beneficial to your development of the enterprise, a contribution to your children and future generations, and to the people in the lower reaches of Putian. Do it well and do this article well. "
At that time, Yang Tianlin was the first to hear such a request from the provincial leadership. This time the investigation was still two years before the start of the Mulanxi Flood Control Project.
Wang Kaiming, a member of the party group of the Development Research Center of the Fujian Provincial People's Government at the time, said: "General Secretary Xi has been inextricably bound with Fujian since 1985. In more than 17 years, he has traveled throughout the mountains and rivers Through long-term thinking, he was determined to expand ecological governance, protection of the ecological environment, and the construction of ecological civilization to the entire province of Fujian. Therefore, at a governor's office meeting in 2000, he (then Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Governor (Xi Jinping) first proposed that any form of development and utilization must be based on ecological protection, and that the green mountains and green mountains of the Bamin Land should be used sustainably. "
末 In the late 1990s, Putian's economy was still relatively backward. From top to bottom, everyone took development, development, and construction as the top priority. How to make Mulan Creek "turn harm into benefit and benefit the people", most of the cadres' understanding only stays in the control of floods.
Ye Jiasong, then Secretary of Putian Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, said: "By the end of 2000, I made another report with Governor Xi (the then Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Governor), and he was very happy to hear that the project was going well. He It said that the governance project of Mulan Creek should be done one after another and should not be abandoned halfway. After the flood control was completed, the water environment of the entire Mulan Creek basin had to be treated. Second, he told us that the new river channel was opened and the old river channel could not be destroyed. "Because the old river channel is related to the entire Hanjiang Plain water system problem-the water system is formed in history. If the water system is destroyed, the local ecological balance is also destroyed, so you must pay attention to this problem."
Hong Xianghua, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National School of Administration) said: "Today, when we look back, General Secretary Xi Jinping's entrustment to the Putian Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government in the past shows that he has a scientific concept of river system management. The beginning of water security, water environment, and water ecology will take one after another, and it will take a long time to complete. This river of rivers can truly turn into harm and benefit the people. "
From this talk, the work on comprehensive management of water safety, water environment, and water ecology of Mulan Creek was formally put on the work schedule of Putian Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. In the past 20 years, the Putian Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have worked successively and successively, and have made great changes in Mulan Creek.
Li Jianhui, deputy secretary of the Putian Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and mayor of the Putian Municipal People's Government, said: "The idea of putting the people at the center is the blueprint you draw and the decision you make is in line with the wishes of the masses. The governance of a river basin is A system project cannot be completed in one, two, three, or five years, and it is not necessary to make such a quick success. However, it must be taught by the general secretary. The success must not be in me, but the success must be in me. This is a realm. You must have me for success. This is a kind of responsibility. How to do more foundational and long-term things, and then do it one after another, especially the new officer who must manage the old account and the science of his predecessor. "We are determined to move forward and continue to do a good job."
建设 From the beginning of construction in 1999, to 2011, after 11 years of construction, the downstream of the Mulan Creek flood control project was finally completed. A total of 15.54 kilometers of river courses were renovated and 28.03 kilometers of new dykes were built. Since then, Mulan Creek has achieved flood return.
Putian Municipal People ’s Government Deputy Mayor Wu Jianming said: “At the end of 2011, after the completion of the flood prevention project in the lower reaches of Mulan Creek, the city ’s flood control standards had been raised to once in 50 years. We have calculated that in the past 8 years, Putian has suffered 61 games The rainstorm and the impact and impact of 35 typhoons, especially Typhoon No. 14 in 2016 and typhoons that caused major disasters to us in 1999 were similar, but the Mulanxi flood control project has withstood the test without flooding. "
Typhoon Moranti in 2016 happened to encounter the astronomical tide again. The residents along the coast even took a rare picture of the sea tide and shrub orchids. However, the embankments on both sides of Mulan Creek were stable and there was no flood disaster. The Mulanxi flood control project not only realized flood return, but also rebuilt and expanded 18 sluices, and the 425-square-kilometer downstream Nanbei Plain was flooded every year. Now the drought and flood are protected, and vegetables are grown, and the income has increased several times. Those villagers whose land was demolished because of cutting and bending were included in the process of urbanization. Every family has lived in high-standard communities, and the collective economy has grown because of their own properties.
Lin Jinxing's shoe factory was founded in the early 1990s. At that time, the strength of the company was still very small. Typhoon No. 14 in 1999 brought a devastating blow to the company. The finished products, leather materials and equipment in the first floor warehouse were flooded. And lost millions.
The area where Lin Jinxing's shoe factory is located was the Hualin Industrial Development Zone in Putian City that was planned for development in the 1990s. At that time, although there was a lot of investment, there were very few companies that came. Later, it was found that all the plans touched It is a big problem of flood disaster.
The Huahualin Industrial Park is a depression, which is vulnerable to floods, so it has not formed a scale for a long time. After the construction of the first flood control project of Mulanxi, the supply of land suddenly appeared in short supply.
At that time, with the continuous advancement of the Mulan Creek flood control project, Lin Jinxing was keen to seize the opportunity, and they requisitioned land and built a new factory building.
In just a few years, the Hualin Development Zone has changed from an unpopulated value depression to a value highland where enterprises are rushing to settle in. The industrial output value of the park has doubled every few years, and now has reached more than 20 billion yuan.
The unruly Mulan Creek, after thousands of years, has finally been tamed. The Mulan Creek is safe, and the people along the coast will no longer suffer loss of life and property due to the flood disaster. On the contrary, the comprehensive management of Mulan Creek water safety, water environment, and water ecology is underway. In the process, gradually gain happiness.
Regarding the improvement of the water environment of the Mulberry Creek, it is necessary to start from 2000. In May of that year, Fujian Province held a provincial "one control and two standards" meeting for pollution control of the five rivers and two streams.
Li Zaiming, then the director of the Fujian Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau, said: "The Governor Xi (the then Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the Governor) talked about many of his own ideas. For example, he said that those who wantonly damage the environment are no different. Yu seeks to kill money. "
Ye Jiasong, then Secretary of the Putian Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, said: "After the secretary Xi (then the deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the governor) finished speaking, we also discussed this matter. My understanding is that the flood control has been completed and water pollution is very Seriously, it ca n’t be used anymore. To turn the harm into a benefit for the benefit of the people, if this water can be used, the waters must be treated. The water will only be valuable when it is used in the future. ”
At that time, more than 20 highly polluting enterprises and more than 40,000 livestock farmers of a certain size were distributed on both sides of Mulan Creek, which was only 105 kilometers in length. All sewage was discharged directly to Mulan Creek without treatment.
This "Five Rivers and Two Streams" pollution control operation including Mulan Creek was called "environmental protection storm" by the Fujian media at the time. Since then, while the flood prevention project of Mulan Creek has begun smoothly and water safety has been gradually realized, comprehensive improvement of water environment pollution has also been implemented step by step.
Putian City Eco-Environment Bureau Deputy Director Lin Lihuang said: "Since the 1990s, we have withdrawn from more than 20 enterprises with relatively large drainage and severe pollution, such as the paper industry, food industry, printing and dyeing industry. Documents were issued in 2011 to encourage the park These companies outside the city gradually gather in the park, mainly to solve the entire centralized control and centralized control of pollution in the park.
With the gradual improvement of the construction of the Mulanxi flood control project, more and more enterprises have landed in Putian, but regardless of the new and old enterprises, the requirements of government departments in the field of environmental protection have become higher and higher.
Government departments strictly control and strictly control. During the development of more than ten years, enterprises have also realized the importance of controlling pollution emissions and gradually become conscious behavior.
The treatment of sewage discharge cannot be accomplished overnight. It is a social system project. Where is the industrial sewage and domestic sewage going? When Putian City made the decision to comprehensively manage Mulan Creek in 2000, it was already in overall planning. At that time, the city did not have a sewage treatment plant.
He Jinqing, then head of the Putian Minzhong Sewage Treatment Plant Project, said: "At that time, Governor Xi (then the Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Governor) first proposed a strategy to build an ecological province in Fujian, requiring all cities to build sewage plants. Garbage plant. At that time, Putian's finances were very difficult, and the fiscal revenue was only over 1.8 billion. The funding difficulties for the construction of the sewage plant were quite large. The governor asked us to seize this opportunity to actively seek funding and solve the problem of funding. "
资金 Solved the funding problem. The construction of the Fujian Central Sewage Treatment Plant is fast. By November 2001, it was nearing completion.
He Jinqing, then the project leader of Putian Minzhong Wastewater Treatment Plant, said: "In November 2001, Governor Xi (then the Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Governor) came to Putian for inspection and came to the sewage plant site for inspection. It is said on the inspection road that now he does not look at the wide road and the main square, but sees the sewage plant and garbage plant. Because the sewage plant and garbage plant are the basis of urban development, they must be prioritized and supported. At that time, after he finished the construction, It was emphasized that special attention must be paid to the matching of the pipe network, because the synchronous construction of the pipe network solved the common problem of the sewage plant industry at that time, that is, the sun after the plant was completed. When the plant was completed and put into operation, it reached 60,000 tons of sewage. At the time, the plant was 80,000 tons. "
After more than ten years of construction, the scale of the Central Fujian Wastewater Treatment Plant has gradually expanded. The supporting sewage main pipeline is nearly 200 kilometers, the service area is 90 square kilometers, and the daily sewage treatment capacity is 240,000 tons. The tail water has reached the national level A standard. All domestic and industrial sewage in the urban area is collected and treated, and it is gradually extended to the surrounding countryside.
In more than ten years, four sewage treatment plants have been put into operation along the 105-km Mulan River. In Gaiwei Town, Xianyou County, upstream of Mulan Creek, there is a wetland park. Ten pools are arranged in turn. Each pool is planted with different types of aquatic plants. It is difficult for people who do n’t know the inside to imagine that this is also a Sewage treatment plant.
Fan Shigui, director of the Second Sewage Treatment Plant in Xianyou County, Putian City, said: "The water from our sewage treatment plant reaches the national level A standard. This water discharged into the Mulan Creek is in compliance with national environmental protection requirements, but the phosphorus The discharge of nitrogen into the Mulan Creek will cause a large increase in aquatic plants, called eutrophication of the water body. "
Unlike other sewage treatment plants, the site of this plant is located in the countryside, just a few steps away from Mulan Creek, and has certain geographical conditions. The Putian Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government proposed to plan and build a wetland park, artificially plant waterweeds, absorb nitrogen and phosphorus, and reduce the impact on the eutrophication of Mulan Creek water body.
尾 The tail water of the sewage treatment plant reaches Level A, which has already reached the high standard of the tail water of the sewage treatment plant. Many people think that it is not necessary to build another wetland park, but the Putian Municipal Committee and Municipal Government do not think so.
Lin Baojin, deputy governor of the Fujian Provincial People's Government and former secretary of the Putian Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, said: "The General Secretary proposed to treat both water disasters and the protection of the water environment. For the water in Mulan Creek, we proposed that the whole river basin should meet the third category Above. If the sewage treatment plant is discharged directly into the river, it is impossible to reach three
央视网消息(焦点访谈)：1999年12月，木兰溪一期防洪工程的准备工作已经基本就绪。时任水利水电厅厅长汤金华还是感到存在一些问题。
时任福建省水利水电厅厅长汤金华说：“尽管我们前期工作全部做完了，但是对木兰溪防洪工程上或者建的问题，还是有许多不同的看法，不同的意见，用什么来解决这个问题？”
每年的12月在福建省有一个惯例，省五套班子主要领导都会参加冬春兴修水利义务劳动，按照惯例劳动地点通常选在福州市的郊县。这一次，汤金华希望把地点改在莆田市的木兰溪一期防洪工程开工现场。
汤金华说：“我就到了近平同志办公室，给他汇报今年义务劳动怎么安排。因为这个他不能一个人说了算，几套班子领导都要议议的。结果，那天下午就答复说，可以，而且安排时间，告诉我27号。”
1999年12月27日，沿岸群众期盼已久的木兰溪一期防洪工程正式拉开工程建设的序幕。
习近平同志在木兰溪防洪工程开工现场接受记者采访时说：“今天是木兰溪下游防洪工程开工的一天，我们来这里参加劳动，目的是推动整个冬春修水利掀起一个高潮。再有就是，我们支持木兰溪的改造这个工程的建设，使木兰溪今后变害为利、造福人民。”
当晚，莆田电视台播放了这条新闻，引起了出乎意料的社会反响。
时任中共莆田市委书记叶家松说：“干部、群众的思想基本上比较统一了，大家也觉得省委省政府非常支持这个项目，省里领导都来现场参加劳动了，就证明这项工程是对的，省里是支持的。”
木兰溪防洪一期工程所有工作都在井然有序地展开，大家最担心的施工技术问题，因为前期经过了反复的专家论证和试验，进展顺利。一个多月之后，已经是2000年春节了。
汤金华：“近平同志很短一段时间内来到木兰溪现场大概不下十次，听了汇报、看了材料还不行，必须要自己到现场去踏勘、去问询、去了解。这就是，决定要做就要做成，有担当，以钉钉子的精神把这个事情做好。”
就在木兰溪防洪工程顺利建设的同时，围绕木兰溪全流域的另一场治理行动已经在酝酿和逐步展开。仙游县地处木兰溪上游。翻开1997年县委大事记，有这样一段记载。“8月7日上午，省委副书记习近平带领省有关部门负责同志来我县调研……嘱咐仙游县在发展畜禽养殖业的同时，更要注重环境保护，确保木兰溪水域生态安全。”时任仙游县县长杨添林，全程陪同了这一次调研。
当时的仙游县，正在大力发展畜禽养殖，已经成为县农业的支柱产业。
时任莆田市仙游县人民政府县长杨添林说：“猪场的边上挖一块池塘，粪便水就流到这个池塘里面，挑到田里做肥料，当然也会渗透到外面河里，很多老百姓反映水井水不行了。当时习近平同志走过去时他是很坦然地走，我们感到有味道，在个别地方还要手捂着，猪场的味道还是比较大的。当时习近平同志还讲了一句话，他说，你们对木兰溪水环境生态保护，就是对你们发展企业有利，对你们的子孙后代、对莆田下游的人民都是一个贡献，要好好做，做好这篇文章。”
在当时，杨添林还是第一次听到省领导这样的嘱托。这一次调研，还是在木兰溪防洪工程开工的两年前。
时任福建省人民政府发展研究中心党组成员王开明说：“习总书记1985年到福建以后，从此跟福建结下不解之缘，17年多时间里面，走遍了八闽大地山山水水，通过长期思考，他下决心把生态治理、生态环境的保护、生态文明建设扩大到了整个福建全省。所以在2000年一次省长办公会议上，他(时任福建省委副书记、省长习近平)就最早提出，任何形式的开发利用都必须以生态保护为前提，要使八闽大地的绿水青山得到永续利用。”
上世纪90年代末期，莆田市的经济还比较落后，从上到下，大家都把发展、开发和建设当作第一要务。如何让木兰溪“变害为利，造福人民”，绝大多数干部的认识还只停留在治理水患上面。
时任中共莆田市委书记叶家松说：“到了2000年底，我又跟习省长(时任福建省委副书记、省长)作了一次汇报，他听说工程进展很顺利，他很高兴。他说木兰溪的治理工程要一任接着一任干，不能半途而废；水患治理完了，还要对木兰溪全流域的水环境进行治理。第二条，他告诉我们说，新河道打开了，旧河道不能破坏，因为旧河道关系到整个涵江平原水系问题——水系是历史形成的，如果水系被破坏了，那么当地的生态平衡也就被破坏了，所以你们一定要注意这个问题。”
中共中央党校(国家行政学院)教授洪向华说：“今天我们回头来看，习近平总书记当年对莆田市委市政府的嘱托，可以看出他对水系河流系统治理的科学理念。治理一条水系河流要从水安全、水环境、水生态开始，需要一任接着一任干，需要久久为功才能完成，这条水系河流才能真正变害为利，造福人民。”
从这一次谈话开始，围绕木兰溪水安全、水环境、水生态的综合治理的工作，一项项正式摆在了莆田市委市政府的工作日程表上。20年时间里，莆田市委市政府一任接着一任干，前赴后继，终于让木兰溪发生了巨变。
中共莆田市委副书记、莆田市人民政府市长李建辉说：“要有以人民为中心的这个理念，就是你画的这个蓝图，作的这个决策，是不是符合群众的愿望。一个流域的治理是一个系统工程，不可能一两年、三五年就做成，也不必要这样急功近利。但是必须要有总书记讲的，功成不必在我，但是功成必定有我。功成不必在我这是一种境界，功成必定有我，这是一种担当。怎么多做一些打基础立长远的事，然后一任接着一任干，特别是新官要理旧账，要把前任定下来的科学的蓝图坚决往下推进，持续把它做好。”
从1999年底开工建设，到2011年，木兰溪下游防洪工程在历经了11年的建设后，终于全面竣工，共整治河道15.54公里，新建堤防28.03公里，从此，木兰溪实现了洪水归槽。
莆田市人民政府副市长吴健明说：“2011年底，木兰溪下游防洪工程建成以后，城市的防洪标准就提升到了50年一遇。我们统计了一下，近8年间，莆田先后遭受了61场暴雨和35个台风的袭击和影响，特别是2016年的14号台风与1999年给我们造成重大灾害的台风强度相似，但是木兰溪防洪工程经受住了考验，没有出现洪水漫溢。”
2016年的“莫兰蒂”台风，恰巧又遇到天文大潮，沿岸居民甚至拍到了罕见的海水大潮倒灌木兰陂的景象，可是木兰溪两岸堤防稳固，没有再出现洪涝灾害。木兰溪防洪工程不仅实现了洪水归槽，还新改扩建水闸18座，下游425平方公里的南北洋平原，过去年年被淹，现在旱涝保收，种植蔬菜，收益更是提高了好几倍。那些因为裁弯取直被征地拆迁的村民，都纳入了城市化的进程，家家户户都住进了高规格的小区，集体经济也因为有了自己的物业而壮大。
林金星的鞋厂创办于上世纪90年代初，那时候企业实力还很弱小，1999年第14号台风给企业带来了毁灭性的打击，一楼仓库里成品、皮料、设备都被淹了，损失几百万。
林金星这家鞋厂所在地区，上世纪90年代就是莆田市准备规划发展的华林工业开发区，可在当时，虽然招商力度很大，来的企业却寥寥无几，后来发现，所有规划都碰到了洪涝灾害这个大难题。
华林工业园区是一个洼地，很容易受到洪水侵袭，所以很长时间，没有形成规模。木兰溪一期防洪工程开工建设后，突然出现了土地供不应求的状况。
当时，随着木兰溪防洪工程的不断推进，林金星就很敏锐地把握住了先机，他们又征了地，盖了新的厂房。
短短几年时间，华林开发区就从无人问津的价值洼地，变成了企业竞相入驻的价值高地，园区工业产值每几年就实现翻番，如今已经达到200多亿元。
桀骜不驯的木兰溪，历经千年，终于被驯服，木兰溪安全了，沿岸群众不会再因为洪涝灾害而遭受生命财产的损失，相反，正在从木兰溪水安全、水环境、水生态的综合治理过程中，逐步获得幸福感。
木兰溪水环境的整治，还要从2000年说起，那一年的5月，福建省召开了全省“一控双达标”针对五江两溪污染整治的会议。
时任福建省环境保护局局长李在明说：“习省长(时任福建省委副书记、省长)脱稿讲了很多他自己的理念思路，比如他说，那些肆意破坏环境的人无异于谋财害命。”
时任中共莆田市委书记叶家松说：“当时习书记(时任福建省委副书记、省长)讲完以后，我们也议了这件事，我的理解就是说水患治理完了，水污染得很严重，照样不能用。化害为利，造福人民，这个水要能够用，必须对水域进行治理，治理到以后(能)用的时候这个水才有价值。”
当时，在长度仅仅105公里的木兰溪两岸，分布着20多家高污染企业，4万多一定规模的畜禽养殖户，生活污水全部未经处理直接排到木兰溪。
这一次的包括木兰溪在内的“五江两溪”治理污染行动，被当时的福建省媒体称为“环保风暴”。从那时起，在木兰溪防洪工程顺利展开，逐步实现水安全的同时，水环境污染的综合整治也一步步开始实施。
莆田市生态环境局副局长林荔煌说：“从90年代以后，我们总共退出了20多家排水量比较大、污染比较严重的企业，比如造纸行业、食品行业、印染行业。2011年出台文件规定鼓励园区外的这些企业逐步向园区内集聚，主要解决园区里面整个对污染的集中控制和集中治理。
随着木兰溪防洪工程建设的逐步完善，落地莆田的企业越来越多，但无论对新老企业，政府部门在环保领域的要求也越来越高。
政府部门严抓严管，企业在十几年的发展中也意识到了治理污染排放的重要性，逐渐变成自觉行为。
治理污水排放，并不可能在短时间内一蹴而就，是一个社会性的系统工程，工业污水、生活污水，究竟往哪里去？莆田市在2000年作出全面治理木兰溪决定的时候，就已经在统筹规划，那时候，全市还没有一座污水处理厂。
时任莆田闽中污水处理厂项目负责人何金清说：“当时习省长(时任福建省委副书记、省长)在福建率先提出建设生态省的战略，要求各个地市都要建设污水厂、垃圾厂。当时莆田的财政十分困难，财政收入只有18亿多，建设污水厂的资金难题相当大，连可研编制的经费都是欠着设计院的。刚好国家发行债券，扩大固定投资，省长就要求我们抓住这个机遇积极向上争取资金，解决了资金的难题。”
解决了资金难题，闽中污水处理厂的建设速度很快，到2001年11月，已经接近尾声。
时任莆田闽中污水处理厂项目负责人何金清说：“2001年11月，习省长(时任福建省委副书记、省长)来莆田检查工作，到了污水厂工地来检查，省长在检查路上说到，现在他下乡不看宽马路、大广场，要看污水厂、垃圾厂。因为污水厂、垃圾厂是城市发展的基础，是必须优先超前配套的。当时他看完建设以后强调说，特别要重视管网的配套，因为管网同步建设就解决了当时污水厂行业的通病，就是厂区建完以后晒太阳。在竣工投产的时候，就实现了污水进厂达到6万吨，当时这个厂是8万吨。”
经过十多年的建设，闽中污水处理厂规模逐步扩大，配套污水主管道近200公里，服务范围90平方公里，日处理污水24万吨，尾水达到了国家一级A的标准，不仅把城区生活和工业污水全部收集处理，还逐步延伸到周边的农村。
十几年中，105公里的木兰溪沿岸，已经有四座污水处理厂投入运行。在木兰溪上游的仙游县盖尾镇，有一个湿地公园，十个水池依次排开，每个池子里都种植着不同类型的水生植物，不了解内情的人很难想象，这竟然也是一座污水处理厂。
莆田市仙游县第二污水处理厂厂长范示贵说：“我们污水处理厂的水，出水是达到国家一级A标准，这个水排入木兰溪里面是符合国家环保要求的，但是磷跟氮排到木兰溪里会导致水生植物的大量增长，叫水体富营养化。”
与其他污水处理厂不同，这座厂的选址在农村，距离木兰溪仅咫尺之隔，有一定的地利条件。莆田市委市政府就提出，要规划建设一个湿地公园，人工种植水草，吸收氮跟磷，降低对木兰溪水体富营养化的影响。
污水处理厂尾水达到一级A，已经是达到了污水处理厂尾水的高标准，很多人认为再建设一个湿地公园，没有必要，可是莆田市委市政府却并不这样认为。
福建省人民政府副省长、中共莆田市委原书记林宝金说：“总书记当年提出既要治理水灾害，也要注重水环境的保护。木兰溪的水，我们提出全流域都要达到三类水质以上。如果污水处理厂排出来以后直接进河道，就不可能达到三类水质。让老百姓能够有一个更好的水环境，不是为了完成任务而完成任务，大家就要想办法，能够提升，进一步提升。认识到位了，再往前迈一步，就可以做得更好。”
当初，这座污水处理厂在拆迁征地的过程中，曾经引起村民的强烈反对，政府不断给村民做工作，还带着村民去参观其他污水处理厂，消除他们“谈污色变”的疑虑，前后花费了一年多时间。而建成这个湿地公园，从通知到征地结束，仅仅用了三天时间。现在，这个公园已经成为周边村民们茶余饭后最好的去处。
【编辑:李玉素】
