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A |     受台风“白海豚”带来的持续强降雨影响，富阳区岩石岭水库水位快速上涨，8月9日夜间，在保障大坝工程安全的前提下开启有序泄洪，全力减轻下游河道防洪压力。

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    An aerial drone photo taken in October 2025 shows a view of the Dongshan pocket park in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua)When 72-year-old Shi Jikun opened his windows at home in Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province, he used to hear the repeated thud of balls and blowing of whistles from an indoor sports venue near his residential community.
"During the day, I didn't dare open the windows," Shi said, recalling years when the noise disrupted his daily routine.
The sports venue has since undergone two rounds of soundproofing. Sound-absorbing materials were installed on its walls, while double-glazed soundproof windows were fitted along the side facing the residential area.
The noise has eased. "The neighborhood is quiet now, making everyday life much more comfortable," Shi noted.
Shi's experience is part of a broader move underway across China to tackle one of the less obvious costs of urbanization: the growing amount of noise packed into increasingly dense neighborhoods.
As cities expand, the likes of homes, roads, businesses, construction sites and recreational spaces are often crammed together. China has, notably, been testing a neighborhood-level response to this challenge via the development of "quiet communities," combining physical upgrades with local management and mediation.
This initiative was launched as a national pilot project in May 2023. By the end of 2025, a total of 3,272 quiet communities had been built nationwide, benefiting more than 2.4 million households, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
This approach now also has a stronger legal footing. On Saturday, China's Ecological and Environmental Code came into force, with a dedicated section on noise pollution prevention and control.
The scale of the problem is reflected in noise complaints. In 2025, cities at the prefecture level and above received about 6.83 million noise-related complaints, with social-life noise accounting for 73.2 percent.
Noise from neighbors, equipment malfunctions and disturbances from square dancing, a popular group exercise in China often held by middle-aged and older residents in public spaces, were among the most common issues raised.
China's quiet-community program is designed to address such problems before they become recurring disputes. "Quiet communities do not mean that there should be no sound," said Lu Lu, deputy head of the noise management division at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
The goal, Lu said, is to create a comfortable and harmonious living environment while balancing everyday activity with residents' need for quiet.
The solutions vary from place to place. In south China's Shenzhen, some newly built residential communities are incorporating noise control at the planning and design stage. Measures include low-noise pavements, vegetation buffers, separated pedestrian and vehicle routes, and automatic noise-monitoring equipment.
Older communities are using renovation projects to address noise concerns. In Xiaoshan District in east China's Hangzhou, Huiyu garden community replaced aging elevators and repaired drainage grates and other public facilities as part of its quiet-community program.
But physical upgrades alone cannot settle conflicts between neighbors.
At Fenglin Shunhe community in Weihai, eastern China's Shandong Province, residents, property managers, community officials and square-dancing groups agreed to end dancing at 8:30 p.m. The main lights in the square switch off at that time, signaling that it is time for the dancers to leave.
The key is to respond quickly to complaints and give residents and activity groups a way to negotiate solutions, said Jiang Chunyan, head of the neighborhood committee.
In another community in Shenzhen, property managers have gone further by treating renovation noise as a process to be managed proactively rather than a problem to be addressed after complaints arise.
Renovation work is divided into nine stages and mapped on a visual noise-management chart. Property managers use the chart to carry out targeted inspections as work progresses. Contractors are also required to work only during designated hours and under fully enclosed conditions.
The program still faces gaps in terms of regional coverage and long-term maintenance. Quiet communities remain concentrated in a few cities, while older neighborhoods and parts of central and western China have fewer projects. Some communities also face difficulties maintaining noise-control measures after initial upgrades are completed.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment plans to incorporate quiet-community development into China's noise pollution prevention and control work for the 2026-2030 period. It has called for regular inspections, dynamic monitoring and follow-up visits to ensure that measures remain effective.
Zheng Shanshan, an official responsible for ecological affairs in Hangzhou's Xiangfu Subdistrict, said the next step should extend noise management from individual communities to larger areas through tools such as sound-environment maps.
"Quiet communities are only a starting point," Zheng said. "We hope to create more quiet spaces across the city."
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C | 泄洪通道水流顺畅、行洪有序，各类监测设备实时运转，精准追踪水位与流量的动态变化。

D | 岩石岭水库削峰率超过四成据富阳区岩石岭水库管理中心工作人员钟群锋介绍，水库从前天23时02分开始泄洪，最大洪峰出现在昨天5时20分左右，达到水库最高水位53.36米，超过溢流坝1.22米。“岩石岭水库的闸门是藏在溢流坝下面的，所以，闸门如果拉起来，其实是挡水的。目前，闸门全部关闭，水全部从溢流坝上直接溢流。现在出库流量是139立方米/秒。泄洪三四天，水位能降到汛限水位以下。”钟群锋说。通过水库的调蓄削峰，削峰率超四成，有效缓冲了洪水对下游的瞬时冲击。针对公众关心的泄洪下游影响，水利部门明确表示，本次泄洪严格遵循汛期调度方案，下泄流量始终控制在下游河道设计安全行洪能力以内，正常情况下不会造成下游村镇、农田洪涝灾害。水库通过拦蓄调洪拉长了洪水下泄过程，避免天然洪峰直接冲击下游河道，大幅降低了沿线的行洪压力与灾害风险，当前下游河道水位整体平稳。下一步，富阳区将持续紧盯台风动向与水情变化，加密全区山塘水库巡查监测频次，遇险情第一时间启动应急处置，全力保障人民群众生命财产安全。余杭北湖分洪闸6个闸门全部开启受台风“白海豚”影响，8月10日1时40分，杭州苕溪流域瓶窑站水位涨至5.66米。8月10日8时30分，余杭区启用北湖滞洪区，北湖分洪闸6个闸门全部开启，通过分洪削峰，缓解东苕溪流域严峻防洪压力，保障区域防洪安全。余杭区地形复杂，东苕溪河道源短流急，极易引起水位暴涨暴落。

E | 西险大塘位于东苕溪右岸，是杭州西北部重要防洪屏障，也是守护杭嘉湖平原的最后一道防线。北湖滞洪区位于瓶窑镇张堰村，地处三苕溪汇流三角地带，总面积5.3平方公里，滞洪库容2050万立方米，是一个生态湿地，俗称“北湖草荡”。目前，西险大塘已先后实施加固工程，二次改造后的北湖分洪闸分洪能力由每秒315立方米提升至525立方米，为本次应急分洪提供了有力保障。北湖滞洪区定位是东苕溪的蓄洪专属空间，全部蓄满可容纳2000万立方米的水。相关部门表示，启用北湖滞洪区不会危及群众生命财产安全。北湖滞洪区就是一个天然生态湿地，没有人员居住，泄洪前相关部门也进行仔细排查，确保里面没有人员。8月10日8时，东苕溪水利工程运管中心拉响了分洪预警，提醒群众不要进入滞洪区，8时30分启动闸门进行分洪。

F | 北湖滞洪区启用之后，还会继续加强东苕溪、中苕溪、北苕溪的堤防巡堤查险工作，及时发现各类风险隐患。同时，余杭区林业水利局一支专家队伍下沉到了3个片区，及时进行研判处置，做到险情“抢早、抢小”。

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