About 1,000 sport and physical training clubs were established, including Tanjiquan clubs, health improvement clubs, and aerobic clubs.

In previous years, microbiological inspections detected most often contaminants as follows increased total or aerobic mesophyllic bacteria, E. coli and faecal streptococcus, while chemical analyses detected organic contents, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, iron, and other toxic matters (disinfection processes by products).

Other measures mentioned were the changing of landfill processes from anaerobic to semi aerobic collecting, sorting and processing of waste, introduction of modern biotechnologies of waste processing, and strengthening of control and reduction in the amount of organic substances stored in landfill sites.