... 2000, and shut down four of these (CIIS, 2002). Since 1986, the Simao Paper Plant and the Lanping Lead-Zinc Mine have been built on the banks of the Lancang (Mekong) River. In addition to these industrial ... zone between the upperand lower basins. The Mekong River Basin Diagnostic Study (MRC, 1997) and the State of the Basin Report (MRC, 2003) provide further information on the basin, its water- related ... abundant evidence of Page 7 An assessment of water quality in the Lower Mekong Basin imply that the water is polluted, only that there is evidence of human pressure on water quality. In some classification...