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Urban Drainage And Sewerage Treatment Regulations

Original Language Title: 城镇排水与污水处理条例

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People's Republic of China promulgated by Decree No. 641

                     
The urban drainage and sewage disposal Ordinance on September 18, 2013 adopted at the 24th Executive meeting of the State Council, are hereby promulgated and, as of January 1, 2014.
                          Prime Minister Li keqiang
On October 2, 2013 regulations on urban drainage and sewage treatment

Chapter I General provisions article in order to improve the drainage and wastewater management to ensure safe operation of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, control of urban water pollution and water logging disasters, protect citizens ' lives, property and public security, the protection of the environment, this Ordinance is enacted.

Article planning for urban drainage and sewage treatment, urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, maintenance and protection, to the urban drainage, drainage and sewage treatment, as well as urban waterlogging prevention, this Regulation shall apply.

Third people's Governments above the county level shall strengthen the urban drainage and sewage treatment work leadership and urban drainage and sewage treatment works into the national economic and social development plan.

Fourth urban drainage and sewage disposal should follow and respect for nature, and manpower planning, construction, security, the principle of comprehensive utilization.

Fifth State Council Department of housing and urban-rural construction supervision and guidance of urban drainage and sewage treatment works.

Local people's Governments at or above the county level urban drainage and sewage treatment authorities (hereinafter referred to as urban drainage authority) is responsible for the supervision and management of urban drainage and sewage treatment in the administrative area.

Relevant departments of the people's Governments above the county level in accordance with this Ordinance and the provisions of other relevant laws and regulations, and within their respective areas of responsibility are responsible for urban drainage and related work of the supervision and management of sewage treatment.

Sixth the State encourages take many forms such as franchising, purchase of services, attract funds to participate in the investment, construction and operation of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities.

People's Governments above the county level shall encourage and support urban drainage and sewage treatment research, science and technology, advanced applicable technologies, processes, equipment, and materials to promote recycling of sewage and sludge and rainwater resource utilization, improve urban drainage and sewage treatment capacity.
  Planning and construction of chapter

The seventh Department of housing and urban-rural construction in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council, preparation of the national plan for urban drainage and sewage treatment, explicit national urban drainage and sewage treatment in medium-and long-term development objectives, development strategies, such as layout, task and safeguard measures. Town drainage competent sector with about sector, according to local economic social development level and geographic, and climate features, prepared this administrative of town drainage and sewage processing planning, clear drainage and sewage processing target and standard, displacement and drainage mode, sewage processing and regeneration using, and sludge processing disposal requirements, drainage measures, town drainage and sewage processing facilities of scale, and layout, and construction timing and construction with to and guarantees measures,; easy occurred waterlogging of city, and town, also should prepared town waterlogging control special planning

And incorporated into the administrative areas of the urban drainage and sewage treatment plan.

Compilation of urban drainage and sewage treatment plan of the eighth article, should be based on the national economic and social development planning, town and country planning, land use planning, planning and flood control planning of water pollution control and urban development and construction, roads, green areas, water systems and other special planning link.

Compilation of urban waterlogging control planning should be based on urban population and size, risk factors such as rainfall patterns, storm water logging, determines the waterlogging prevention goals and requirements, making full use of natural ecosystems to improve permeability and storage with rain delays and emissions.

Nineth drainage Department shall be prepared by the urban drainage and sewage treatment plans reported to the people's Governments at the corresponding level for approval implementing, and drainage Department of people's Governments of cities and towns at a higher level for the record.

Urban drainage and sewage treatment once the plan is approved for issue, should be strictly enforced because of economic and social development necessitates modification shall be submitted for approval under the original approval procedure.

Tenth local people's Governments at or above the county level shall be in accordance with urban drainage and sewage treatment planning requirements, increase the construction of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities and maintenance input.

11th urban and rural planning and urban drainage and sewage treatment plan of urban construction land drainage and sewage treatment facilities, without changing the application.

12th local people's Governments at or above the county level shall be in accordance with planning principles of construction, according to the urban drainage and sewage treatment plan, rational determination of construction standard for urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, integrated pipe network, pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, sludge treatment and disposal, utilization of reclaimed water, rainwater storage and emissions, construction and renovation of drainage and sewage treatment facilities.

Development and construction of urban district shall be determined according to the urban drainage and sewage treatment plan construction sequence, giving priority to construction of drainage and sewage treatment facilities; has not been built or have been built but does not meet the relevant national standards, should be carried out in accordance with the annual programme reform, improve urban drainage and sewage treatment capacity.

13th local people's Governments at or above the county level shall be in accordance with urban drainage requirements, combined with the urban nature and conditions, strengthening rainwater pipe network, pumping stations and rainwater storage, excessive stormwater runoff draining facilities construction and renovation.

New construction, renovation or expansion of municipal infrastructure projects should have rainwater harvesting facilities under construction, increasing green space, stone floors, permeable pavement and natural ability with rain delays, buildings, parks, squares, roads and other construction of rainwater harvesting facilities, reduced stormwater runoff, improve the ability of urban waterlogging control.

New construction and alterations of the old quarter, in accordance with urban drainage and sewage treatment plan of rainwater runoff control requirements related to the construction of facilities. 14th within the scope of urban drainage and sewage treatment plan of urban drainage and sewage treatment projects and needs connected with the urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, renovation or expansion projects, urban planning departments in the planning permit of construction land according to law, shall solicit the views of the Drainage Authority.

Design of urban drainage Department and sewerage programme meets urban drainage associated with sewage treatment plan and standard views. Construction unit should be connected according to the drainage design of building networks and other facilities not connect network facilities, shall not be put into use.

Responsible for urban drainage or its delegate shall strengthen guidance and supervision of the specialized agencies. 15th urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities after completion of the construction, the construction unit shall shall organize a final acceptance.

Acceptance, deliverables, and from the date of acceptance in the 15th, the completion report and related information reported to the Drainage Authority for the record. 16th urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities after the acceptance, by the Drainage Authority through public bidding, delegates determined in accordance with, inter alia, facilities maintenance unit is responsible for management of the condition. Franchise contract, commissioned operation contracts involve pollution cuts and sewage service charge, urban drainage authority shall consult the Director of Environmental Protection Department, Department in charge of price. State shall encourage the implementation of the urban wastewater treatment franchise system.

Specific measures shall be formulated by the competent Department of housing and urban-rural construction in conjunction with the departments concerned.

Urban drainage and sewerage facilities maintenance units should meet the following conditions:

(A) it has legal personality;

(B) engaged in urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities maintain appropriate funds for operational activities and equipment;

(C) equipped with operational management and safety management systems;

(D) the technical director and key position through professional training and examinations;

(E) there is a corresponding good operational experience in performance and maintenance;

(Vi) other conditions stipulated by laws and regulations.
  Chapter III drainage

The 17th local people's Governments at or above the county level shall be in accordance with local rainfall patterns and rainstorm waterlogging risk situations, combined with meteorological and hydrological data, building drainage geographic information system, strengthening the management of stormwater, improve urban waterlogging prevention level.

County above place Government should organization about sector, and units take corresponding of prevention governance measures, established town waterlogging control warning, and conferences, and linkage mechanism, play River line Hong capacity and reservoir, and WA Lake, and Lake adjustable storage flood of function, strengthening on town drainage facilities of management and river protection, and regulation, adjusting measures to local conditions to take regularly dredging dredging, measures, ensure rain emissions smooth, common do town waterlogging control work.

18th urban drainage authority should be in accordance with the requirements of urban waterlogging control planning, identify rainwater harvesting facilities-building standards, clear rainwater drainage district and drainage outlet, control storm water runoff. 19th except in arid areas, new construction should be introduced for rainwater and sewage shunting; the implementation of rainwater and sewage combined sewer area planning requirements should be addressed according to the urban drainage and sewage, rainwater and sewage shunting transformation.

Rainwater and sewage shunting transformation can be combined with the old city reconstruction and road construction.

In the rainwater and sewage shunting areas, new construction and alterations of the old quarter may not use rain water pipe network, sewage pipe network Cabel.

In the conditional region, should gradually promote the early rain water harvesting and processing, reasonable interception ratio, by setting the initial rainwater storage tank, construction of intercepting pipe way, strengthen the initial rain of emission control and pollution prevention.

20th urban drainage facilities within range of drain units and individuals shall be in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State discharges in urban drainage facilities.

In the rainwater and sewage shunting areas shall not discharge into water pipe network. 21st engaged in industry, construction, catering, medical and other activities of the enterprise, institution, individual (hereinafter referred to as water drainage households) to urban drainage discharges shall apply to departments of urban drainage effluents into the sewer permit.

Urban Drainage Authority shall, in accordance with the relevant national standards, with emphasis on the impact urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities the safe operation of the matter under review.

Water drainage households shall be according to the requirements of effluents into the sewer permit discharge of effluents.

22nd drainage applications for sewage discharge into the drainage network licences shall satisfy the following conditions:

(A) the discharge settings meet the requirements of urban drainage and sewage treatment plan;

(B) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State building the appropriate pretreatment facilities, water detection and water quality facilities;

(C) the discharge of waste water in accordance with national or local regulations on emissions standards;

(D) other conditions stipulated by laws and regulations.

Comply with the conditions prescribed in the preceding paragraph, by the Department of urban drainage effluents into the sewer permit issued by specific measures shall be formulated by the Department of housing and urban-rural construction by the State Council.

23rd drainage authorities shall strengthen the discharge settings and pretreatment facilities and guidance and supervision of construction of water quality, water quantity testing facilities; do not meet the requirements or relevant State provisions, drainage should be required to take measures to rectification. 24th drainage drainage entrusted by the competent monitoring body, should monitor the quantity and quality of water drainage discharge sewerage, and build drainage monitoring files.

Water drainage households shall be subject to monitoring, and provide relevant information. List of major units list of drainage water pollutant discharge monitoring devices that are installed should be networked with the Environmental Protection Department's monitoring equipment.

Environmental protection authorities monitoring data should be shared with the drainage Department.

25th due to urban drainage facilities maintenance/overhaul might affect drainage, drainage facilities maintenance operating units should be notified 24 hours in advance the relevant drainage; may have serious impacts on drainage, shall report to the Drainage Authority in advance, to take emergency measures, and announced to the public.

Sets article 26th manhole in motor vehicles on the road, should be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State building, its carrying capacity and stability in accordance with the relevant requirements.

Sewer manhole cover should have fall protection and theft prevention feature, meet the strength requirements.

27th article town drainage competent sector should according to national about provides established town drainage risk assessment system and disaster Hou assessment system, in flood Qian on town drainage facilities for full check, on found of problem, obliges units deadline processing, and strengthening town square, and overpass Xia, and underground structures, and shantytown, easy flood points of governance, strengthened drainage measures, increased necessary of forced drainage facilities and equipment.

Urban drainage facilities maintenance unit shall, in accordance with the requirements for flood control, to conduct a comprehensive inspection of urban drainage facilities, maintenance and dredging to ensure safe operation of the facility. During the flood season, Government flood control headquarters has jurisdiction should strengthen inspections on flood and found danger, to take immediate measures.

The relevant units and individuals in flood season and flood should be subject to the jurisdiction of the people's Government of the unified dispatch or supervision.
  Fourth chapter wastewater treatment

28th urban drainage Department and municipal wastewater treatment facilities maintenance operating unit signed a maintenance contract, specify the rights and obligations of both parties.

Municipal wastewater treatment facilities maintenance operating units should be in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations and maintenance contracts for maintenance operations, regularly open to the public for maintenance information, and accept supervision by the relevant departments and the public.

29th maintenance of urban sewage treatment facilities operating unit shall ensure compliance with the national and local emission standards may not be discharging substandard sewage.

Urban sewage treatment facilities maintenance unit shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State testing in and out of water, submission to urban drainage Department, Department of environmental protection sewage treatment water quality and quantity, reductions of major pollutants and other information, and in accordance with the relevant provisions and maintenance contract, to submit production information such as the operating cost of urban drainage authorities.

Urban sewage treatment facilities maintenance unit shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State submitted to the Department in charge of price-related information.

Town sewage treatment costs approved by the Drainage Authority, major reductions of pollutants should be considered. Article 30th maintenance operation of urban wastewater treatment facility unit or units shall secure disposal of sludge treatment and disposal of sludge to ensure treatment and disposal of sludge in accordance with the relevant national standards, the sludge treatment and disposal of sludge went, uses, dosage, such as tracking, recording, and reporting to the drainage Department, environmental protection department.

No unit or individual may unlawfully dumped, piled up, dropped, leaving sludge.

31st maintenance of urban sewage treatment facilities operating units are not allowed to stop sewage treatment facilities, due to reasons such as maintenance outage or part thereof to stop sewage treatment facilities, shall, 90 days before the Drainage Authority, environmental protection departments report.

Urban sewage treatment facilities maintenance operating units in the event of water quality and major changes in water can lead to water quality standard, or affect the safe operation of urban wastewater treatment facilities when emergencies, shall take immediate emergency measures and report to the urban drainage Department, environmental protection department.

Urban Drainage Authority or the competent Department of environmental protection after receiving the report, shall be verified in time.

32nd drainage unit and individual sewage treatment fee shall be paid in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Discharges to municipal wastewater treatment facilities, to pay sewage charges, stopped paying the sewage charges.

Drainage monitoring agencies receiving urban drainage authorities commissioned to engage in activities related to monitoring, not to maintenance operation of sewage treatment facilities and sewage charge any fees. 33rd sewage charges should be included in local financial budget management, for use in the construction of urban sewage treatment facilities, operation and sludge treatment and disposal and shall not be appropriated for other purposes. Standard of sewage charges should not be less than sewage treatment facilities and operating costs.

Due to special reasons, inadequate sewage treatment fees charged to defray normal operating costs of the sewage treatment facilities, the local people's Government subsidies.

Sewage treatment fee charging, usage should be open to the public.

34th local people's Governments at or above the county level shall the competent Department of environmental protection shall be in accordance with the urban wastewater treatment facility effluent water and conduct supervision and inspection. For urban sewage treatment facilities in urban drainage Department operations oversight and evaluation, and will oversee the evaluation, to the public.

The relevant units and individuals shall cooperate with.

Urban sewage treatment facilities maintenance operating units should be for the protection of access to safe operation of the monitoring system of water conditions. 35th Drainage Authority should be based on urban sewage treatment facilities maintenance unit maintenance contracts and environmental protection authorities for effluent from municipal wastewater treatment facilities water quality and quantity monitoring results, approved municipal wastewater treatment facilities operation services.

Relevant departments of local people's Governments shall be timely, adequate funds and operation service fee of municipal sewage treatment facilities. 36th article town drainage competent sector in supervision assessment in the, found town sewage processing facilities maintenance operation units exists not in accordance with legal, and regulations and about provides and maintenance operation contract for maintenance operation, unauthorized stopped shipped or part stopped shipped town sewage processing facilities, or other cannot security run, case of, should requirements town sewage processing facilities maintenance operation units take measures, deadline rectification; late not rectification of, or rectification Hou still cannot security run of,

Urban drainage Department maintenance contracts can be terminated.

Urban Drainage Authority terminates and urban sewage treatment facilities maintenance operating unit signed a maintenance contract, should take effective measures to ensure the safe operation of municipal sewage treatment facilities.

37th state encourages the regeneration of urban sewage treatment, industrial production, urban greening, road cleaning, vehicle washing, construction and landscape, should give priority to the use of reclaimed water.

Local people's Governments at or above the county level shall be in accordance with local water resources and water environment, rationally determine the scale of reclaimed water utilization and development of safeguards for reclaimed water use.

Recycled water into water resources allocation, local people's Governments at or above the county level shall strengthen water conservancy administrative departments guidance.
  Fifth chapter, facility maintenance and protection

Article 38th urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities maintenance operating unit shall establish and improve the safety management system, strengthen the manhole cover, drainage and routine inspections, repairs and maintenance of the sewage treatment facilities to ensure safe operation of the facility. Engaged in network maintenance, emergency water, underground and working in confined spaces, facilities maintenance operating unit shall arrange for specialized personnel for on-site safety management, conspicuous warning signs, take effective measures to avoid the fall of personal, vehicle, and heal in time manhole cover, ensure compliance with operating procedures and the implementation of security measures.

Special operations personnel, shall, in accordance with the relevant stipulations of the corresponding certificate.

39th local people's Governments at or above the county level shall be in accordance with the actual situation, shall organize the preparation of emergency response plan for urban drainage and sewage treatment, make overall arrangements to respond to emergencies, as well as the materials necessary for urban drainage.

Urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities maintenance operating unit this unit should develop contingency plans, equipped with the necessary emergency equipment, apparatus and drills are regularly organized.

40th drainage because of an accident or other emergency, discharge of waste water can endanger the safe operation of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, should take immediate steps to eliminate hazards, and inform the Drainage Authority and the Environmental Protection Department and other relevant departments report.

Urban drainage and sewage treatment after the occurrence of accidents or emergency, facilities maintenance unit shall start immediately the emergency to take protective measures, tissue repair, and timely report to the Drainage Authority and concerned departments.

41st Drainage Authority shall, jointly with relevant departments, in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State protection of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, and to the public.

Within the scope of protection, the unit engaged in blasting, drilling, pile driving, jacking, mining, soil might affect urban drainage and sewage treatment facility security activities should facilities developed with facility maintenance operating units, such as protection, and take the appropriate safety precautions.

42nd prohibits the following endangered urban drainage and sewage treatment facility security activities:

(A) destruction of, theft of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities;

(B) achieve, blocked drainage and sewage treatment facilities;

(C) the discharge into the drainage and sewage treatment facilities, the dumping of toxic, flammable, corrosive liquid waste and solid waste;

(D) to the urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities dumping waste, slag, slurry and other waste in construction;

(E) construction of tied up in urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, buildings, structures or other facilities;

(F) other activities endanger the safety of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities.

43rd new construction, renovation or expansion projects shall not affect the safety of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities. Before commencement of construction engineering, construction units should be identified within the construction of underground drainage and sewage treatment facilities in the relevant circumstances.

Urban drainage authorities and other relevant departments and units should provide relevant information in a timely manner.

Construction within the drainage network and other urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, the construction unit shall and construction units, facilities maintenance operating units work out facility protection, and take the appropriate safety precautions.

Projects need to be removed, changes of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, the employer should develop a programme of demolition, alteration, urban drainage Department audits, and bear the costs of reconstruction, alteration and interim measures. 44th drainage authorities above the county level people's Governments shall, jointly with relevant departments, enhance urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities operation and maintenance and protection supervision and inspection, and will examine the situation and the results to the public.

When conducting supervision and inspection, and the right to take the following measures:

(A) access to the site for inspection, monitoring;

(B) consult and copy relevant documents and information;

(C) were the units and individuals on the issues of supervision and inspection instructions.

Supervision and inspection of the units and individuals shall cooperate, shall not hinder or obstruct the supervision and inspection activities.

45th audit institutions should enhance urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities construction, operation, maintenance and protection of funds to raise, manage and monitor the use of, and publish the findings.
  The sixth chapter legal liability

46th article violation this Ordinance provides, County above place Government and town drainage competent sector and other about sector, not law made administrative license or handle approved file of, found violations or received on violations of reported not investigation of, or has other not in accordance with this Ordinance perform duties of behavior of, on directly is responsible for of competent personnel and other directly responsibility personnel law give disposition; directly is responsible for of competent personnel and other directly responsibility personnel of behavior constitute crime of, law held criminal.

Violation of these regulations, issuance of sewage discharge into the drainage network licenses, not conducting supervision and inspection after discharge permit, permits be issued to departments and their staff in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

47th article violation this Ordinance provides, town drainage competent sector on not meet statutory conditions of drainage households issued sewage row into drain network license of, or on meet statutory conditions of drainage households not issued sewage row into drain network license of, on directly is responsible for of competent personnel and other directly responsibility personnel law give disposition; directly is responsible for of competent personnel and other directly responsibility personnel of behavior constitute crime of, law held criminal.

48th in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, rainwater and sewage shunting area employer, the construction of rain water pipe network, sewage pipe network Cabel, the Drainage Authority shall order rectification, fines of between 50,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan; losses caused shall bear liability. 49th article violation this Ordinance provides, town drainage and sewage processing facilities cover range within of drainage units and personal, not according to national about provides will sewage row into town drainage facilities, or in rain, and sewage shunt area will sewage row into rain tube network of, by town drainage competent sector ordered corrected, give warning; late not corrected or caused serious consequences of, on units at 100,000 yuan above 200,000 yuan following fine, on personal at 20,000 yuan above 100,000 yuan following fine; caused loss of,

Shall bear the liability for damages.

50th in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, drainage effluents into the sewer permit is not made to the urban drainage discharges, the Drainage Authority shall order to stop the illegal practice, take measures of limited duration and replacement of sewage discharge into the sewer permit may be fined a maximum of 500,000 yuan; losses caused shall bear liability constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Violation this Ordinance provides, drainage households not according to sewage row into drain network license of requirements emissions sewage of, by town drainage competent sector ordered stop violations, deadline corrected, can at 50,000 yuan following fine; caused serious consequences of, revoked sewage row into drain network license, and at 50,000 yuan above 500,000 yuan following fine, can to social be informed; caused loss of, law bear compensation responsibility; constitute crime of, law held criminal. 51st article violation this Ordinance provides, for town drainage facilities maintenance or maintenance may on drainage caused effect or serious effect, town drainage facilities maintenance operation units not ahead of notification related drainage households of, or not prior to town drainage competent sector report, take emergency processing measures of, or not according to flood requirements on town drainage facilities for full check, and maintenance, and clear sparse, effect flood drainage smooth of, by town drainage competent sector ordered corrected, give warning; late not corrected or caused serious consequences of,

Penalty of between 100,000 yuan and 200,000 yuan; losses caused shall bear liability.

The 52nd in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, municipal wastewater treatment facilities maintenance operating units are not in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State testing in and out of water, or not submitted to the water quality and sewage treatment water, pollutant reduction information and production information such as the operating costs, the Drainage Authority shall order rectification can be fined a maximum of 50,000 yuan; losses caused shall bear liability.

Violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, municipal wastewater treatment facilities maintenance operating unit without stopping for municipal wastewater treatment facilities, and failing to report or take emergency measures in advance, the Drainage Authority shall order rectification and give a warning; it fails or serious consequences, fines of between 100,000 yuan and 500,000 yuan; losses caused shall bear liability. 53rd article violation this Ordinance provides, town sewage processing facilities maintenance operation units or sludge processing disposal units on produced of sludge and processing disposal Hou of sludge of went, and uses, and dosage, not for track, and records of, or processing disposal Hou of sludge not meet national about standard of, by town drainage competent sector ordered deadline take governance measures, give warning; caused serious consequences of, at 100,000 yuan above 200,000 yuan following fine; late not take governance measures of,

Urban Drainage Authority can specify a unit governance governance capacity, the cost borne by the parties; losses caused shall bear liability.

Violation this Ordinance provides, unauthorized dumping, and stacked, and discarded, and left sub sludge of, by town drainage competent sector ordered stop violations, deadline take governance measures, give warning; caused serious consequences of, on units at 100,000 yuan above 500,000 yuan following fine, on personal at 20,000 yuan above 100,000 yuan following fine; late not take governance measures of, town drainage competent sector can specified has governance capacity of units on behalf of governance, by needed costs by party bear; caused loss of, law bear compensation responsibility.

The 54th in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, water drainage units or individuals paying sewage charges and ordered to pay by the Drainage Authority, after refusing to pay, should pay a fee for sewage treatment 1 time more than double the amount fined a maximum of 3 times.

55th in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, urban drainage and sewerage facilities maintenance unit commits any of the following circumstances, the Drainage Authority shall order rectification and give a warning; it fails or serious consequences, fines of between 100,000 yuan and 500,000 yuan; losses caused shall bear liability constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with law:

(A) is not in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State carry out routine inspections, maintenance and conservation responsibilities to ensure safe operation of the facility;

(B) failing to take protective measures, the Organization of accident repair;

(C) because of the inspections, maintenance is not in place, causing manhole cover is missing, damaged, causing casualties and property losses.

56th article violation this Ordinance provides, engaged in endanger town drainage and sewage processing facilities security of activities of, by town drainage competent sector ordered stop violations, deadline recovery undisturbed or take other remedy measures, give warning; late not take remedy measures or caused serious consequences of, on units at 100,000 yuan above 300,000 yuan following fine, on personal at 20,000 yuan above 100,000 yuan following fine; caused loss of, law bear compensation responsibility; constitute crime of, law held criminal.

57th article violation this Ordinance provides, units not and construction units, and facilities maintenance operation units, common developed facilities protection programme, and take corresponding of security protection measures of, by town drainage competent sector ordered corrected, at 20,000 yuan above 50,000 yuan following fine; caused serious consequences of, at 50,000 yuan above 100,000 yuan following fine; caused loss of, law bear compensation responsibility; constitute crime of, law held criminal.

Violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, unauthorized dismantling, alteration of urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, the Drainage Authority shall order rectification, restitution or other remedies and fines of between 50,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan, causing serious consequences, fines of between 100,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan; losses caused shall bear liability constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
  The seventh chapter by-laws

Article 58th of the People's Republic of China Law on water pollution prevention and control regulations, water drainage households need to obtain a permit, issued by the Environmental Protection Department; violations of the People's Republic of China Law on water pollution prevention and control the discharge of sewage by the Environmental Protection Department punishment. 59th article of the regulations come into force on January 1, 2014.