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Administrative Measures On Groundwater Resources In Chengdu

Original Language Title: 成都市地下水资源管理办法

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(The 10 July 2007 Tenth Annual Meeting of the Government of the Metropolitan People (10 July 2007) considered the adoption of Decree No. 137 of 26 July 2007 of the Metropolitan People's Government Ordinance No. 137 of 1 September 2007)

Article 1
To enhance the management and protection of groundwater resources and to promote the rational exploitation of water resources, in accordance with laws, regulations and regulations such as the Water Act of the People's Republic of China, the Water Consequences and Water Costs Regulations of the People's Republic of China, the implementation of the Water Law of the Republic of China, the Sichuan Province, and the development of this approach in the context of urban practice.
Article 2
This approach should be followed by units and individuals that exploit, use, save, protect and manage groundwater within the city's administration.
This approach applies to construction of rainfall, air conditioning.
Article 3 (Management)
The municipal water administration is responsible for the development, use, protection and management of groundwater throughout the city and will enhance the management of mineral springs and geothermal water with the municipal land sector.
The territorial water administration authorities are responsible for the development, use, protection and management of groundwater within the current administrative area, in accordance with the management authority of groundwater resources. Of these, the area of the cushion, the gynaecology, the gynaecological area, the Vavu area, the development, use, protection and management of groundwater within the administrative area of the Winterland (with a high number of new areas).
Sectors such as construction, planning, environmental protection and land use are developed, used, protected and managed in accordance with their respective responsibilities, in coordination with the water administration authorities.
Article IV (planning)
The municipal water administration authorities prepare, use, protection planning for artisanal groundwater resources for development, use, conservation planning and post-commercial government approval.
The development, use, protection planning of groundwater resources should be coordinated with national economic and social development planning.
Planning should be undertaken to conduct integrated water resource visits and survey evaluations. Integrated study and survey evaluation of water resources is carried out by municipal and district (market) territorial water administration authorities in conjunction with counterparts at the same level.
Article 5
Where water is to be taken into account by any unit or individual, a water licence application shall be made to the water administrative authorities with the authorization authority.
The water administration authorities shall review the request materials within five working days from the date of receipt of the water request and address them in accordance with the following different circumstances:
(i) To request the material to be considered in full, in accordance with the statutory form and within the scope of the organ;
(ii) The submission of submissions is incomplete or the content of the application is not clear, and a one-time notice of the applicant's need to be added to the content of the proceedings; and the non-renewable material should be considered automatically withdrawn;
(iii) Not covered by this body, and the applicant is informed of the specific admissibility authority.
The approving body shall decide whether or not to approve it within 20 working days of the date of receipt of the request for water (excluding the time necessary for hearing and for consultation with the relevant sector). The decision should be approved and the request for approval should be issued at the same time.
The approval authority should seek advice from the urban planning sector within five working days from the date of receipt of the request for inputs and transfer of water approval authorities.
Article 6
Matters requiring changes in access to water licences by water units or individuals should be submitted to the pre-approval authority for the processing of change procedures, with the approval of the original approval authority.
Article 7
The water administration authorities, in accordance with the local water resource situation, water access units or personal water access plans, provide water access plans to water units or individuals in accordance with the principles of integrated coordination, integrated balance.
Water access units or individuals should be allowed to take water in accordance with the water-dependent water scheme approved by the water administration authorities.
For special reasons, water access plans should be adjusted and approved by the original approval authority.
Article 8
In one of the following cases, the water administration authorities should limit access to water units or individuals, and in a timely manner inform water units or individuals:
(i) For natural reasons, water resources cannot meet normal water supply in the region;
(ii) Access to water, removal of water has serious implications for the functional and ecological environment of water functional areas;
(iii) Geological hazards such as heavy groundwater overtake or ground sediment due to groundwater mining;
(iv) Other special circumstances requiring limitations on access to water.
Article 9
Water access units or individuals should install measurement facilities in accordance with national technical standards to ensure the proper operation of the measurement facility and to report water statistics in accordance with the regulations.
Access to water units or individuals are required to inspect and exchange water measurement facilities, and the water administration authorities should be verified by the water administration authorities by the water administration authorities.
Article 10
There is no strict prohibition on the acquisition of water-licensing units or personal wells.
The following information should be made available to the competent water administration prior to construction:
(i) Water approval documents issued by the water administration authorities;
(ii) The basic situation of construction units;
(iii) A well-established construction design programme (including use, wells, bathymetry, bathymetry, watersheds, the design of water harvests, well materials, etc.);
(iv) Other information provided by law, regulations and regulations.
Article 11
The water harvesting units or individuals are required to report the water administration authorities within 15 days of the date of cessation of use, closed and returned under the supervision of the water administration authorities.
There is a strict ban on the closure of watersheds.
Article 12
The following areas limit access to groundwater:
(i) The area of groundwater overtake;
(ii) Areas where groundwater is severely contaminated;
(iii) Areas covered by the Public Water Supply Network;
(iv) Areas affecting the security of buildings;
(v) Restrictions on the use of groundwater by law, regulations and regulations.
Article 13
The source of contamination, such as toilets, pits, garbage, is prohibited in the vicinity of the water well.
Article 14.
In the course of water harvesting, water-breaking units or individuals should immediately cease access to water, take appropriate protection measures and report to the water administration authorities in a timely manner.
Article 15
Water access units or individuals should pay water resources to the water administration in accordance with the relevant regulations, regulations.
Water resource costs are charged according to actual water consumption, and water measurement facilities are installed by the watertakers at the water point or by the water pipeline.
Article 16
Upon the determination of the amount of water resources paid by the water administration authorities, a notice should be sent to water units or individuals for the payment of water resources, and the water unit or individuals should pay their water resources within 7 days of receipt of the notification.
Article 17
Water resources costs should be fully incorporated into the financial budget, which is integrated by the financial sector in accordance with approved sectoral financial budgets, mainly for the development of water resources, conservation and management.
No unit or individual shall be permitted to detain, intrus or divert water resources.
Water administrative authorities, the financial sector and price management should enhance monitoring of water resource charges and use.
The audit body should enhance audit oversight of the use and management of water resources.
Article 18
In carrying out monitoring inspections, the water administration authorities have the right to take the following measures:
(i) To request the inspectorate or the individual to provide documents, notes, information;
(ii) To request the inspection unit or individuals to provide clarifications on the issues relating to the implementation of this approach;
(iii) To conduct investigations into the production sites of the inspectorate or individual;
(iv) The duty of the inspectorate or the individual to cease violations of this approach and to fulfil its statutory obligations.
The supervisory inspector should produce legal and effective administrative law enforcement documents when conducting oversight inspections. The units and individuals concerned should cooperate in the supervision of inspections and should not be denied or hindered the supervision of inspectors to perform their duties under the law.
Article 19
In violation of this approach, units and individuals have one of the following acts, which are handled by the water administration authorities according to the following provisions:
(i) The failure to obtain a water licence unit or an individual to take charge of the wells is correct; the refusal to change or have caused serious consequences could be fined by more than 3,000 dollars.
(ii) Deforestation, suspension or return of its water wells by the construction unit of a fine of up to €50 million each of its immediate peaks;
(iii) Excluding and re-recruiting of lost water wells, the period of time being converted and the fine of up to €50 million.
(iv) The establishment of a source of contamination, such as toilets, pits, garbage and garbage, within 30 metres of water wells, for a period of time, with a fine of up to €50 million.
In violation of other acts of this approach, laws, regulations have been provided for by them.
Article 20
In the performance of their duties, the staff of the executive branch are toys negligence, abuse of their functions, and provocative fraud, and are subject to administrative disposition by law, which constitutes a crime and hold criminal responsibility under the law.
Article 21
This approach is explained by the Office of the Rule of Law of the Metropolitan Government.
Article 2 (Actual date of application)
This approach was implemented effective 1 September 2007. The provisional approach to the management of matrical water wells, published by the Government of the Metropolitan People on 24 September 1982, was also repealed.