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Water Supply In Rural Areas Of Hebei Province Water Management Approach

Original Language Title: 河北省农村供水用水管理办法

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Chapter I General provisions

First rural water supply water to regulate the activities, protection of rural water supply water security, protect legal rights and users of water, under the Water Act and other laws and regulations of the PRC, combined with the facts of the province, these measures are formulated.

Article within the administrative area of the province engaged in rural drinking water source protection, water supply facilities, water management activities, these measures shall apply.

Water supply water in these measures refers to using the centralized water supply pipelines and their auxiliary facilities mainly for rural residents and units to provide water activities.

Third rural water supply is social welfare.

The people's Governments above the county level shall strengthen leadership of the rural water supply water to ensure water conservation, water quality monitoring, detection, emergency water supply financial investment, implement the relevant land, electricity, taxes, and other preferential policies.

Encourage development of urban and rural integration in the conditions of the water supply, water supply in peri-urban rural areas into urban water systems management.

Article fourth water Administrative Department of the people's Governments above the county level are responsible for rural water supply water management within their respective administrative areas.

Environmental protection, health, agriculture, the people's Governments above the county level development and reform, financial, land and resources, and other relevant departments according to the Division of responsibilities, rural water supply water management related work.

The township (town) people's Governments shall establish and improve the management system of water supply facilities, combined with superior water administration under the people's Governments, health, environmental protection, Department for rural water supply works related to water management.

Fifth article of any unit and individual have the protection of rural drinking water sources, the obligations of water supply facilities in rural areas, and the right to destroy or damage the rural drinking water sources, impeach and accuse any practices of rural water supply facilities.

Chapter II protection of water sources and water supply facilities

Sixth people's Governments above the county level should establish and improve the coordination mechanism for rural drinking water sources protection, promoting rural drinking water source protection areas or delineating the scope of protection.

Seventh people's Governments above the county level shall be in accordance with the relevant provisions and standards designated rural drinking water source protection areas, do not have the delineation of protected water resource conditions, people's Governments at the county level shall organize and delineating the rural drinking water source protection areas.

Article eighth people's Governments at the county level in the rural drinking water source protection areas and scope of protection boundaries set clear geographic landmark and visible warning signs.

Nineth County Water Conservancy administrative departments shall, jointly with relevant departments and township (town) people, conferences related to villagers ' committees, in accordance with relevant provisions of national and provincial designated water supply pipes of water supply facilities in rural areas, such as the scope of protection, the establishment of warning signs.

Tenth is forbidden in rural drinking water source protection and rural water supply facilities within the scope of protection to engage in the following activities:

(A) the removal of Earth, sand, piling operations;

(B) the discharge of toxic and harmful substances;

(C) the piled up garbage, feces and other waste, pollutants;

(D) engaged in livestock and poultry breeding;

(V) unauthorized alteration, removal or dismantling of the rural concentrated water supply facilities.

Chapter III administration of water supply 11th water supply in rural areas should give priority to protection of water, taking into account the water such as drinking water, garden production of livestock and poultry. May not be used for industrial production and intensive livestock farming.

Has centralized water supply in rural areas and round-the-clock water supply and banned new bring your own well.

12th centralized operation and maintenance of water supply facilities in rural areas (hereinafter referred to as water) is responsible for the water supply to the user.

Supply unit including the centralized water supply facilities in rural areas and by contracting, leasing rights to legally obtained by way of operation and maintenance of the other entity or individual.

13th people's Governments above the county level shall establish and improve the mechanisms of rural centralized water supply facilities operation and maintenance funds reasonably afford, by way of subsidies, water reserves, the implementation of maintenance fund system of centralized water supply facilities in rural areas.

Should implement the centralized water supply in rural areas of water facilities operation and maintenance funds, guarantee the normal operation and maintenance work.

14th water supply unit shall perform the following obligations:

(A) to meet national health standards for drinking water supply;

(B) to meet the water supply facility design requirements for water, water pressure and supply guarantee;

(C) in accordance with the relevant stipulations concerning collection of water charges;

(D) inspection, maintenance of water supply facilities;

(E) the establishment of water supply services telephone and announced to the public.

15th supply units shall purchase and use legally approved for production and to meet national health standards for water treatment equipment, water disinfection, water distribution pipes and drinking water safety and health products such as chemicals, disinfection measures taken to meet the requirements of the national and provincial water quality to ensure drinking water safety.

16th water quality testing system should be established in accordance with national standards of water regularly to County Water Conservancy administrative departments and health authorities report the test results.

Design water supply capacity in the daily water supply capacity more than 1000 cubic meters or 10,000 or more centralized water supply facilities, water supply units should set up a special laboratory, equipped with the inspection and testing equipment, raw water and finished water, water pipe network peripheral water quality index.

Other centralized water supply facilities, and units can be equipped with water supply and water supply capacity to adapt test equipment, can also be entrusted with qualified institutions to conduct water quality testing.

17th should be regular maintenance of water supply facilities, develop water emergency contingency plans, are not allowed to stop water supply.

Due to construction or maintenance of water supply facilities needed to temporarily stop water supply, water should be 24-hour advance notice to users; can't advance notice because of natural disasters or emergencies, should repair at the same time inform the user.

Cannot resume normal operation for more than 48 consecutive hours of water supply, water supply emergency water supply measures should be taken to protect drinking water needs of users.

Article 18th County Water Conservancy administrative departments shall make their respective administrative areas of rural water supply emergency response plan for emergencies in General and equipped with necessary equipment and emergency supplies, set up emergency rescue teams, emergency rescue teams and water drills are regularly organized.

The fourth chapter water management

Article 19th rural centralized water supply introduction of metering, implement basic water price and measure combination two-part water price of water prices.

Below the cost of reasonable water price, it shall adjust the price, such as failure to be caused by water policy-related losses, the county can give appropriate subsidies of water.

20th life should be particular difficulties of water users in water price to the appropriate discount, resulting in policy-related losses, the county-level people's Government shall give appropriate subsidies of water.

Article 21st water implemented a household one, according to the meter, water meter shall conform to the standards of measurement.

22nd users shall fulfil the following obligations:

(A) in accordance with the relevant provisions of national and provincial payment of water charges, shall not be in arrears and protest;

(B) not to change the nature of water;

(C) may be supplemented, removed or damaged water meters and other measuring equipment;

(D) shall not be stolen or transferred to other units and individuals for the supply of water.

The fifth chapter legal liability

23rd water administration under the people's Governments above the county level, environmental protection, health and other relevant departments and staff in violation of the rules, the direct responsible person in charge and other direct liable persons shall be given disciplinary action constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

24th in violation of the provisions of article tenth from the County Department of water administration in accordance with the following provisions; losses caused, compensation in accordance with law:

(A) in violation of the provisions of the first and fifth, rectification, and a fine of less than 2000 Yuan and 5,000 yuan;

(B) violate the provisions of the second, rectification, and a fine of 30,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan;

(C) violations of the provisions of the third and fourth, rectification; fails to mend, fines of between 10,000 yuan and 30,000 yuan.

Acts contrary to the provisions of this approach for rural drinking water source protection, provisions of laws and regulations have legal liability from its provisions.

25th water supply in violation of this regulation, in accordance with the following provisions:

(A) violations of the provisions of article 14th the first, by the County Health Department be ordered to rectify; fails to mend from 2000 Yuan and 5,000 yuan fine;

(B) violations of the provisions of article 15th, by the County Health Department be ordered to rectify; fails to mend, the fines of between 50,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan;

(C) violation of the provisions of the second paragraph of this article 16th, by the Department of water administration under the people's Governments at the county level rectification; fails to mend, the fines of between 50,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan;

(D) violation of the provisions of the first paragraph of this article 17th, rectification of water administration under the people's Governments at the county level authorities, and to a fine of up to 5,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan.

Article 26th user violates the provisions of article 22nd, by the Department of water administration under the people's Governments at the county level in accordance with the following provisions; losses caused, compensation in accordance with law:

(A) violations of the provisions of the second and fourth, rectification, and water-related user and other person a fine at 10 yuan per cubic meter, up to 100,000 yuan;

(B) comply with the third requirement of, a rectification; fails, fined not more than between 500 Yuan and 200 Yuan.

The sixth chapter supplementary articles 27th article this way come into force February 1, 2017.