First, establish the control red line of water resources development and utilization. Strictly implement the water resources demonstration system for construction projects, and all those who start construction or put into production without authorization shall be ordered to stop; Strictly manage the examination and approval of water intake permit, and suspend the examination and approval of new water intake for construction projects in areas where the total water intake reaches or exceeds the control index. In areas where the total water intake is close to the control index, the approval of new water intake is restricted; Strict management and protection of groundwater, as soon as possible to verify and publish the scope of prohibition and restriction of exploitation, and gradually reduce the over-exploitation of groundwater, in order to achieve a balance between exploitation and compensation.
Second, establish a red line for water use efficiency control. The document calls for strengthening water-saving supervision and management, strictly controlling the construction of high-water consumption projects, and implementing the system of simultaneous design, simultaneous construction and simultaneous commissioning of water-saving facilities and main projects of construction projects.
Third, establish the red line of water function area to limit the pollution acceptance. In order to achieve this goal, the document proposes that, in accordance with the requirements of water functional zones, the sewage capacity of water areas should be strictly verified and the total amount of sewage entering rivers and lakes should be strictly controlled; Establish a water quality standard evaluation system for water functional areas, strengthen supervision and management of water functional areas, especially strengthen water source protection and monitoring, and effectively ensure the safety of drinking water.
Legal basis:
The State Council's opinion on implementing the strictest water resources management system
I. General requirements
(1) guiding ideology. We will thoroughly implement Scientific Outlook on Development, focus on the allocation, conservation and protection of water resources, strengthen the management of water demand and water use process, and speed up the construction of a water-saving society by perfecting the system, implementing responsibilities, improving capacity, strengthening supervision, strictly controlling the total amount of water use, comprehensively improving water use efficiency, and strictly controlling the total amount of sewage discharged into rivers and lakes. Promote the sustainable utilization of water resources and the transformation of economic development mode, coordinate economic and social development with the carrying capacity of water resources and water environment, and ensure long-term stable and rapid economic and social development.
(2) Basic principles. Adhere to the people-oriented principle, focus on solving the most direct and realistic water resources problems that the people are most concerned about, and ensure the safety of drinking water, water supply and ecology; Adhere to the harmony between people and water, respect the laws of nature and economic and social development, properly handle the relationship between water resources development and protection, take it as needed, do what you can and adapt to water use; Adhere to overall planning, co-ordinate living, production and ecological water use, and coordinate the relationship between upstream and downstream, left and right banks, main tributaries, surface water and groundwater; Adhere to reform and innovation, improve the system and mechanism of water resources management, and improve management methods; Adhere to local conditions, implement classified guidance, and pay attention to the feasibility and effectiveness of system implementation.
(3) Main objectives. Establish a red line for the control of water resources development and utilization, and control the total water consumption in China within 700 billion cubic meters by 2030; Establish a red line for water use efficiency control. By 2030, the water use efficiency will reach or approach the advanced level in the world, the water consumption per 10,000 yuan of industrial added value (calculated at constant prices in 2000, the same below) will be reduced to less than 40 cubic meters, and the effective utilization coefficient of farmland irrigation water will be increased to above 0.6; Establish a red line to limit the pollution capacity of water functional areas. By 2030, the total amount of major pollutants entering rivers and lakes will be controlled within the pollution capacity of water functional areas, and the water quality compliance rate of water functional areas will be improved to over 95%. In order to achieve the above goals, by 20 15, the total water consumption in China will be controlled within 635 billion cubic meters; Compared with 20 10, the water consumption per ten thousand yuan of industrial added value decreased by more than 30%, and the effective utilization coefficient of farmland irrigation water increased to more than 0.53. The water quality compliance rate of important rivers and lakes water functional areas has increased to over 60%. By 2020, the national total water consumption will be controlled within 670 billion cubic meters; The water consumption per 10,000 yuan of industrial added value is reduced to below 65 cubic meters, and the effective utilization coefficient of farmland irrigation water is increased to above 0.55; The water quality compliance rate of important rivers and lakes water functional areas has increased to over 80%, and the water quality of urban water supply sources has reached the standard in an all-round way.
Two, strengthen the development and utilization of water resources control red line management, strict implementation of total water control.
(4) Strict planning and management and water resources demonstration. The development and utilization of water resources should meet the requirements of the main functional areas, make unified planning according to river basins and regions, and give full play to the multiple functions and comprehensive benefits of water resources. The construction of water projects must conform to the comprehensive river basin planning and flood control planning, and be reviewed and signed by the relevant water administrative departments or river basin management institutions in accordance with the management authority. Strengthen the demonstration of water resources in relevant planning and engineering construction layout, and prepare national economic and social development planning, overall urban planning and layout of major construction projects, which should be compatible with local water resources conditions and flood control requirements. Strictly implement the water resources demonstration system for construction projects. The examination and approval authority shall not approve the construction project that has not completed the water resources demonstration work according to law, and the construction unit shall not start construction and put into use without authorization. In violation of regulations, it shall be ordered to stop.
(five) strictly control the total water intake in river basins and regions. Accelerate the formulation of water allocation schemes for major river basins, establish an index system for total water intake control covering river basins and administrative regions of provinces, cities and counties, and implement total water intake control in river basins and regions. All provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, according to the basin water allocation plan or the total water intake control index, formulate annual water use plans and implement the total water consumption management within their respective administrative areas according to law. Establish and improve the water rights system, actively cultivate the water market, encourage the development of water rights transactions, and rationally allocate water resources by using market mechanisms.
(six) strictly implement the water permit. Strictly regulate the examination and approval management of water intake permit, and suspend the examination and approval of new water intake for construction projects in areas where the total water intake reaches or exceeds the control index; In areas where the total water intake is close to the control index, the approval of new water intake for construction projects is restricted. The examination and approval authorities shall not approve the application for water intake for construction projects that do not conform to the national industrial policy or are listed in the national industrial structure adjustment guidance catalogue, and the products do not conform to the industrial water quota standard, but take groundwater through the self-provided water intake facilities of the urban public water supply network, and the groundwater has been seriously overdrawn.
(seven) strict paid use of water resources. Reasonably adjust the collection standard of water resources fees, expand the collection scope, and strictly collect, use and manage water resources fees. All provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government should pay close attention to improving the rules and regulations on the collection, use and management of water resources fees, and collect them in strict accordance with the prescribed scope, objects, standards and procedures to ensure that all receivables are collected. No unit or individual may reduce, postpone or stop levying water resources fees without authorization. The water resources fee is mainly used for the conservation, protection and management of water resources, and the acts of misappropriation and diversion of water resources fee are strictly investigated and dealt with according to law.
(eight) strict management and protection of groundwater. Strengthen groundwater monitoring and implement total groundwater intake and water level control. The people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, as soon as possible, verify and announce the scope of prohibiting and restricting the exploitation of groundwater. In the over-exploitation area of groundwater, it is forbidden for agriculture, industrial construction projects and service industries to replenish groundwater, gradually reduce over-exploitation and realize the balance between groundwater exploitation and replenishment. In principle, deep confined groundwater can only be used as emergency and strategic reserve water source. According to the laws and regulations, Fan Jianjing is approved and managed, and the self-prepared wells within the coverage of urban public water supply pipe network are closed within a time limit. Pay close attention to the preparation and implementation of the national groundwater utilization and protection plan and the groundwater hydraulic exploitation plan for the water receiving area, land subsidence area and seawater intrusion area of the East Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, and gradually reduce the exploitation amount.
(9) Strengthen the unified dispatch of water resources. River basin management agencies and water administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall formulate and improve water resources dispatching plans, emergency dispatching plans and dispatching plans according to law, and implement unified water resources dispatching. Regional water resources scheduling should obey the unified scheduling of river basin water resources, and hydropower generation, water supply and shipping scheduling should obey the unified scheduling of river basin water resources. Once the water resources dispatching plan, emergency dispatching plan and dispatching plan are approved, the relevant local people's governments and departments must obey them.
Three, strengthen the management of water efficiency control red line, and comprehensively promote the construction of water-saving society.
(ten) comprehensively strengthen the management of water conservation. People's governments at all levels should earnestly fulfill the responsibility of promoting the construction of a water-saving society, put water conservation throughout the whole process of economic and social development and people's life and production, and establish and improve the institutional mechanisms conducive to water conservation. Steadily promote water price reform. All kinds of water diversion, water transfer, water intake and water supply projects must first consider the water-saving requirements. In areas with water shortage and fragile ecology, it is necessary to strictly control the excessive expansion of urban scale, limit the construction of high-water-consuming industrial projects and the development of high-water-consuming service industries, and curb the large amount of water used in agriculture.
(eleven) to strengthen the management of water quota. Accelerate the formulation of national standards for water quota for high-water consumption industries and service industries. The people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, according to the targets set by the red line of water use efficiency control, promptly organize the revision of water use quotas for various industries within their administrative areas. Implement planned water management for units and other large water users included in the water permit management, establish a key monitoring list of water users, and strengthen water monitoring management. New construction, expansion and reconstruction projects should formulate water-saving measures to ensure that water-saving facilities and the main project are designed, constructed and put into operation at the same time (that is, the "three simultaneities" system). In violation of the "three simultaneities" system, the relevant departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level or the river basin management agencies shall order them to stop taking water and make rectification within a time limit.
(twelve) to speed up the transformation of water-saving technology. Formulate mandatory water-saving standards, gradually implement the management of water use efficiency labels for aquatic products, and prohibit the production and sale of products that do not meet the mandatory water-saving standards. Increase agricultural water conservation, improve and implement policies and measures such as industrial support, technical services and financial subsidies for water-saving irrigation, and vigorously develop high-efficiency water-saving irrigation such as pipeline water delivery, sprinkler irrigation and micro-irrigation. Strengthen the technical transformation of industrial water-saving and build industrial water-saving demonstration projects. Fully consider the water consumption and water-saving potential of different industries and industrial enterprises, and reasonably determine the water-saving target. Relevant departments should pay close attention to the formulation and publication of backward and high water-consuming water-saving technologies, equipment and products elimination list. Intensify water-saving work in urban life, carry out water-saving demonstration work, gradually phase out water-using equipment and products for public buildings that do not meet water-saving standards, vigorously promote the use of domestic water-saving appliances, and strive to reduce the leakage rate of water supply networks. Encourage and actively develop the development and utilization of unconventional water sources such as sewage treatment and reuse, rainwater and brackish water development and utilization, seawater desalination and direct utilization. Accelerate the construction of urban sewage treatment and reuse pipe network, and gradually increase the proportion of urban sewage treatment and reuse. Unconventional water resources development and utilization should be included in the unified allocation of water resources.
Four, strengthen the management of water functional areas, limit the pollution red line, and strictly control the total amount of sewage discharged into rivers and lakes.
(thirteen) strict supervision and management of water functional areas. Improve the supervision and management system of water functional areas, establish the water quality standard evaluation system of water functional areas, and strengthen the dynamic monitoring and scientific management of water functional areas. The layout of water functional areas should obey and serve the orientation of regional main functions, and conform to the development direction and principles of main functional areas. Strictly check the pollution capacity and strictly control the total amount of sewage discharged into rivers and lakes. People's governments at all levels should take limiting the total discharge of pollutants as an important basis for water pollution prevention and pollution reduction. Effectively strengthen the prevention and control of water pollution, strengthen the control of industrial pollution sources, increase the emission reduction of major pollutants, improve the urban sewage treatment rate, improve the water environment quality of key river basins, and prevent eutrophication of rivers, lakes and reservoirs. River basin management agencies should strengthen the monitoring of provincial water quality and quantity of important rivers and lakes. Strictly supervise and manage the sewage outlets entering the river and the lake, and restrict the examination and approval of new water intakes and sewage outlets entering the river and the lake in areas where the sewage discharge exceeds the total discharge limit of water functional areas. (fourteen) to strengthen the protection of drinking water sources. The people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall delimit drinking water source protection areas according to law and carry out the construction of important drinking water source safety guarantee standards. It is forbidden to set up sewage outlets in drinking water source protection areas, and the local people's governments at or above the county level shall order them to be dismantled within a time limit. The local people's governments at or above the county level shall improve the system of examination and approval and safety assessment of drinking water sources and publish the list of important drinking water sources. Accelerate the implementation of the national urban drinking water source safety guarantee plan and the rural drinking water safety project plan. Strengthen soil erosion control, prevent and control non-point source pollution, and prohibit the destruction of water conservation forests. Strengthen the emergency management of drinking water sources, improve the emergency plan of drinking water sources, and establish standby water sources.
(fifteen) to promote the protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems. The development and utilization of water resources should maintain the reasonable flow of rivers and the reasonable water level of lakes, reservoirs and groundwater, fully consider the basic ecological water demand, and maintain the healthy ecology of rivers and lakes. Formulate a national plan for the protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems, strengthen the protection of important ecological protection areas, water conservation areas, river source areas and wetlands, carry out endogenous pollution remediation, and promote the ecological restoration of ecologically fragile rivers and regions. Study and establish an index system for ecological water use and river ecological assessment, regularly organize health assessments of important rivers and lakes nationwide, and establish and improve the water ecological compensation mechanism.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) protection
(sixteen) the establishment of water resources management responsibility and assessment system. The main indicators of water resources development, utilization, conservation and protection should be incorporated into the comprehensive evaluation system of local economic and social development, and the principal responsible persons of local people's governments at or above the county level are fully responsible for the management and protection of water resources in their respective administrative areas. The State Council assessed the implementation of major indicators of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Ministry of Water Resources jointly organized the implementation. The assessment results are handed over to the competent department of cadres as an important basis for comprehensive assessment and evaluation of relevant leading cadres of local people's governments and responsible persons of relevant enterprises. Specific assessment methods shall be formulated by the Ministry of Water Resources in conjunction with relevant departments, and implemented after being approved by the State Council. Relevant departments should strengthen communication and coordination, and the water administrative department should be responsible for the unified supervision and management of water resources, and cooperate with the departments of development and reform, finance, land and resources, environmental protection, housing and urban and rural construction, supervision and legal system. According to the division of responsibilities, we should carry out our duties and cooperate closely to form a joint force to jointly implement the strictest water resources management system.
(seventeen) improve the water resources monitoring system. We will promptly formulate management measures such as water resources monitoring and water consumption measurement and statistics, and improve the relevant technical standard system. Strengthen the construction of water quality and quantity monitoring capacity of important control sections such as provincial boundaries, water functional areas and groundwater. The monitoring and verification data of water quantity at provincial boundaries of river basin management institutions is one of the bases for assessing the total water consumption of relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the monitoring and verification data of water quality at provincial boundaries is one of the bases for assessing the implementation of special plans for water pollution prevention and control in key river basins of relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Strengthen the construction of metering and monitoring facilities for water intake, drainage and sewage outlets into rivers and lakes, speed up the construction of a national water resources management system, gradually establish central, river basin and local water resources monitoring and management platforms, speed up the construction of emergency mobile monitoring capabilities, and comprehensively improve the monitoring, early warning and management capabilities. Timely release information such as water resources bulletin.
(eighteen) improve the water resources management system. Further improve the water resources management system combining river basin management with administrative regional management, and effectively strengthen the unified planning, management and dispatching of river basin water resources. Strengthen the unified management of urban and rural water resources, implement the overall planning and coordinated implementation of urban and rural water supply, comprehensive utilization of water resources, water environment management and flood control and drainage, and promote the optimal allocation of water resources.
(nineteen) improve the investment mechanism of water resources management. People's governments at all levels should broaden investment channels, establish a long-term and stable investment mechanism for water resources management, guarantee funds for water resources conservation, protection and management, and give key support to the construction of water resources management system, the popularization and application of water-saving technologies, the management of groundwater overexploitation, and the protection and restoration of water ecosystems. The central government has increased its support for water resources conservation, protection and management.
(twenty) improve policies and regulations and social supervision mechanism. We will promptly improve policies and regulations on the allocation, conservation, protection and management of water resources. Carry out extensive and in-depth publicity and education on basic water conditions, strengthen supervision by public opinion, further enhance the awareness of water crisis and water resources conservation and protection in the whole society, and form a good fashion of saving and rational water use. Vigorously promote scientific and democratic decision-making in water resources management, improve the public participation mechanism, listen to opinions from all sides in various ways, and further improve the transparency of decision-making. Commend and reward units and individuals that have made remarkable achievements in water resources conservation, protection and management.