China Daily, April 28 (Reporter Wu Yanpeng, Guan Xiaomeng, Yang Xiaowei)
Zhong Shengfu of Gaopai Township, Huichang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, turned on his faucet, and the clear tap water flowed out......
Zhong Shengfu's father said, "In the past, the reservoir of the water plant was not built, and the water in the house was inevitably unclean on rainy days. Not anymore...... "Now, the kettle is connected to the water in the faucet and can be boiled directly to drink, while the water purifier and water dispenser next to the kettle have long been unplugged, covered with rags, and deposited dust, which seems useless.
Huichang County Gaopai Township bell rich family
Water is not only the source of life, but also the foundation of people's livelihood, and rural water supply, as an important infrastructure, carries the key task of rural revitalization.
In February this year, the Ministry of Water Resources released the key points of rural water conservancy and hydropower work in 2024, proposing to make every effort to improve the scale of rural water supply, and strive to achieve a national rural tap water penetration rate of 92% by the end of 2024, and the proportion of rural population covered by large-scale water supply projects will reach 63%.
In recent years, all parts of the country have focused on the integration of urban and rural water supply, and strive to realize the transformation of rural water supply from "water" to "good water". During this period, many experiences and practices worth promoting have emerged in many places, including Huichang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province.
It seems to be the most ordinary and bizarre
In the past, although the Zhongsheng Fu family also had running water, it was difficult to guarantee water supply because the water source was from a nearby stream and there was no water plant to treat it. Every time it rains, the so-called "tap water" will be cloudy to varying degrees. In addition, problems such as seasonal shortage of water sources and insufficient scale of water supply have been plaguing local villagers.
Even if the weather is good, the quality of tap water in the past is difficult to guarantee, so many villagers have to "one more process" before drinking water - buy a water purifier to filter it.
Shipi Reservoir, Gaopai Township, Huichang County
In response to these problems, Gaopai Township in Huichang County began to build the "Shipi Reservoir" in 2017 as a water source for the surrounding villages and towns, and began to put it into use in 2022. In order to ensure water quality, Gaopai Township attaches great importance to the protection of water sources, the upstream of the reservoir is greened, the surrounding farms and residents have been relocated, and the local government has also sent tens of thousands of catties of fish fry to purify the water quality. Today, it is not only a reservoir, but also a lush wetland.
In addition, Huichang County is also promoting the upgrading of water plants, implementing the standardization of water plants in accordance with the "11 haves" of small water plants and "16 haves" of large-scale water plants, and equipped with purification and disinfection equipment according to the requirements of the specifications to continuously improve the ability of water quality assurance.
In 2020, Gaopai Township Water Plant was rated by the Ministry of Water Resources as one of the 100 standardized water supply plants for rural water supply in the country.
A reporter from China Daily visited the water plant in Gaopai Township, Huichang County
At the same time, Gaopai Township in Huichang County has also innovated water quality supervision methods.
Gaopai Township promotes the demarcation of drinking water source protection zones for rural centralized water supply projects, implements closed management of water sources, water intakes and water plant areas of all centralized water supply projects, strengthens daily inspection and management of drinking water sources, and guides the inclusion of drinking water source protection requirements in village rules and regulations.
At the same time, open a county-level water supply service supervision telephone, strictly follow the sanitary standards for drinking water to standardize water supply, promote the rural centralized water supply project to apply for sanitation licenses, carry out at least one water plant sanitation supervision inspection every year, and at least two times for all rural centralized water supply projects to carry out full-coverage water quality monitoring, fundamentally ensure water quality safety.
For there is a source of living water
Zhong Shengfu's family drank stable and clean tap water because of the "living water" of the water plant and reservoir, while Huichang County explored an integrated management and protection model of urban and rural water supply suitable for local conditions, because of the flexible and precise policy "living water".
Since May 2020, Jiangxi Province has fully implemented the integration of urban and rural water supply, vigorously improved rural water supply standards and service levels, and strived to break the bottleneck of rural water supply development, so that rural residents can enjoy the same safe and high-quality water supply guarantee model as urban residents.
Huichang County took the opportunity of creating a pioneer county for the integration of urban and rural water supply in Jiangxi Province to vigorously promote the reform of urban and rural water supply integration, and effectively solved the problems of single investment in water supply projects, unstable water supply at the end of rural areas, and poor management system and mechanism.
Huichang County Gaopai Township Water Plant Publicity Board
For a long time, Huichang County has not only a large county water plant with a daily water supply of 90,000 tons, but also a small township water plant with a daily water supply of more than 500 tons, and a rural small and micro water plant with a daily water supply of less than 500 tons...... Huichang County adheres to problem-oriented, reform, innovation, and precise policy.
For water plants with a daily water supply of more than 500 tons, Huichang proposes to transfer and manage them in a unified manner. In accordance with the principle of "integration of water affairs and overall planning of urban and rural areas", the management system and management and protection mechanism should be rationalized step by step. The 23 agricultural drinking water plants with a daily water supply of more than 500 tons managed by the county water conservancy bureau were all transferred to Runquan Company for management free of charge, and the meter reading was uniformly delivered to households, which not only solved the problem of where the company's water came from, but also solved the problem of insufficient management strength of the county water conservancy bureau.
For water plants with a daily water supply of less than 500 tons, Huichang innovates the tripartite cooperative management model and adopts the property management model of "company operation, professional management, and rural participation", and 105 small agricultural drinking water plants with a daily water supply of less than 500 tons are managed by "county revitalization group township subsidiary + Huichang Runquan company + village where the project is located". From the source water to the factory water, the county revitalization group entrusts the management of Huichang Runquan Water Supply Company in the form of government purchase services, so that professional people can do professional things to ensure that the quality of the factory water meets the standards. From the factory water to the end of the water, including pipeline maintenance, account opening, water fee collection, etc., the township subsidiary of the county revitalization group will take the lead, and the village will be specifically responsible for making full use of the human resources advantages of rural cadres to reduce the management cost of operating personnel. The collected water fees are handed over to the township subsidiaries of the county revitalization group, and then returned to the village collectives.
At the same time, the assets of small agricultural drinking water plants with a daily water supply of less than 500 tons in the county will be injected into the township subsidiaries of the county revitalization group for revitalization and financial benefits. After evaluation, the county's agricultural drinking water plant assets are valued at about 80 million yuan. This model not only solves the problem of no one taking care of small rural water plants, but also solves the problem of village collective income, and also strengthens the assets of the county revitalization group, strengthens the cash flow, and achieves a win-win effect.
Huichang County Gaopai Township Water Plant Billboard
Ask: Where is the water as clear as it is? For there is a source of living water. Huichang County has gradually built a pattern of "full staff, full area and full coverage" of urban and rural water supply, and realized the integration of urban and rural water supply with "homogeneity and service".
In October last year, the Ministry of Water Resources issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the High-quality Development of Rural Water Supply", pointing out that it will strive to initially form a high-quality development pattern of rural water supply with perfect system layout, intensive and safe facilities, standardized and professional management and protection, and high-quality and efficient services in 3 to 5 years.
In the future, the mainland will continue to promote the high-quality development of rural water supply, ensure the safety of drinking water for rural people, and continuously improve the sense of gain, happiness and security of rural people.