Which department is in charge of the water company?

The water supply company is managed by the Water Conservancy Bureau.

Waterworks are state-owned enterprises and belong to the hydropower industry. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the development, utilization, conservation, protection and management of water resources and the prevention and control of water disasters are the responsibility of the Water Conservancy Bureau, which is the water administrative department of the government, and the water supply company belongs to the hydropower industry and belongs to its jurisdiction.

The main responsibilities of the Water Conservancy Bureau:

1, to undertake meteorological observation, crop moisture observation and optimized irrigation system test;

2, responsible for guiding the irrigation water management of water conservancy projects in the city;

3, responsible for the city's farmland irrigation water experiment;

4, responsible for the city's agricultural irrigation planning water, water conservation, rational water distribution and other business guidance;

5, responsible for the city's agricultural irrigation scientific research and scientific and technological personnel training;

6. Undertake other tasks assigned by superiors.

To sum up, water supply companies belong to municipal public utilities, which are generally directly managed by city and county governments or entrusted by third parties.

Legal basis:

Article 32 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Water Law

The water administrative department of the State Council, together with the environmental protection administrative department of the State Council, relevant departments and the people's governments of relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, shall, according to the requirements of comprehensive river basin planning, water resources protection planning and economic and social development, prepare the water function zoning of important rivers and lakes determined by the state and submit it to the State Council for approval. The water function zoning of other rivers and lakes across provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be compiled by the relevant river basin management agencies in conjunction with the water administrative departments, environmental protection administrative departments and other relevant departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government where the rivers and lakes are located. After being examined and put forward by the people's governments of relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the water administrative department of the State Council shall, jointly with the environmental protection administrative department of the State Council, conduct an examination and report to the department authorized by the State Council or the State Council for approval.

The water function zoning of other rivers and lakes other than those specified in the preceding paragraph shall be formulated by the water administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level in conjunction with the environmental protection administrative department of the people's government at the same level and relevant departments, and submitted to the people's government at the same level or its authorized department for approval, and reported to the water administrative department at the next higher level and the environmental protection administrative department for the record.

The water administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level or the river basin management institution shall, according to the requirements of the water functional area for water quality and the natural purification capacity of the water body, verify the pollutant carrying capacity of the water body, and put forward opinions to the administrative department of environmental protection on limiting the total discharge of pollutants in the water body.