Regulations of Zunyi Municipality on the Protection of Centralized Drinking Water Sources

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the protection of centralized drinking water sources in the municipal districts of this Municipality, ensure the safety of drinking water sources, safeguard people's health, and promote sustainable economic and social development, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Water Pollution Prevention Law, the People's Republic of China (PRC) Water Pollution Law and other relevant laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the protection and management of centralized drinking water sources in the municipal districts of this Municipality.

The centralized drinking water source protection areas in municipal districts as mentioned in these Regulations refer to the surface water and land areas in the catchment areas of Nanjiao Reservoir, Beijiao Reservoir, Hongyan Reservoir, Hailong Reservoir, Zhongqiao Reservoir, Ferry Reservoir and its main stream and main tributaries designated by the provincial people's government.

These Regulations apply to other centralized drinking water sources and standby water sources in municipal districts confirmed by the provincial people's government. Article 3 The protection of centralized drinking water sources in municipal districts follows the principles of scientific planning, giving priority to protection, combining prevention with control, ensuring safety and making information public. Article 4 The centralized drinking water source protection work in municipal districts shall implement the management system of unified leadership, graded responsibility and territorial management.

The Municipal People's Government shall take overall responsibility for the environmental quality and safety of centralized drinking water in municipal districts. Article 5 The people's governments of municipal districts are responsible for the centralized drinking water source protection in their respective jurisdictions, and are specifically responsible for the centralized drinking water source protection in their respective jurisdictions.

The management organization of the new district of the city is responsible for the centralized drinking water source protection in this region, and according to the authorization or entrustment, do the specific work related to the centralized drinking water source protection in this region.

The township (town) people's government and sub-district offices (communities) involved in centralized drinking water sources shall implement the responsibility of territorial protection, and do a good job in the protection of centralized drinking water sources according to law under the guidance and supervision of relevant competent departments. The village (neighborhood) committees shall assist the people's governments and relevant competent departments in the protection of drinking water sources according to law.

The people's governments at the county level in the upper reaches of centralized drinking water sources shall, in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, do a good job in water pollution prevention and ecological environment protection to ensure that the water quality entering centralized drinking water sources reaches the prescribed standards. Article 6 The people's governments of cities and municipal districts shall strengthen their leadership in the protection of centralized drinking water sources in municipal districts, incorporate the protection of drinking water sources into national economic and social development plans, increase investment in the protection of centralized drinking water sources in municipal districts, and promote the protection of drinking water sources to adapt to economic and social development. Article 7 The people's governments of cities and municipal districts shall incorporate the centralized protection of drinking water sources in municipal districts into the annual target assessment content and leading cadre assessment system of the government and relevant administrative departments. Article 8 The Municipal People's Government shall establish an ecological compensation mechanism for centralized drinking water source protection in municipal districts, define the compensation subject, compensation method, scope and object, determine compensation standards, protect and improve the ecological environment of drinking water source protection areas, and promote the coordinated development of drinking water source protection areas and other regions. The specific measures shall be formulated separately by the Municipal People's Government.

Encourage natural persons, legal persons and other organizations to participate in the ecological protection of centralized drinking water sources in municipal districts, and support social donation funds to invest in pollution control, ecological compensation and environmental restoration. Article 9 The people's governments of cities and municipal districts shall establish special funds for centralized drinking water source protection in municipal districts, which shall be included in the annual fiscal budget for the relocation of residents in the first-class centralized drinking water source protection zone in municipal districts, the demolition of buildings unrelated to water supply, and the construction and operation of ecological environment protection infrastructure in relevant basins and regions. The specific measures for the use and management of special funds shall be formulated separately by the Municipal People's Government.

Encourage and support social capital to participate in centralized drinking water source protection in municipal districts according to market mechanism. Article 10 The people's governments of cities and municipal districts, their environmental protection, water administration, education and other relevant departments, and the management institutions of new districts shall organize publicity and education on the protection of drinking water sources, popularize the knowledge of laws and regulations on the protection of drinking water sources, and enhance the public's awareness of participating in the centralized protection of drinking water sources in municipal districts.

News media should strengthen public welfare propaganda and public opinion supervision on centralized drinking water source protection in municipal districts. Eleventh all units and individuals have the obligation to protect centralized drinking water sources in municipal districts, and have the right to discourage and report acts of polluting drinking water sources and destroying drinking water environment and its protection facilities. Units that have the right to deal with it shall promptly investigate and deal with it, reward informants who are true, and keep the relevant information of informants confidential.

Units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the protection of centralized drinking water sources in municipal districts shall be commended according to law. Chapter II Protection of Drinking Water Sources Article 12 The delineation of centralized drinking water source protection areas in municipal districts is based on the principle that the water quality in the protection areas can meet the corresponding standards, and is divided into first-class protection areas and second-class protection areas. When necessary, quasi-protected areas can be designated outside the drinking water source protection areas. The specific scope of protection shall be approved by the provincial people's government and announced to the public. Thirteenth municipal environmental protection administrative department shall, in conjunction with the relevant competent departments, formulate a centralized drinking water source protection plan for municipal districts, which shall be implemented after being approved by the Municipal People's government. The approved plan for the protection of centralized drinking water sources in municipal districts shall be announced to the public.

The industrial layout and industrial structure adjustment of centralized drinking water source protection areas, quasi-protection areas and related river basins in municipal districts should give priority to the carrying capacity of ecological environment and the safety needs of drinking water sources, carry out the relocation of residents in the first-class protection areas in a planned way, control the population size of the second-class protection areas, gradually return farmland to forests and grasslands, and promote the protection and restoration of drinking water source ecosystems.