Regulations of Changde Municipality on Environmental Protection of Drinking Water Sources

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the protection of drinking water sources and ensure the safety of drinking water, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the provisions of People's Republic of China (PRC) Environmental Protection Law, People's Republic of China (PRC) Water Pollution Prevention Law, People's Republic of China (PRC) Water Law and other laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the protection and management of drinking water sources within the administrative area of this Municipality. Article 3 The drinking water sources mentioned in these Regulations refer to the surface water bodies and underground water bodies such as rivers, lakes and reservoirs used for centralized water supply within the administrative area of this Municipality, including existing, standby and planned drinking water sources.

The centralized water supply mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the way in which water supply units provide drinking water to urban and rural residents through public water supply systems, and water users provide drinking water to their own units through their own water supply systems with approval. Article 4 The people's governments of cities and counties (cities, districts) shall be responsible for the protection of drinking water sources within their respective administrative areas, follow the principle of giving priority to the protection of drinking water for urban and rural residents, incorporate the protection of drinking water sources into the national economic and social development plan, and incorporate the funds for the protection of drinking water sources into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level.

Township people's governments and sub-district offices are responsible for the protection of drinking water sources within their respective jurisdictions. Article 5 The competent department of environmental protection of the people's governments of cities and counties (cities, districts) shall be responsible for the unified supervision and management of the protection of drinking water sources within their respective administrative areas and perform the following duties:

(a) to draw up a plan for the delineation of drinking water source protection areas;

(two) the preparation of drinking water source protection areas of environmental pollution prevention and control planning, submitted to the people's government at the same level for approval before implementation;

(three) the organization of drinking water source quality monitoring, regularly publish drinking water source quality information to the public;

(four) to investigate and deal with illegal acts of polluting drinking water sources;

(five) to supervise and guide the water supply units to carry out the prevention and control of drinking water source pollution;

(six) other drinking water source protection duties as prescribed by laws and regulations. Article 6 The water administrative department of the people's government of a city or county (city or district) shall perform the following duties:

(a) to determine the drinking water source plan;

(two) to guide the water supply units to carry out daily inspections and other work;

(three) the prevention and control of soil erosion, and investigate and deal with illegal acts such as causing soil erosion and occupying waters and beaches;

(four) other responsibilities for the protection of drinking water sources as stipulated by laws and regulations. Seventh construction, health, finance, agriculture, forestry, land and resources, public security, development and reform, planning, transportation, industry and commerce, tourism, civil affairs, animal husbandry and aquatic products, maritime affairs, hydrology and other departments and institutions shall, according to their respective responsibilities, do a good job in the protection of drinking water sources. Article 8 People's governments at all levels shall organize publicity and education on the protection of drinking water sources, encourage and support social organizations and volunteers to carry out relevant work on the protection of drinking water sources, and improve the public's awareness and ability to participate in the protection of drinking water sources.

The news media should strengthen the propaganda of drinking water source protection and supervise the illegal activities by public opinion. Article 9 All units and individuals have the obligation to protect drinking water sources, and have the right to stop, report and accuse acts of polluting and destroying drinking water sources.

Units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the protection of drinking water sources shall be rewarded by the relevant people's governments.

The relevant departments and social organizations shall support the units or individuals that have suffered from the pollution of drinking water sources to bring a lawsuit to the people's court according to law. Chapter II Determination of Drinking Water Sources Article 10 The people's governments of cities and counties (cities, districts) shall determine the drinking water sources according to the needs of economic and social development in their respective administrative areas and the present situation of water resources development and utilization.

The determination of drinking water sources should avoid construction projects and engineering facilities that seriously pollute or may pollute water bodies, and be connected with water function zoning and water environment function zoning, in line with relevant national standards.

If the existing drinking water source does not meet the requirements of the relevant national standards and cannot ensure the safety of water supply, measures should be taken to control it. If the safety of water supply cannot be guaranteed after treatment, the drinking water source should be determined again.

City, county (city, district) people's government should plan and build standby drinking water sources according to actual needs, and strengthen the management and protection of standby drinking water sources such as huangshi reservoir. Article 11 The source of drinking water shall be proposed by the water administrative department and the environmental protection department jointly with the planning and construction department, approved and determined by the people's government of the city or county (city, district) according to the management authority, and submitted to the competent department of the provincial people's government for the record.

Drinking water sources across administrative regions shall be proposed by the relevant people's governments after consultation and reported to the people's governments at higher levels for determination. Twelfth drinking water sources should set up drinking water source protection areas in time, and can be stricter than the relevant technical specifications and standards promulgated by the state and the province, and delimit a certain range of waters and land as drinking water source protection areas.

Drinking water source protection areas are divided into first-class protection areas and second-class protection areas; According to the actual needs, some areas can be divided into quasi-protected areas.

Delineation of drinking water source protection areas shall be proposed by the competent department of environmental protection, agreed by the people's governments of cities and counties (cities, districts) and submitted to the provincial people's government for approval. Delineation of drinking water source protection areas across counties (cities, districts) shall be proposed by the relevant people's governments after consultation, and approved by the Municipal People's government and submitted to the provincial people's government for approval.

Drinking water sources that are not designated as protected areas due to technical conditions and other reasons shall be designated as protected areas in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of these regulations.