2.2 Main Water Resources Management Systems
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The annual water resources regulation plan, which is the application of the system
at the river basin and regional levels, is the measure to manage the actual water use
activities. Detailed legislative provisions regarding this issue have been developed,
including Article 46 of the 2002 Water Law, Article 39 of the 2006 Regulation on
the Management of Water Abstraction Permits and Water Resources Fee Collection,
Article 12 of the 2007 Interim Measures for Water Resources Allocation, and Article
40 of the 2008 Water Abstraction Permit Management Method.
The annual water abstraction plan is the application of the planned water use
system at the water abstraction level and is the measure that manages water abstraction activities. Article 40 of the Regulation on the Management of Water Abstraction
Permits and Water Resources Fee Collection and Article 34 of Water Abstraction
Management Methods detail the formulation and implementation of the plan.
The annual/seasonal water use plan involves the application of the planned water
use system in the public water supply system, including irrigation districts and the
urban water supply system. This plan manages the actual water use activities of
farmers and/or water users associations (WUAs) and those of the major users of the
urban water supply system.
Water use plan management, which is sourced from the urban water-saving works
by Ministry of Construction in the 1980 s, is incorporated into the planned water use
system. Water use plan management is similar to the annual water use plan at the
user level, but only applied in urban areas. Water use plan management requires the
formulation of a water use plan every year for management sectors or water users
by the water resources management department. This system has been effectively
implemented for urban water users above a certain volume for many years. Following
the 1998 governmental restructuring in which the urban water-saving agency was
handed over from the Ministry of Construction to the MWR, the agency’s work has
been well preserved and implemented in some cities and regions, such as Beijing
and Zhengzhou.
In Beijing, the Beijing Water Saving Management Centre, in consideration of the
municipal water supply and use plan, issues water use plans for over 30,000 users
every year, including both large industrial enterprises and small businesses. Each
water user plan is formulated according to the corresponding water use quota and
the water consumption of the previous year. In Zhengzhou City, Henan Province,
the Zhengzhou Water Supply and Water Saving Office implements water use plan
management for users with a monthly consumption of over 100 m
3 .
Water use plan management is motivated by and serves to facilitate water saving.
However, the question of how to combine such water use plan management with the
planned water use system in technical and managerial aspects remains unresolved.
In summary, the planned water use system is a system to manage the real water use
of water abstractors, users, regions, and river basins. In practice, the implementation
of this system will decide the implementation of other systems related to water use
and abstraction.
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The annual water resources regulation plan, which is the application of the system
at the river basin and regional levels, is the measure to manage the actual water use
activities. Detailed legislative provisions regarding this issue have been developed,
including Article 46 of the 2002 Water Law, Article 39 of the 2006 Regulation on
the Management of Water Abstraction Permits and Water Resources Fee Collection,
Article 12 of the 2007 Interim Measures for Water Resources Allocation, and Article
40 of the 2008 Water Abstraction Permit Management Method.
The annual water abstraction plan is the application of the planned water use
system at the water abstraction level and is the measure that manages water abstraction activities. Article 40 of the Regulation on the Management of Water Abstraction
Permits and Water Resources Fee Collection and Article 34 of Water Abstraction
Management Methods detail the formulation and implementation of the plan.
The annual/seasonal water use plan involves the application of the planned water
use system in the public water supply system, including irrigation districts and the
urban water supply system. This plan manages the actual water use activities of
farmers and/or water users associations (WUAs) and those of the major users of the
urban water supply system.
Water use plan management, which is sourced from the urban water-saving works
by Ministry of Construction in the 1980 s, is incorporated into the planned water use
system. Water use plan management is similar to the annual water use plan at the
user level, but only applied in urban areas. Water use plan management requires the
formulation of a water use plan every year for management sectors or water users
by the water resources management department. This system has been effectively
implemented for urban water users above a certain volume for many years. Following
the 1998 governmental restructuring in which the urban water-saving agency was
handed over from the Ministry of Construction to the MWR, the agency’s work has
been well preserved and implemented in some cities and regions, such as Beijing
and Zhengzhou.
In Beijing, the Beijing Water Saving Management Centre, in consideration of the
municipal water supply and use plan, issues water use plans for over 30,000 users
every year, including both large industrial enterprises and small businesses. Each
water user plan is formulated according to the corresponding water use quota and
the water consumption of the previous year. In Zhengzhou City, Henan Province,
the Zhengzhou Water Supply and Water Saving Office implements water use plan
management for users with a monthly consumption of over 100 m
3 .
Water use plan management is motivated by and serves to facilitate water saving.
However, the question of how to combine such water use plan management with the
planned water use system in technical and managerial aspects remains unresolved.
In summary, the planned water use system is a system to manage the real water use
of water abstractors, users, regions, and river basins. In practice, the implementation
of this system will decide the implementation of other systems related to water use
and abstraction.