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2 Water Resources Management Framework
2.2.9 Management System of Discharge Outlet into Water
Body
The management system of discharge outlets into water body is a basic management
measure for water resources protection and implementing water function zoning and
total pollutant discharge volume control systems.
Article 34 of the 2002 Water Law stipulates that it is forbidden to set up a wastewater discharge outlet in the drinking water source protection area. In rivers and lakes,
the building, reconstruction, and expansion of discharge outlets must be agreed by
the WADs or RBOs in the jurisdiction, while the EPAD is responsible for the approval
of the environmental impact report on the construction project.
The 2005 Supervision and Management Methods for the discharge outlets into
water body (revised in 2016) specify that the setting of discharge outlets into a
water body should conform to the requirements of the water function zone, the
water resources protection plan, and the flood control plan. The WAD of the State
Council is responsible for organizing and guiding the supervision and management
of the discharge outlets into water body throughout the country. Local government
WADs at or above the county level and RBOs are responsible for supervising and
administering the establishment and use of discharge outlets into water bodies based
on jurisdiction. In the 2018 restructuring of governmental organizations, the functions
were transferred from the MWR to the MEE, including the line agencies of the local
governments.
2.2.10 Total Water Volume Control System
Article 47 of the 2002 Water Law stipulates that “the state exercises a system of total
water volume control combining with quota management.” As the macro-control
instrument in water resources management in China, and considered from a legislative point of view, the total water use volume refers to the available water resources
from a river basin, province, prefecture, and county, as well as a sector, enterprise,
and user. Technically, the formulation of the total water use volume of a region,
sector, or user should be determined according to the water resources survey and
assessment and based on an investigation of the availability of water resources and
the water use of the country, river basin, province, prefecture, and county (Huang
2003).
According to China’s water resources allocation framework (see Chap. 5), the total
water use volume can be reflected in different ways. In the spatial aspect, it includes
the river basin total water volume control, the regional total water volume control,
the water abstraction permitted volume control, and the total water use control in
the public system. In the temporal aspect, it consists of an annual average total
water volume control and an annual/seasonal total water volume control. In terms
2 Water Resources Management Framework
2.2.9 Management System of Discharge Outlet into Water
Body
The management system of discharge outlets into water body is a basic management
measure for water resources protection and implementing water function zoning and
total pollutant discharge volume control systems.
Article 34 of the 2002 Water Law stipulates that it is forbidden to set up a wastewater discharge outlet in the drinking water source protection area. In rivers and lakes,
the building, reconstruction, and expansion of discharge outlets must be agreed by
the WADs or RBOs in the jurisdiction, while the EPAD is responsible for the approval
of the environmental impact report on the construction project.
The 2005 Supervision and Management Methods for the discharge outlets into
water body (revised in 2016) specify that the setting of discharge outlets into a
water body should conform to the requirements of the water function zone, the
water resources protection plan, and the flood control plan. The WAD of the State
Council is responsible for organizing and guiding the supervision and management
of the discharge outlets into water body throughout the country. Local government
WADs at or above the county level and RBOs are responsible for supervising and
administering the establishment and use of discharge outlets into water bodies based
on jurisdiction. In the 2018 restructuring of governmental organizations, the functions
were transferred from the MWR to the MEE, including the line agencies of the local
governments.
2.2.10 Total Water Volume Control System
Article 47 of the 2002 Water Law stipulates that “the state exercises a system of total
water volume control combining with quota management.” As the macro-control
instrument in water resources management in China, and considered from a legislative point of view, the total water use volume refers to the available water resources
from a river basin, province, prefecture, and county, as well as a sector, enterprise,
and user. Technically, the formulation of the total water use volume of a region,
sector, or user should be determined according to the water resources survey and
assessment and based on an investigation of the availability of water resources and
the water use of the country, river basin, province, prefecture, and county (Huang
2003).
According to China’s water resources allocation framework (see Chap. 5), the total
water use volume can be reflected in different ways. In the spatial aspect, it includes
the river basin total water volume control, the regional total water volume control,
the water abstraction permitted volume control, and the total water use control in
the public system. In the temporal aspect, it consists of an annual average total
water volume control and an annual/seasonal total water volume control. In terms