Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the Protection of Drinking Water Source
Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the Protection of Drinking Water Source
Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the Protection of Drinking Water Source
Announcement of the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress No.17
December 10, 2009
The Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the Protection of Drinking Water Source were adopted at the 15th Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on December 10, 2009, and are hereby promulgated. They shall be effective as of March 1, 2010.
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 With a view to strengthening the protection of drinking water source, improving the quality of drinking water, ensuring the safety of drinking water, guaranteeing the citizens' health and safety, and promoting a comprehensive, harmonious and sustainable development of the economy and society, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention of Water Pollution, the Water Law of the People's Republic of China, and other laws and administrative regulations, and in the light of the actual circumstances of this Municipality.
Article 2 These Regulations apply to the protection of the drinking water source and all related managerial activities within the administrative areas of this Municipality
The drinking water source mentioned in the preceding clause refers to the surface water source which supplies the water supply enterprises, including the drinking water sources of the upper reach of Huangpu River, Qingcaosha, Chenhang, Chongming Dongfengxisha, and other drinking water sources.
Article 3 The municipal and district/county people's governments shall incorporate the protection of the drinking water source into the planning of the national economy and social development, increase the investment in the protection of the drinking water source, rationally adjust the industrial structure and layout in the protected areas, and take measures to push ahead with the intensification of water supply, and thus to promote the coordinated development of economic construction and the protection of the drinking water source.
The municipal and district/county people's governments shall be responsible for the water environment quality of the drinking water source within their jurisdictions. The protection of the drinking water source shall be incorporated into the evaluation of the environmental protection work of the municipal and district/county people's governments.
Article 4 Shanghai municipal competent administrative department of environmental protection (hereinafter referred to as the municipal environmental protection department) shall be responsible for the unified supervision and administration over the protection of the drinking water source in this Municipality.
The competent administrative department of environmental protection of the district/county people's governments (hereinafter referred to as the district/county environmental protection department) shall be responsible for the supervision and administration over the protection of the drinking water source within their jurisdictions.
The administrative department of port, maritime shall be responsible for the supervision and administration over the prevention of harbor's and/or ship's pollution to the drinking water source.
The related administrative department of development & reform, water affairs, planning, land and resources, public health, agriculture, forestry,shall do well in the protection of the drinking water source according to their respective functions and duties.
Article 5 Any unit or individual person hall be liable for the protection of the environmental quality of the drinking water source and the related protective facilities, and have the right to report the acts of polluting the drinking water source or destroying the related protective facilities to the environmental protection department or such other departments.
Any unit or individual person that is found outstanding in protecting the drinking water source shall be honored or rewarded by the municipal or district/county people's government.
Article 6 This Municipality has set up an ecological compensation system for the protection of the drinking water source. The municipal and district/county people's governments shall set up such related systems as the financial transfer payment of the ecological compensation for the protection of the drinking water source, to expedite the coordinated development of the protected areas and other areas. The specified procedures thereof shall be drawn up into a scheme by the municipal development & reform administrative department, jointly with the municipal finance administrative department, and be put into force upon the approval of the Municipal People's Government.
Article 7 This Municipality has set up a coordination and collaboration mechanism for the protection of the drinking water source together with relevant provinces and cities in the Yangtze valley or Taihu basin. The relevant municipal administrative department of environmental protection, and water affairs shall strengthen the communication with the administrative organs in the Taihu basin and Yangtze valley as well as the corresponding departments of relevant provinces and cities for a well coordinated pollution prevention and treatment for the drinking water sources in this Municipality.
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Announcement of the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress No.17
December 10, 2009
The Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the Protection of Drinking Water Source were adopted at the 15th Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on December 10, 2009, and are hereby promulgated. They shall be effective as of March 1, 2010.
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 With a view to strengthening the protection of drinking water source, improving the quality of drinking water, ensuring the safety of drinking water, guaranteeing the citizens' health and safety, and promoting a comprehensive, harmonious and sustainable development of the economy and society, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention of Water Pollution, the Water Law of the People's Republic of China, and other laws and administrative regulations, and in the light of the actual circumstances of this Municipality.
Article 2 These Regulations apply to the protection of the drinking water source and all related managerial activities within the administrative areas of this Municipality
The drinking water source mentioned in the preceding clause refers to the surface water source which supplies the water supply enterprises, including the drinking water sources of the upper reach of Huangpu River, Qingcaosha, Chenhang, Chongming Dongfengxisha, and other drinking water sources.
Article 3 The municipal and district/county people's governments shall incorporate the protection of the drinking water source into the planning of the national economy and social development, increase the investment in the protection of the drinking water source, rationally adjust the industrial structure and layout in the protected areas, and take measures to push ahead with the intensification of water supply, and thus to promote the coordinated development of economic construction and the protection of the drinking water source.
The municipal and district/county people's governments shall be responsible for the water environment quality of the drinking water source within their jurisdictions. The protection of the drinking water source shall be incorporated into the evaluation of the environmental protection work of the municipal and district/county people's governments.
Article 4 Shanghai municipal competent administrative department of environmental protection (hereinafter referred to as the municipal environmental protection department) shall be responsible for the unified supervision and administration over the protection of the drinking water source in this Municipality.
The competent administrative department of environmental protection of the district/county people's governments (hereinafter referred to as the district/county environmental protection department) shall be responsible for the supervision and administration over the protection of the drinking water source within their jurisdictions.
The administrative department of port, maritime shall be responsible for the supervision and administration over the prevention of harbor's and/or ship's pollution to the drinking water source.
The related administrative department of development & reform, water affairs, planning, land and resources, public health, agriculture, forestry,shall do well in the protection of the drinking water source according to their respective functions and duties.
Article 5 Any unit or individual person hall be liable for the protection of the environmental quality of the drinking water source and the related protective facilities, and have the right to report the acts of polluting the drinking water source or destroying the related protective facilities to the environmental protection department or such other departments.
Any unit or individual person that is found outstanding in protecting the drinking water source shall be honored or rewarded by the municipal or district/county people's government.
Article 6 This Municipality has set up an ecological compensation system for the protection of the drinking water source. The municipal and district/county people's governments shall set up such related systems as the financial transfer payment of the ecological compensation for the protection of the drinking water source, to expedite the coordinated development of the protected areas and other areas. The specified procedures thereof shall be drawn up into a scheme by the municipal development & reform administrative department, jointly with the municipal finance administrative department, and be put into force upon the approval of the Municipal People's Government.
Article 7 This Municipality has set up a coordination and collaboration mechanism for the protection of the drinking water source together with relevant provinces and cities in the Yangtze valley or Taihu basin. The relevant municipal administrative department of environmental protection, and water affairs shall strengthen the communication with the administrative organs in the Taihu basin and Yangtze valley as well as the corresponding departments of relevant provinces and cities for a well coordinated pollution prevention and treatment for the drinking water sources in this Municipality.
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