In order to implement the important speech of general secretary Xi Jinping on deepening the Yangtze River economic belt and make effective use of price leverage to strengthen and improve the prevention and control of water pollution in the Yangtze River, recently, the state has launched joint guidance on improving the charging mechanism of the Yangtze River Economic Belt sewage treatment system jointly by the Ministry of reform, the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of housing, urban and rural construction, the Ministry of ecology and environment and the Ministry of water resources. 》We will further improve the cost sharing mechanism for sewage treatment, the incentive and restraint mechanism, and the dynamic adjustment mechanism for charging standards, and improve relevant supporting policies.
According to the guidance opinions, sewage treatment is a key link of water pollution prevention and control, and an important measure to promote ecological priority and green development of the Yangtze River economic belt. Accelerate the improvement of the sewage treatment charging mechanism in the Yangtze River economic belt, reasonably formulate and adjust the charging standards, better play the role of price leverage, guide the optimization of resources and equipment, complete the internalization of the cost of the ecological environment, force the transformation of production methods and the change of living methods, boost the development of high quality, and form a good situation of joint efforts to protect the water quality of the Yangtze River, which is not only of great significance to the protection of the water quality of the Yangtze River, but also It will play a leading role in demonstrating the coordinated management of river basin system and national sewage treatment, and better promote the green development and ecological civilization construction.
The guidance opinions are clear. First, we will strictly carry out the supervision and examination of sewage treatment cost and improve the adjustment mechanism of sewage treatment fee. Arrange the provinces in the Yangtze River economic belt to comprehensively carry out the supervision, examination and inquiry of sewage treatment cost. According to the requirements of the Yangtze River water pollution prevention and control policy, according to the supervision, examination and inquiry of cost, and based on the compensation of sewage treatment and operation cost, and on the basis of summarizing and considering the local financial resources and social capacity, reasonably formulate the sewage treatment cost specification, and improve the dynamic adjustment mechanism of sewage treatment cost specification. The second is to implement differential charging and payment mechanism. Encourage the exploration, classification and filing of different charging standards to promote sewage pretreatment and pollutant emission reduction of sewage enterprises. Establish the reward and punishment mechanism of sewage treatment service fee linked with the treatment of water quality, pollutant reduction and other services. Third, reduce the burden of sewage treatment enterprises. The sewage treatment plant is free of charge for capacity (demand) of electricity price. The sewage treatment plant can voluntarily choose to fulfill the peak and valley time-sharing electricity price or flat section electricity price to support the sewage treatment enterprise to participate in the electricity market-oriented trading. Encourage the sewage treatment enterprises to sum up and utilize the space of the site, and select the form of "self use, surplus online" to build photovoltaic power generation projects. Fourth, explore new methods to promote the collection power of sewage. Innovate the system and mechanism, encourage all regions to carry out the pilot reform of charging form, attract social capital, accelerate the completion of the short board of sewage collection pipe network, and improve the operation power of sewage collection pipe network in combination with promoting the integrated sewage treatment operation form of plant and network.
According to the guidance opinions, the transformation, finance, urban and rural construction of housing, ecological environment, water conservancy and other parts should be strengthened to form a joint force of work; local people's governments at all levels should fulfill their main responsibilities, improve the relevant policies of sewage treatment and charging mechanism, refine the specific work plan, and ensure the implementation of tasks; ensure the interests of the people with economic difficulties, and strengthen the transformation Promote guidance.
