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2.3.3 National and Local Regulations

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1. National laws and regulations

 

The central government has not promulgated relevant laws against rural wastewater so far. Neither the Water Law nor the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law have specific requirements for rural domestic wastewater. Among them, the "Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law" only emphasizes that "the state supports the construction of rural wastewater and garbage treatment facilities, and promotes the centralized treatment of rural wastewater and garbage", "the local governments at all levels should make overall planning to build rural wastewater and garbage treatment facilities and ensure their normal operation." There are no other details in the two laws.

 

2. Local regulations

 

In January 2020, the "Regulations on the Management of Rural Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Zhejiang Province" was officially implemented, which is China's first provincial-level local regulation in the field of rural domestic wastewater treatment facilities management.

 

The "Regulations" clearly stipulate the scope of rural domestic treatment and treatment facilities, the construction and supervision responsibilities of government departments, the guideline of conduct of operation and maintenance units and the boundaries of their responsibilities with facility users, and the legal responsibilities of the parties. It fills the legal gap in the management of rural domestic wastewater treatment facilities, marking that rural domestic wastewater treatment facilities in Zhejiang have entered the track of legal management, and also provides a useful reference for other provinces.

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