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PART I INTRODUCTION
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PART II INSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
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2.INSTITUTIONAL, POLICY, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR RURAL SANITATION AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
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2.1 Overview
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2.2.Institutional Arrangement
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2.3.Policies and Regulations
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2.4 Discharge Standards
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2.5.Sources of funds
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2.6.Typical provincial cases
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2.7.Conclusions and recommendations
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PART III TECHNICAL BASIS
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3 Overview of Rural Sanitation and Wastewater Management
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3.1 Domestic Wastewater
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3.2 Rural Toilets in China – Source of Black Water
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3.3 Decentralized vs. Centralized Rural Wastewater Management
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4 Rural Wastewater Treatment Technology
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4.1 Preliminary Treatment
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4.2. Primary Treatment
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4.3 Secondary Treatment
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4.3.1 Attached Growth Process
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4.3.2 Suspended growth Process
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4.3.3 Waste Stabilization Pond
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4.3.4 Constructed Wetlands
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4.3.5 Subsurface Wastewater Infiltration Systems
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5 Wastewater Treatment Process Design
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5.1 General Design Consideration
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5.2 Sewage Collection Alternatives
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5.3 Wastewater Treatment Process Design
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5.4 Water Reuse
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5.5 Sludge Management
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PART IV PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN
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6 Project Planning and Design
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6.1 Diagnosis for Project Villages – Initial Community Assessment
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6.2 Establishment of Stakeholder Group
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6.3 Assessment on Existing Conditions and Community’s Capacity
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6.3.1 Physical Conditions Assessment
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6.3.2 Community’s Capacity Assessment
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6.4 Baseline Engineering Survey and Assessment
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6.5 Project Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Assessment
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6.6 Selection of Operation Model
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6.7 Project Cost Estimate
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7 Community Participation
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7.1 Why Need Community Participation?
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7.2 Principles of Community Participation
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7.3 Community Participation Activities
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PART V PROJECT FINANCING
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8 Financing, Subsidies, and Cost Recovery
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8.1 Programmatic Costs
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8.2 Project Implementation Costs
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8.3 Project Financing
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8.4 Subsidies
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8.5 Cost Recovery
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PART VI PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
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9 Procurement and Implementation
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9.1 Procurement Principles
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9.2 Procurement Alternatives
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9.3 Procurement Planning
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10 System Adminstration, Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring
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10.1 Introduction
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10.2 Management and Administration Arrangement
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10.3 Operation and Maintenance
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10.4 Reporting and Monitoring
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10.5 Operator Training and Support
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Appendix: Case Studies – Rural Wastewater Management in Zhejiang, Shanxi, and Jiangsu Province
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1.Zhejiang Province
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2.Shanxi Province
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3.Jiangsu Province
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4.Summary
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REFERENCES
2.5.1.Main sources of funding
- Categories: 2.5.Sources of funds
- Time of issue: 2022-04-28 17:44:16
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According to the “Five-Year Action Plan for Improvement of Rural Living Environment Improvement (2021-2025)”, the main sources of funds for rural wastewater treatment are as follows:
Investment within the central budget
"Improve the local government investment mechanism with appropriate incentives and subsidies from the central government, continue to arrange investment in the central budget, implement the rural toilet revolution as planned, and promote the financial incentives and subsidies policy for the whole village, so as to ensure the investment of rural environmental improvement funds.” It shows that the main source of funds for the improvement of rural living environment in China is still mainly from local governments, and the central government will also arrange a certain amount of investment in the central budget and give rewards and subsidies.
Due to the fact that the infrastructure of rural living environments in the central and western regions are relatively weak, the National Development and Reform Commission established a new special project in the investment of central budget, and jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs launched the implementation of the rural living environment improvement and county promotion project in 2019. In the past two years, a total of 6 billion yuan has been invested to support the construction of rural waste, wastewater treatment and other infrastructure construction in counties, and appropriate preference for poverty areas when arranging investment, so as to promote the implementation of the central deployment tasks. With the support of the central government, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has implemented the policy of "promoting governance with rewards" in the rural environment. Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", a total of 25.8 billion yuan of special funds have been allocated, of which 3.6 billion yuan has been allocated in 2020 to support rural wastewater and garbage treatment, drinking Water source protection, etc., completed the environmental improvement of 125,000 villages.
Local government investment
"Local governments at all levels should ensure the construction and operation funds of rural living environment improvement infrastructure, make overall arrangements for land transfer income to improve the rural living environment, and encourage local governments to issue local government bonds and other means to use the funds for eligible rural living environment improvement construction projects.”
It follows that the investment of local governments mainly comes from two sources: one is the land transfer fee, and the other is the issuance of local government bonds. Although macro-control measures may have a certain impact on these two funding channels, they will still be important sources of funding for local governments' rural environmental governance during the 14th Five-Year Plan.
County-level pooled funds
"The county-level can coordinate and integrate funds and projects related to improving the rural living environment according to regulations, and build on a village-by-village basis." This shows that, the county-level government can integrate all kinds of funds from the superior governments for the guiding task and coordinate with some agriculture-related funds arranged at the county level to form a joint force to provide financial guarantee for the improvement of rural living environment.
Social capital participation
"Through government and social capital cooperation, mobilize social forces to participate actively in rural living environment infrastructure construction and operation management projects with better investment returns and a higher degree of marketization." Rural environmental governance cannot be separated from the participation of social capital. At present, the biggest problem faced by social capital in participating in rural wastewater treatment is that it is difficult to establish a long-term and stable investment return mechanism, which can motivate social capital to participate in rural wastewater treatment actively and effectively. The government's efforts to strengthen rural wastewater treatment through cooperation with social capital and other modes are still in the stage of active exploration.
Credit support
"Guide all kinds of financial institutions to provide credit support to improve the rural living environment in compliance with laws and regulations." When providing credit to support rural wastewater treatment work, financial institutions also face the similar challenge of social capital,which requires the exploration of effective ways to participate.
Farmer payment
“Some Areas can explore farmer payment system for rural toilet manure removal, rural wastewater and garbage disposal, establish socialized service system and service fee market-oriented formation mechanism for the operation, management and maintenance of rural living environment infrastructure in accordance with the law. The guarantee system for the operation, management and maintenance funds will be established gradually, which include farmer payment, village-level coordination, and appropriate government subsidies.”
"The implementation of the "users pay" system should be the ultimate solution to the improvement of the rural living environment. However, considering the actual situation in China's rural areas, at present we can only explore and establish gradually wastewater treatment charging mechanism for rural residents in qualified areas, and it is limited to "operation and maintenance funds" for the rural wastewater treatment system. It may take a long time for farmers to pay for the system in a general sense.
Donation
"Attract individuals, enterprises, social organizations, etc. with nostalgia as a link, and support the improvement of the rural living environment through donations of funds and materials, paired assistance, etc." This form of funds can only be used for minor addition to the main sources of funding.