subject: Deputy Minister Of Construction Qiu Live: Water Is Not Expedient - Small-sized Plastic Molding [print this page] This year May 15 to 21 is the 19th a "national urban water conservation Awareness Week." After 18 years of accumulation, "National Urban water conservation promotion week" as a social mobilization, public participation model, popular water-saving knowledge, to promote water-saving technology to improve water conservation awareness for the work of urban water depth played a important role.
In recent years, with the rapid progress of urbanization and the steady economic and social development, China's urban water demand for substantial growth of population and water use, water supply coverage and service capabilities continue to improve, however, urban water use has remained stable at 50 billion cubic m / year.
Made a lot of data on the effectiveness of water conservation.
From the water volume of view, National City from 1991 to 2008 using a variety of water-saving measures to reduce water 59.498 billion cubic meters, and in 2008 the total annual water consumption (50.01 billion cubic meters) very.
From the water of the total, compared with 2001, 2008 National Urban population growth of 36% water, urban water coverage from 72.3% to 94.7%, but the total urban water consumption was increased by only 7%, stable in 50 billion cubic meters / year.
The per capita water consumption from the perspective, per capita water consumption in Chinese cities continue to decrease, from 1998 to 556.3 l / (person? Days) decreased to 2008 390.5 l / (person? Days), down 30% for 10 years.
After years of effort, saving has become a society-wide consensus and morality, water wading nodes to achieve a city-wide coverage, water supply and ease the contradictions of urban water, water-saving results for all to see.
However, we must clearly recognize that cities face water saving in the new situation and challenges.
First, the global water shortage is getting worse, this year's World Water Day (March 22), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "Clean drinking water has become a scarce resource, and with the advent of climate change will become more scarce. "We must also clearly understand that any country can access worldwide oil, gas and mineral resources to maintain the functioning of their economies, but the mass of water can not be protected through international trade.
Second, China's water situation is still serious. China is a dry country, water resources per capita less than 2,200 cubic meters, only 28% of the world average, and the uneven temporal and spatial distribution. As China's economic and social construction continues to develop, resource shortage, lack of water and water pollution has become the economic and social sustainable development of the important factors.
At the same time, rapid urbanization and industrialization on water use and management of severe challenges.
Therefore, strengthening the urban water conservation work is not an expedient measure, but we should insist on a long-term strategic task. Economic activities not only to water, urban living and all aspects of social undertakings as well; not only water-poor regions to water and water rich areas as well; not only to water-saving dry years, wet years should also section water.
Strengthen urban water conservation in the future, but also to further improve the water laws and regulations, policies and standards to improve the water level of the legal system to effectively mobilize and increase water saving community enthusiasm and initiative. To further enhance the development of water conservation work in the city's status, increase water conservation responsibility. To give full play to the role of economic levers and market guidance to promote city water conservation. The water price reform and the role of urban water. Scientific and technological support to enhance the conservation and waste reduction capacity, increase water-saving technology investment and promotion efforts, and further innovative ways to strengthen the publicity of mobilization and public participation.
