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Water Conservation Regulation

节约用水条例

This regulation establishes rules for water conservation management, planning, and enforcement in China, effective from May 1, 2024.

Issuing authority
State Council of the People's Republic of China中华人民共和国国务院
Published
2024-03-09
Effective
2024-05-01
Status
In force
Open official source ↗Source checked: 2026-07-30
Original ChineseTranslation
Original Chinese

(2024年2月23日国务院第26次常务会议通过 2024年3月9日中华人民共和国国务院令第776号公布 自2024年5月1日起施行)

Translation

(Adopted at the 26th Executive Meeting of the State Council on February 23, 2024, promulgated by Order No. 776 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on March 9, 2024, and effective as of May 1, 2024)

Original Chinese第一章

总  则

TranslationChapter I

General Provisions

Original Chinese第一条

为了促进全社会节约用水,保障国家水安全,推进生态文明建设,推动高质量发展,根据《中华人民共和国水法》等有关法律,制定本条例。

TranslationArticle 1

This Regulation is formulated in accordance with the Water Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws to promote water conservation across society, ensure national water security, advance ecological civilization, and promote high-quality development.

Original Chinese第二条

本条例所称节约用水(以下简称节水),是指通过加强用水管理、转变用水方式,采取技术上可行、经济上合理的措施,降低水资源消耗、减少水资源损失、防止水资源浪费,合理、有效利用水资源的活动。

TranslationArticle 2

For the purposes of this Regulation, 'water conservation' (hereinafter referred to as 'water saving') refers to activities that reduce water resource consumption, decrease water resource loss, prevent water resource waste, and utilize water resources rationally and effectively by strengthening water use management, transforming water use methods, and adopting technically feasible and economically reasonable measures.

Original Chinese第三条

节水工作应当坚持中国共产党的领导,贯彻总体国家安全观,统筹发展和安全,遵循统筹规划、综合施策、因地制宜、分类指导的原则,坚持总量控制、科学配置、高效利用,坚持约束和激励相结合,建立政府主导、各方协同、市场调节、公众参与的节水机制。

TranslationArticle 3

Water conservation work shall adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, implement a holistic approach to national security, coordinate development and security, follow the principles of unified planning, comprehensive measures, adaptation to local conditions, and classified guidance, adhere to total volume control, scientific allocation, and efficient utilization, adhere to the combination of constraints and incentives, and establish a water conservation mechanism led by the government, coordinated by all parties, regulated by the market, and participated in by the public.

Original Chinese第四条

国家厉行节水,坚持和落实节水优先方针,深入实施国家节水行动,全面建设节水型社会。

TranslationArticle 4

The State practices strict water conservation, adheres to and implements the priority policy of water conservation, deeply implements the national water conservation action, and comprehensively builds a water-saving society.

Original Chinese

任何单位和个人都应当依法履行节水义务。

Translation

All units and individuals shall perform their water conservation obligations in accordance with the law.

Original Chinese第五条

国家建立水资源刚性约束制度,坚持以水定城、以水定地、以水定人、以水定产,优化国土空间开发保护格局,促进人口和城市科学合理布局,构建与水资源承载能力相适应的现代产业体系。

TranslationArticle 5

The State establishes a rigid constraint system for water resources, adheres to the principles of determining city size, land use, population, and industrial development based on water availability, optimizes the pattern of territorial space development and protection, promotes the scientific and rational layout of population and cities, and builds a modern industrial system compatible with the carrying capacity of water resources.

Original Chinese第六条

县级以上人民政府应当将节水工作纳入国民经济和社会发展有关规划、年度计划,加强对节水工作的组织领导,完善并推动落实节水政策和保障措施,统筹研究和协调解决节水工作中的重大问题。

TranslationArticle 6

People's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate water conservation work into relevant plans and annual plans for national economic and social development, strengthen organizational leadership over water conservation work, improve and promote the implementation of water conservation policies and safeguard measures, and coordinate research and resolve major issues in water conservation work.

Original Chinese第七条

国务院水行政主管部门负责全国节水工作。国务院住房城乡建设主管部门按照职责分工指导城市节水工作。国务院发展改革、工业和信息化、农业农村、自然资源、市场监督管理、科技、教育、机关事务管理等主管部门按照职责分工做好节水有关工作。

TranslationArticle 7

The water administrative department of the State Council is responsible for national water conservation work. The housing and urban-rural construction department of the State Council guides urban water conservation work according to its division of responsibilities. The development and reform, industry and information technology, agriculture and rural affairs, natural resources, market supervision and administration, science and technology, education, and government offices administration departments of the State Council shall perform their relevant water conservation duties according to their division of responsibilities.

Original Chinese

县级以上地方人民政府有关部门按照职责分工做好节水工作。

Translation

Relevant departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall perform water conservation work according to their division of responsibilities.

Original Chinese第八条

国家完善鼓励和支持节水产业发展、科技创新的政策措施,加强节水科技创新能力建设和产业化应用,强化科技创新对促进节水的支撑作用。

TranslationArticle 8

The State improves policies and measures to encourage and support the development of the water conservation industry and technological innovation, strengthens the capacity building and industrial application of water conservation technology innovation, and strengthens the supporting role of technological innovation in promoting water conservation.

Original Chinese第九条

国家加强节水宣传教育和科学普及,提升全民节水意识和节水技能,促进形成自觉节水的社会共识和良好风尚。

TranslationArticle 9

The State strengthens water conservation publicity, education, and scientific popularization, enhances the public's awareness and skills in water conservation, and promotes the formation of a social consensus and good practice of conscious water conservation.

Original Chinese

国务院有关部门、县级以上地方人民政府及其有关部门、乡镇人民政府、街道办事处应当组织开展多种形式的节水宣传教育和知识普及活动。

Translation

Relevant departments of the State Council, relevant departments of local people's governments at or above the county level, township people's governments, and sub-district offices shall organize and carry out various forms of water conservation publicity, education, and knowledge popularization activities.

Original Chinese

新闻媒体应当开展节水公益宣传,对浪费水资源的行为进行舆论监督。

Translation

News media shall conduct public interest publicity on water conservation and exercise public opinion supervision over acts of wasting water resources.

Original Chinese第二章

用 水 管 理

TranslationChapter II

Water Use Management

Original Chinese第十条

国务院有关部门按照职责分工,根据国民经济和社会发展规划、全国水资源战略规划编制全国节水规划。县级以上地方人民政府根据经济社会发展需要、水资源状况和上级节水规划,组织编制本行政区域的节水规划。

TranslationArticle 10

Relevant departments of the State Council shall, according to their division of responsibilities, formulate national water conservation plans based on the national economic and social development plan and the national water resources strategic plan. Local people's governments at or above the county level shall organize the formulation of water conservation plans for their administrative regions based on economic and social development needs, water resource conditions, and higher-level water conservation plans.

Original Chinese

节水规划应当包括水资源状况评价、节水潜力分析、节水目标、主要任务和措施等内容。

Translation

Water conservation plans shall include water resource status assessment, water conservation potential analysis, water conservation targets, main tasks, and measures.

Original Chinese第十一条

国务院水行政、标准化主管部门组织制定全国主要农作物、重点工业产品和服务业等的用水定额(以下称国家用水定额)。组织制定国家用水定额,应当征求国务院有关部门和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府的意见。

TranslationArticle 11

The water administrative department and the standardization department of the State Council shall organize the formulation of water use quotas for major crops nationwide, key industrial products, and the service industry (hereinafter referred to as national water use quotas). When organizing the formulation of national water use quotas, opinions from relevant departments of the State Council and people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be solicited.

Original Chinese

省、自治区、直辖市人民政府根据实际需要,可以制定严于国家用水定额的地方用水定额;国家用水定额未作规定的,可以补充制定地方用水定额。地方用水定额由省、自治区、直辖市人民政府有关行业主管部门提出,经同级水行政、标准化主管部门审核同意后,由省、自治区、直辖市人民政府公布,并报国务院水行政、标准化主管部门备案。

Translation

People's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, based on actual needs, formulate local water use quotas that are stricter than the national water use quotas; where national water use quotas do not provide for certain items, local water use quotas may be formulated as supplements. Local water use quotas shall be proposed by the relevant industry departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and after review and approval by the water administrative department and the standardization department at the same level, shall be published by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and reported to the water administrative department and the standardization department of the State Council for recordation.

Original Chinese

用水定额应当根据经济社会发展水平、水资源状况、产业结构变化和技术进步等情况适时修订。

Translation

Water use quotas shall be revised in a timely manner according to changes in the level of economic and social development, water resource conditions, industrial structure changes, and technological progress.

Original Chinese第十二条

县级以上地方人民政府水行政主管部门会同有关部门,根据用水定额、经济技术条件以及水量分配方案、地下水控制指标等确定的可供本行政区域使用的水量,制定本行政区域年度用水计划,对年度用水实行总量控制。

TranslationArticle 12

The water administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, formulate annual water use plans for its administrative region based on water use quotas, economic and technical conditions, and the amount of water available for use in the administrative region as determined by water allocation plans and groundwater control indicators, and implement total volume control over annual water use.

Original Chinese第十三条

国家对用水达到一定规模的单位实行计划用水管理。

TranslationArticle 13

The State implements planned water use management for units that reach a certain scale of water use.

Original Chinese

用水单位的用水计划应当根据用水定额、本行政区域年度用水计划制定。对直接取用地下水、地表水的用水单位,用水计划由县级以上地方人民政府水行政主管部门或者相应流域管理机构制定;对使用城市公共供水的用水单位,用水计划由城市节水主管部门会同城市供水主管部门制定。

Translation

The water use plan for a water-using unit shall be formulated based on water use quotas and the annual water use plan for the administrative region. For units that directly extract groundwater or surface water, the water use plan shall be formulated by the water administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level or the corresponding river basin management agency; for units using urban public water supply, the water use plan shall be formulated by the urban water conservation department in conjunction with the urban water supply department.

Original Chinese

用水单位计划用水管理的具体办法由省、自治区、直辖市人民政府制定。

Translation

Specific measures for planned water use management of water-using units shall be formulated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Original Chinese第十四条

用水应当计量。对不同水源、不同用途的水应当分别计量。

TranslationArticle 14

Water use shall be metered. Water from different sources and for different purposes shall be metered separately.

Original Chinese

县级以上地方人民政府应当加强农业灌溉用水计量设施建设。水资源严重短缺地区、地下水超采地区应当限期建设农业灌溉用水计量设施。农业灌溉用水暂不具备计量条件的,可以采用以电折水等间接方式进行计量。

Translation

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the construction of agricultural irrigation water metering facilities. In areas with severe water shortage and areas with groundwater overexploitation, agricultural irrigation water metering facilities shall be constructed within a specified time limit. Where conditions for agricultural irrigation water metering are temporarily not available, indirect metering methods such as converting electricity consumption to water volume may be adopted.

Original Chinese

任何单位和个人不得侵占、损毁、擅自移动用水计量设施,不得干扰用水计量。

Translation

No unit or individual may encroach upon, damage, or remove water metering facilities without authorization, or interfere with water metering.

Original Chinese第十五条

用水实行计量收费。国家建立促进节水的水价体系,完善与经济社会发展水平、水资源状况、用水定额、供水成本、用水户承受能力和节水要求等相适应的水价形成机制。

TranslationArticle 15

Water use shall be charged based on metered volume. The state shall establish a water pricing system that promotes water conservation and improve the water price formation mechanism that is compatible with the level of economic and social development, water resource conditions, water use quotas, water supply costs, affordability of water users, and water conservation requirements.

Original Chinese

城镇居民生活用水和具备条件的农村居民生活用水实行阶梯水价,非居民用水实行超定额(超计划)累进加价。

Translation

Tiered water pricing shall be implemented for urban residents' domestic water use and for rural residents' domestic water use where conditions permit. For non-residential water use, progressive surcharges for exceeding quotas (plans) shall be implemented.

Original Chinese

农业水价应当依法统筹供水成本、水资源稀缺程度和农业用水户承受能力等因素合理制定,原则上不低于工程运行维护成本。对具备条件的农业灌溉用水,推进实行超定额累进加价。

Translation

Agricultural water prices shall be reasonably determined in accordance with the law, taking into account factors such as water supply costs, water resource scarcity, and the affordability of agricultural water users. In principle, the price shall not be lower than the operation and maintenance cost of the project. For agricultural irrigation water where conditions permit, progressive surcharges for exceeding quotas shall be promoted.

Original Chinese

再生水、海水淡化水的水价在地方人民政府统筹协调下由供需双方协商确定。

Translation

The prices of reclaimed water and desalinated seawater shall be determined through negotiation between suppliers and users under the overall coordination of local people's governments.

Original Chinese第十六条

水资源严重短缺地区、地下水超采地区应当严格控制高耗水产业项目建设,禁止新建并限期淘汰不符合国家产业政策的高耗水产业项目。

TranslationArticle 16

In areas with severe water shortage and areas with groundwater overexploitation, the construction of high water consumption industrial projects shall be strictly controlled, and the construction of new high water consumption industrial projects that do not conform to national industrial policies shall be prohibited, and existing ones shall be phased out within a specified time limit.

Original Chinese第十七条

国家对节水潜力大、使用面广的用水产品实行水效标识管理,并逐步淘汰水效等级较低的用水产品。水效标识管理办法由国务院发展改革主管部门会同国务院有关部门制定。

TranslationArticle 17

The state implements water efficiency labeling management for water-using products with high water-saving potential and wide application, and gradually phases out water-using products with low water efficiency grades. The measures for the administration of water efficiency labeling shall be formulated by the competent department of development and reform under the State Council jointly with relevant departments under the State Council.

Original Chinese第十八条

国家鼓励对节水产品实施质量认证,通过认证的节水产品可以按照规定使用认证标志。认证基本规范、认证规则由国务院认证认可监督管理部门会同国务院有关部门制定。

TranslationArticle 18

The state encourages quality certification of water-saving products. Certified water-saving products may use certification marks in accordance with regulations. The basic certification specifications and certification rules shall be formulated by the competent department of certification and accreditation under the State Council jointly with relevant departments under the State Council.

Original Chinese第十九条

新建、改建、扩建建设项目,建设单位应当根据工程建设内容制定节水措施方案,配套建设节水设施。节水设施应当与主体工程同时设计、同时施工、同时投入使用。节水设施建设投资纳入建设项目总投资。

TranslationArticle 19

For new construction, renovation, and expansion projects, the construction unit shall formulate a water conservation measure plan based on the project construction content and construct supporting water conservation facilities. Water conservation facilities shall be designed, constructed, and put into use simultaneously with the main project. The investment in water conservation facility construction shall be included in the total investment of the construction project.

Original Chinese第二十条

国家逐步淘汰落后的、耗水量高的技术、工艺、设备和产品,具体名录由国务院发展改革主管部门会同国务院工业和信息化、水行政、住房城乡建设等有关部门制定并公布。

TranslationArticle 20

The state shall gradually phase out outdated technologies, processes, equipment, and products with high water consumption. The specific catalog shall be formulated and published by the competent department of development and reform under the State Council jointly with the competent departments of industry and information technology, water resources, housing and urban-rural construction, and other relevant departments under the State Council.

Original Chinese

禁止生产、销售列入前款规定名录的技术、工艺、设备和产品。从事生产经营活动的使用者应当限期停止使用列入前款规定名录的技术、工艺、设备和产品。

Translation

The production and sale of technologies, processes, equipment, and products listed in the catalog specified in the preceding paragraph are prohibited. Users engaged in production and business activities shall stop using the technologies, processes, equipment, and products listed in the catalog specified in the preceding paragraph within a specified time limit.

Original Chinese第二十一条

国家建立健全节水标准体系。

TranslationArticle 21

The state shall establish and improve the water conservation standard system.

Original Chinese

国务院有关部门依法组织制定并适时修订有关节水的国家标准、行业标准。

Translation

Relevant departments under the State Council shall, in accordance with the law, organize the formulation and timely revision of national standards and industry standards related to water conservation.

Original Chinese

国家鼓励有关社会团体、企业依法制定严于国家标准、行业标准的节水团体标准、企业标准。

Translation

The state encourages relevant social organizations and enterprises to formulate water conservation group standards and enterprise standards that are stricter than national standards and industry standards in accordance with the law.

Original Chinese第二十二条

国务院有关部门依法建立节水统计调查制度,定期公布节水统计信息。

TranslationArticle 22

Relevant departments under the State Council shall, in accordance with the law, establish a water conservation statistical survey system and regularly publish water conservation statistical information.

Original Chinese第三章

节 水 措 施

TranslationChapter III

Water Conservation Measures

Original Chinese第二十三条

县级以上人民政府及其有关部门应当根据经济社会发展水平和水资源状况,引导农业生产经营主体合理调整种植养殖结构和农业用水结构,积极发展节水型农业,因地制宜发展旱作农业。

TranslationArticle 23

People's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall, based on the level of economic and social development and water resource conditions, guide agricultural production and operation entities to rationally adjust the structure of planting and breeding and agricultural water use, actively develop water-saving agriculture, and develop dry farming according to local conditions.

Original Chinese

国家对水资源短缺地区发展节水型农业给予重点扶持。

Translation

The state provides key support for the development of water-saving agriculture in water-scarce areas.

Original Chinese第二十四条

国家支持耐旱农作物新品种以及土壤保墒、水肥一体化、养殖废水资源化利用等种植业、养殖业节水技术的研究和推广。

TranslationArticle 24

The state supports research and promotion of water-saving technologies in crop farming and animal husbandry, including new drought-tolerant crop varieties, soil moisture conservation, integrated water and fertilizer management, and resource utilization of aquaculture wastewater.

Original Chinese

县级以上人民政府及其有关部门应当组织开展节水农业试验示范和技术培训,指导农业生产经营主体使用节水技术。

Translation

People's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall organize water-saving agricultural experiments, demonstrations, and technical training, and guide agricultural production and operation entities in using water-saving technologies.

Original Chinese第二十五条

国家发展节水灌溉,推广喷灌、微灌、管道输水灌溉、渠道防渗输水灌溉、集雨补灌等节水灌溉技术,提高灌溉用水效率。水资源短缺地区、地下水超采地区应当优先发展节水灌溉。

TranslationArticle 25

The state develops water-saving irrigation, promotes water-saving irrigation technologies such as sprinkler irrigation, micro-irrigation, pipeline water delivery irrigation, canal seepage control irrigation, and rainwater harvesting supplementary irrigation, to improve irrigation water use efficiency. In water-scarce areas and areas with groundwater overexploitation, water-saving irrigation shall be prioritized.

Original Chinese

县级以上人民政府及其有关部门应当支持和推动节水灌溉工程设施建设。新建灌溉工程设施应当符合节水灌溉工程技术标准。已经建成的灌溉工程设施不符合节水灌溉工程技术标准的,应当限期进行节水改造。

Translation

People's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall support and promote the construction of water-saving irrigation engineering facilities. New irrigation engineering facilities shall meet the technical standards for water-saving irrigation. Existing irrigation engineering facilities that do not meet the technical standards for water-saving irrigation shall undergo water-saving renovation within a specified time limit.

Original Chinese第二十六条

国家加快推进农村生活节水。

TranslationArticle 26

The state accelerates the promotion of water conservation in rural domestic use.

Original Chinese

县级以上地方人民政府及其有关部门应当加强农村生活供水设施以及配套管网建设和改造,推广使用生活节水器具。

Translation

Local people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall strengthen the construction and renovation of rural domestic water supply facilities and supporting pipeline networks, and promote the use of domestic water-saving appliances.

Original Chinese第二十七条

工业企业应当加强内部用水管理,建立节水管理制度,采用分质供水、高效冷却和洗涤、循环用水、废水处理回用等先进、适用节水技术、工艺和设备,降低单位产品(产值)耗水量,提高水资源重复利用率。高耗水工业企业用水水平超过用水定额的,应当限期进行节水改造。

TranslationArticle 27

Industrial enterprises shall strengthen internal water use management, establish water conservation management systems, adopt advanced and applicable water-saving technologies, processes, and equipment such as graded water supply, efficient cooling and washing, circulating water use, and wastewater treatment and reuse, to reduce water consumption per unit product (output value) and increase the reuse rate of water resources. High water-consuming industrial enterprises whose water use levels exceed the water quota shall undergo water-saving retrofitting within a specified period.

Original Chinese

工业企业的生产设备冷却水、空调冷却水、锅炉冷凝水应当回收利用。高耗水工业企业应当逐步推广废水深度处理回用技术措施。

Translation

Cooling water for production equipment, air conditioning cooling water, and boiler condensate water in industrial enterprises shall be recycled and reused. High water-consuming industrial enterprises shall gradually promote technical measures for advanced wastewater treatment and reuse.

Original Chinese第二十八条

新建、改建、扩建工业企业集聚的各类开发区、园区等(以下统称工业集聚区)应当统筹建设供水、排水、废水处理及循环利用设施,推动企业间串联用水、分质用水,实现一水多用和循环利用。

TranslationArticle 28

Newly built, renovated, or expanded industrial agglomeration areas such as various development zones and parks (hereinafter collectively referred to as industrial agglomeration areas) shall coordinate the construction of water supply, drainage, wastewater treatment, and recycling facilities, promote series water use and graded water use among enterprises, and achieve multi-purpose and recycling of water.

Original Chinese

国家鼓励已经建成的工业集聚区开展以节水为重点内容的绿色高质量转型升级和循环化改造,加快节水及水循环利用设施建设。

Translation

The state encourages established industrial agglomeration areas to carry out green high-quality transformation and upgrading and circular transformation with water conservation as the key content, and accelerate the construction of water conservation and water recycling facilities.

Original Chinese第二十九条

县级以上地方人民政府应当加强对城市建成区内生产、生活、生态用水的统筹,将节水要求落实到城市规划、建设、治理的各个环节,全面推进节水型城市建设。

TranslationArticle 29

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the coordination of production, domestic, and ecological water use within urban built-up areas, implement water conservation requirements in all aspects of urban planning, construction, and governance, and comprehensively promote the construction of water-saving cities.

Original Chinese第三十条

公共供水企业和自建用水管网设施的单位应当加强供水、用水管网设施运行和维护管理,建立供水、用水管网设施漏损控制体系,采取措施控制水的漏损。超出供水管网设施漏损控制国家标准的漏水损失,不得计入公共供水企业定价成本。

TranslationArticle 30

Public water supply enterprises and units with self-built water supply pipeline networks shall strengthen the operation and maintenance management of water supply and water use pipeline networks, establish a leakage control system for water supply and water use pipeline networks, and take measures to control water leakage. Water losses exceeding the national standard for leakage control of water supply pipeline networks shall not be included in the pricing cost of public water supply enterprises.

Original Chinese

县级以上地方人民政府有关部门应当加强对公共供水管网设施运行的监督管理,支持和推动老旧供水管网设施改造。

Translation

Relevant departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the supervision and management of the operation of public water supply pipeline networks, and support and promote the renovation of old public water supply pipeline networks.

Original Chinese第三十一条

国家把节水作为推广绿色建筑的重要内容,推动降低建筑运行水耗。

TranslationArticle 31

The state regards water conservation as an important part of promoting green buildings, and promotes the reduction of water consumption in building operation.

Original Chinese

新建、改建、扩建公共建筑应当使用节水器具。

Translation

Newly built, renovated, or expanded public buildings shall use water-saving appliances.

Original Chinese第三十二条

公共机构应当发挥节水表率作用,建立健全节水管理制度,率先采用先进的节水技术、工艺、设备和产品,开展节水改造,积极建设节水型单位。

TranslationArticle 32

Public institutions shall play an exemplary role in water conservation, establish and improve water conservation management systems, take the lead in adopting advanced water-saving technologies, processes, equipment, and products, carry out water-saving retrofitting, and actively build water-saving units.

Original Chinese第三十三条

城镇园林绿化应当提高用水效率。

TranslationArticle 33

Urban landscaping shall improve water use efficiency.

Original Chinese

水资源短缺地区城镇园林绿化应当优先选用适合本地区的节水耐旱型植被,采用喷灌、微灌等节水灌溉方式。

Translation

In water-scarce areas, urban landscaping shall prioritize the selection of water-saving and drought-tolerant vegetation suitable for the region, and adopt water-saving irrigation methods such as sprinkler irrigation and micro-irrigation.

Original Chinese

水资源短缺地区应当严格控制人造河湖等景观用水。

Translation

In water-scarce areas, landscape water use such as artificial rivers and lakes shall be strictly controlled.

Original Chinese第三十四条

县级以上地方人民政府应当根据水资源状况,将再生水、集蓄雨水、海水及海水淡化水、矿坑(井)水、微咸水等非常规水纳入水资源统一配置。

TranslationArticle 34

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall, based on water resource conditions, incorporate non-conventional water sources such as reclaimed water, harvested rainwater, seawater and desalinated seawater, mine water, and brackish water into the unified allocation of water resources.

Original Chinese

水资源短缺地区县级以上地方人民政府应当制定非常规水利用计划,提高非常规水利用比例,对具备使用非常规水条件但未合理使用的建设项目,不得批准其新增取水许可。

Translation

In water-scarce areas, local people's governments at or above the county level shall formulate plans for the utilization of non-conventional water sources, increase the proportion of non-conventional water use, and shall not approve new water withdrawal permits for construction projects that have conditions to use non-conventional water but fail to use it reasonably.

Original Chinese第三十五条

县级以上地方人民政府应当统筹规划、建设污水资源化利用基础设施,促进污水资源化利用。

TranslationArticle 35

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall coordinate the planning and construction of wastewater resource utilization infrastructure to promote wastewater resource utilization.

Original Chinese

城市绿化、道路清扫、车辆冲洗、建筑施工以及生态景观等用水,应当优先使用符合标准要求的再生水。

Translation

Water use for urban greening, road cleaning, vehicle washing, building construction, and ecological landscapes shall prioritize the use of reclaimed water that meets standard requirements.

Original Chinese第三十六条

县级以上地方人民政府应当推进海绵城市建设,提高雨水资源化利用水平。

TranslationArticle 36

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall promote the construction of sponge cities to improve the utilization level of rainwater resources.

Original Chinese

开展城市新区建设、旧城区改造和市政基础设施建设等,应当按照海绵城市建设要求,因地制宜规划、建设雨水滞渗、净化、利用和调蓄设施。

Translation

When carrying out new urban district construction, old city renovation, and municipal infrastructure construction, rainwater retention, purification, utilization, and storage facilities shall be planned and constructed according to local conditions in accordance with the requirements of sponge city construction.

Original Chinese第三十七条

沿海地区应当积极开发利用海水资源。

TranslationArticle 37

Coastal areas shall actively develop and utilize seawater resources.

Original Chinese

沿海或者海岛淡水资源短缺地区新建、改建、扩建工业企业项目应当优先使用海水淡化水。具备条件的,可以将海水淡化水作为市政新增供水以及应急备用水源。

Translation

In coastal or island areas with scarce freshwater resources, newly built, renovated, or expanded industrial enterprise projects shall prioritize the use of desalinated seawater. Where conditions permit, desalinated seawater may be used as a new municipal water supply and emergency backup water source.

Original Chinese第四章

保障和监督

TranslationChapter IV

Guarantee and Supervision

Original Chinese第三十八条

县级以上地方人民政府应当健全与节水成效、农业水价水平、财力状况相匹配的农业用水精准补贴机制和节水奖励机制。

TranslationArticle 38

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall establish a precise subsidy mechanism for agricultural water use and a water conservation reward mechanism that matches water conservation effectiveness, agricultural water price levels, and financial capacity.

Original Chinese

对符合条件的节水项目,按照国家有关规定给予补助。

Translation

Qualified water conservation projects shall be given subsidies in accordance with relevant state regulations.

Original Chinese第三十九条

国家鼓励金融机构提供多种形式的节水金融服务,引导金融机构加大对节水项目的融资支持力度。

TranslationArticle 39

The state encourages financial institutions to provide various forms of water-saving financial services and guides financial institutions to increase financing support for water-saving projects.

Original Chinese

国家鼓励和引导社会资本按照市场化原则依法参与节水项目建设和运营,保护其合法权益。

Translation

The state encourages and guides social capital to participate in the construction and operation of water-saving projects in accordance with market principles and the law, and protects their legitimate rights and interests.

Original Chinese第四十条

国家鼓励发展社会化、专业化、规范化的节水服务产业,支持节水服务机构创新节水服务模式,开展节水咨询、设计、检测、计量、技术改造、运行管理、产品认证等服务,引导和推动节水服务机构与用水单位或者个人签订节水管理合同,提供节水服务并以节水效益分享等方式获得合理收益。

TranslationArticle 40

The state encourages the development of a socialized, specialized, and standardized water-saving service industry, supports water-saving service institutions in innovating water-saving service models, and provides services such as water-saving consulting, design, testing, measurement, technological transformation, operation management, and product certification. It guides and promotes water-saving service institutions to sign water-saving management contracts with water users or individuals, provide water-saving services, and obtain reasonable income through water-saving benefit sharing and other methods.

Original Chinese

国家鼓励农村集体经济组织、农民专业合作社、农民用水合作组织以及其他专业化服务组织参与农业节水服务。

Translation

The state encourages rural collective economic organizations, farmers' professional cooperatives, farmers' water use cooperative organizations, and other specialized service organizations to participate in agricultural water-saving services.

Original Chinese第四十一条

国家培育和规范水权市场,支持开展多种形式的水权交易,健全水权交易系统,引导开展集中交易,完善水权交易规则,并逐步将水权交易纳入公共资源交易平台体系。

TranslationArticle 41

The state cultivates and regulates the water rights market, supports various forms of water rights trading, improves the water rights trading system, guides centralized trading, improves water rights trading rules, and gradually incorporates water rights trading into the public resource trading platform system.

Original Chinese第四十二条

对节水成绩显著的单位和个人,按照国家有关规定给予表彰、奖励。

TranslationArticle 42

Units and individuals with remarkable achievements in water conservation shall be commended and rewarded in accordance with relevant state regulations.

Original Chinese第四十三条

县级以上人民政府水行政、住房城乡建设、市场监督管理等主管部门应当按照职责分工,加强对用水活动的监督检查,依法查处违法行为。

TranslationArticle 43

The water administrative, housing and urban-rural construction, market supervision and management, and other competent departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, according to their respective duties, strengthen supervision and inspection of water use activities, and investigate and deal with illegal acts in accordance with the law.

Original Chinese

有关部门履行监督检查职责时,有权采取下列措施:

Translation

When performing supervision and inspection duties, the relevant departments have the right to take the following measures:

Original Chinese

(一)进入现场开展检查,调查了解有关情况;

Translation

(1) Enter the site to conduct inspections and investigate relevant circumstances;

Original Chinese

(二)要求被检查单位或者个人就节水有关问题作出说明;

Translation

(2) Require the unit or individual under inspection to provide explanations on water conservation issues;

Original Chinese

(三)要求被检查单位或者个人提供有关文件、资料,进行查阅或者复制;

Translation

(3) Require the unit or individual under inspection to provide relevant documents and materials for review or copying;

Original Chinese

(四)法律、行政法规规定的其他措施。

Translation

(4) Other measures prescribed by laws and administrative regulations.

Original Chinese

监督检查人员在履行监督检查职责时,应当主动出示执法证件。被检查单位和个人应当予以配合,不得拒绝、阻碍。

Translation

Supervision and inspection personnel shall proactively show their law enforcement credentials when performing supervision and inspection duties. The unit or individual under inspection shall cooperate and shall not refuse or obstruct.

Original Chinese第四十四条

对浪费水资源的行为,任何单位和个人有权向有关部门举报,接到举报的部门应当依法及时处理。

TranslationArticle 44

Any unit or individual has the right to report acts of wasting water resources to the relevant departments, and the department receiving the report shall handle it in a timely manner in accordance with the law.

Original Chinese第四十五条

国家实行节水责任制和节水考核评价制度,将节水目标完成情况纳入对地方人民政府及其负责人考核范围。

TranslationArticle 45

The state implements a water conservation responsibility system and a water conservation assessment and evaluation system, incorporating the completion of water conservation targets into the assessment scope of local people's governments and their responsible persons.

Original Chinese第五章

法 律 责 任

TranslationChapter V

Legal Liability

Original Chinese第四十六条

侵占、损毁、擅自移动用水计量设施,或者干扰用水计量的,由县级以上地方人民政府水行政、住房城乡建设主管部门或者流域管理机构责令停止违法行为,限期采取补救措施,处1万元以上10万元以下的罚款;造成损失的,依法承担赔偿责任。

TranslationArticle 46

Whoever encroaches upon, damages, or moves water metering facilities without authorization, or interferes with water metering, shall be ordered by the water administrative, housing and urban-rural construction department of the local people's government at or above the county level or the river basin management agency to stop the illegal act, take remedial measures within a time limit, and be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan; if losses are caused, compensation shall be paid in accordance with the law.

Original Chinese第四十七条

建设项目的节水设施没有建成或者没有达到国家规定的要求,擅自投入使用的,以及生产、销售或者在生产经营中使用国家明令淘汰的落后的、耗水量高的技术、工艺、设备和产品的,依照《中华人民共和国水法》有关规定给予处罚。

TranslationArticle 47

If the water-saving facilities of a construction project are not built or do not meet the requirements stipulated by the state and are put into use without authorization, and if technologies, processes, equipment, and products that are obsolete and have high water consumption and are explicitly eliminated by the state are produced, sold, or used in production or operation, penalties shall be imposed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Water Law of the People's Republic of China.

Original Chinese第四十八条

高耗水工业企业用水水平超过用水定额,未在规定的期限内进行节水改造的,由县级以上地方人民政府水行政主管部门或者流域管理机构责令改正,可以处10万元以下的罚款;拒不改正的,处10万元以上50万元以下的罚款,情节严重的,采取限制用水措施或者吊销其取水许可证。

TranslationArticle 48

If a high water-consuming industrial enterprise's water use level exceeds the water use quota and it fails to carry out water-saving renovation within the prescribed time limit, the water administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level or the river basin management agency shall order it to make corrections and may impose a fine of not more than 100,000 yuan; if it refuses to make corrections, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed, and if the circumstances are serious, water use restriction measures shall be taken or its water withdrawal permit shall be revoked.

Original Chinese第四十九条

工业企业的生产设备冷却水、空调冷却水、锅炉冷凝水未回收利用的,由县级以上地方人民政府水行政主管部门责令改正,可以处5万元以下的罚款;拒不改正的,处5万元以上10万元以下的罚款。

TranslationArticle 49

If the cooling water of production equipment, air conditioning cooling water, and boiler condensate of an industrial enterprise are not recycled, the water administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections and may impose a fine of not more than 50,000 yuan; if it refuses to make corrections, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan shall be imposed.

Original Chinese第五十条

县级以上人民政府及其有关部门的工作人员在节水工作中滥用职权、玩忽职守、徇私舞弊的,依法给予处分。

TranslationArticle 50

If staff members of the people's government at or above the county level and its relevant departments abuse their power, neglect their duties, or engage in malpractice for personal gain in water conservation work, they shall be given sanctions in accordance with the law.

Original Chinese第五十一条

违反本条例规定,构成违反治安管理行为的,由公安机关依法给予治安管理处罚;构成犯罪的,依法追究刑事责任。

TranslationArticle 51

If a violation of this regulation constitutes a violation of public security administration, the public security organ shall impose public security administration penalties in accordance with the law; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be investigated in accordance with the law.

Original Chinese第六章

附  则

TranslationChapter VI

Supplementary Provisions

Original Chinese第五十二条

本条例自2024年5月1日起施行。

TranslationArticle 52

This regulation shall come into force on May 1, 2024.