Decision of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress on Amending the "Sichuan Provincial Urban Drainage Management Regulations" (2019)

1. Change the name to: "Sichuan Province Urban Drainage and Sewage Treatment Regulations". 2. Amend Article 1 to read: “In order to regulate urban drainage behavior, ensure the safe and normal operation of drainage facilities, prevent and control water pollution and urban waterlogging disasters, and manage and protect the water environment, in accordance with the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People’s Republic of China and the State "Urban Drainage and Sewage Treatment Regulations" and other laws and regulations are formulated based on the actual conditions of Sichuan Province. "3. Article 3 is revised to read: "Urban sewage should be treated at the county level. The above local people's governments shall organize the housing and urban-rural development, ecological environment, water administration and other departments to prepare urban drainage and sewage treatment facility construction plans in their respective administrative areas.

“Local people’s governments at or above the county level shall incorporate urban drainage and sewage treatment into national economic and social development plans and land spatial plans, and implement overall planning and supporting construction.” 4. Paragraph 2 of Article 4 Modify to: "The competent departments of urban drainage and sewage treatment determined by the local people's governments at or above the county level (hereinafter referred to as the competent departments of urban drainage) are responsible for the supervision and management of urban drainage and sewage treatment within their own administrative regions."

Paragraph 3 of Article 4 is revised to read: “Other relevant departments of the local people’s governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of urban drainage and sewage treatment within the scope of their respective responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations and other relevant laws and regulations. "5. Amend the second paragraph of Article 5 to read: "Units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to urban drainage and sewage recycling shall be commended by the local people's governments at or above the county level in accordance with relevant national regulations." VI. Article 6 is revised to read: “The urban drainage authorities of local people’s governments at or above the county level shall work with relevant departments to prepare urban drainage and urban sewage treatment plans in accordance with the law. The planning content shall include comprehensive utilization of precipitation, gray water, reclaimed water and sludge disposal. , organize and implement it after approval by the people's government at the same level, and report to the urban drainage department of the people's government at the next level for filing.

"Townships prone to waterlogging should also prepare special plans for urban waterlogging prevention and control and incorporate them into this document. Urban drainage and sewage treatment planning for administrative regions.

“Local people’s governments at or above the county level shall increase the collection and treatment rate of urban sewage in their respective administrative regions.” 7. Amend Article 7 to read: “New urban drainage facilities shall implement diversion of rainwater and sewage. For existing urban drainage facilities where rainwater and sewage flow together, rainwater and sewage diversion or rainwater collection facilities should be transformed in accordance with the requirements of urban drainage and sewage treatment planning.

“It is prohibited for any unit or individual to connect sewage pipes with them. Rainwater pipes are mixed. 8. Amend Article 8 to read: "In projects to build, reconstruct, or expand urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, priority should be given to arranging the construction of sewage collection systems." The construction of urban sewage treatment facilities should adopt new technologies, new processes, new materials and new equipment that comply with national standards and are stable, reliable, economical and energy-saving.

“New construction, reconstruction, and expansion of urban drainage and sewage treatment facility projects shall be submitted for approval in accordance with the basic construction procedures prescribed by the state. Construction projects connected to urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities shall be in accordance with the relevant national construction project design and Construction technical specifications shall be implemented.

“The establishment of new, reconstructed, and expanded urban sewage outlets shall be reviewed and approved by the competent ecological environment department to ensure that the establishment of sewage outlets conforms to water function zoning and water resources protection planning. and flood protection planning requirements. "9. Add one article after Article 8 as Article 9: "Before the construction scale and process design of the sewage treatment facility project are included in the bidding documents, the construction unit shall organize registered practicing experts in the relevant industries to conduct an evaluation. The evaluation experts shall conduct an evaluation in accordance with the law. Sign and seal the documents and be responsible for the review opinions. The construction unit is responsible for the conclusions of the review report, and the design unit that implements the construction scale and process design is responsible for the design quality. The construction unit, design unit and construction unit shall not arbitrarily change the construction scale and design process after winning the bid. Any optimization and adjustment of local processes shall be reported to the urban drainage authority for review and approval.

"The housing and urban-rural development department of the Provincial People's Government, together with relevant departments, publishes a guidance catalog for encouraged and eliminated sewage treatment processes in accordance with relevant national and provincial regulations, and updates it regularly.

"Sewage The construction scale, emission standards, and process design of treatment facility projects should be based on local conditions and seek truth from facts. The construction scale should be scientifically determined based on the permanent population, actual sewage discharge volume and other factors; the discharge standards should be determined based on the local sewage water quality, water volume, and the environmental capacity of the receiving water body; the process design should give priority to mature and advanced, low-cost, and low-energy consumption technical solutions. Government investment projects should be prioritized in the encouraged guidance catalog.

“The special acceptance of the process of sewage treatment facility projects shall be included in the joint acceptance of project completion.” 10. Change Article 9 to Article 10 and amend it to: “Urban sewage centralized treatment facilities and supporting pipe networks have been covered Within the area, new septic tanks and related activated sludge interception tanks and ponds are not allowed. The original septic tanks that have lost their functions should be dismantled during the renovation of old communities.

“Residential areas, scenic spots, tourist attractions, resorts, airports, railway stations and other areas that discharge domestic sewage that are not covered by urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities, as well as economic development zones, independent industrial and mining areas, etc. Units that discharge sewage and wastewater should establish medium and small sewage treatment facilities in accordance with national or local standards for sewage treatment to ensure that the sewage they discharge meets pollutant discharge standards.

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