At 9 o'clock on May 22, the third session of the 13th National People's Congress opened in the Great Hall of the People. Cheng Hanfei, deputy to the National People's Congress, chief expert of MCC Huatian, and dean of the Water Environment Technology Research Institute, has been working on the front line of water environment governance for a long time, and the concept of green development runs through all aspects of his work. At this year's National People's Congress, his proposal this time put more attention on the construction and operation and maintenance of rural and urban ecological environment.
Cheng Hanfei: "The four proposals I am going to submit at the two sessions this year are mainly focused on the environmental governance field I am engaged in. This is consistent with my company's pursuit of "MCC Huatian Green Tomorrow". Shuiqingshan will better develop suggestions and suggestions, and help environmental governance work to be more scientific, precise, and effective."
Suggestion 1 Improve the assessment methods and content of rural sewage treatment systems
With the fight against water pollution and the construction of beautiful villages, my country's rural water pollution control and rural water environment improvement have achieved remarkable results. But at present, the assessment of rural sewage treatment systems by national and local relevant departments basically follows the indicator system similar to that of urban sewage treatment systems. Under the "baton" of the assessment, a relatively unified rural sewage treatment model has been formed in various regions, that is, every household builds septic tanks.
Cheng Hanfei introduced: In actual practice, sewage treatment facilities built by scattered households that are relatively remote and inconvenient to take over have little effect. In addition, for rural septic tanks lacking a pipe network, due to the limited tank capacity and the lack of separation of white water and gray water, the septic tank will soon overflow. Compared with the decentralized drainage before the septic tank has not been built, this centralized drainage Sewage discharge has a greater impact on the environment, which not only increases labor costs, but also seriously wastes valuable fertilizer resources.
Cheng Hanfei suggested: First, optimize the assessment methods and content, and conduct assessments based on the effects of rural water environment quality and water ecological diversity. Guide localities to adapt measures to local conditions, fully excavate rural land, ditches, ponds and other resources for resource utilization, and rationally select sewage treatment technical routes to make rural sewage treatment facilities more affordable and more affordable. The second is to actively encourage rural regional governance models, and organically integrate rural water resources, rural water conservancy facilities, rural water environment ecology, rural kitchen solid waste, rural soil improvement, and rural water surface utilization benefits, which will contribute to the ecologicalization and industrialization of rural industries. The project is rewarded and supplemented.
Recommendation 2 Improve the level of construction and operation and maintenance of rural agricultural power grids
Rural power grids are one of the most important infrastructure facilities for improving the rural living environment, helping to fight poverty, and promoting rural revitalization and agricultural and rural modernization. In recent years, my country has implemented the upgrading and transformation of rural power grids through the construction of beautiful villages, and the electricity consumption in the vast rural areas has been greatly improved.
However, the construction and management of agricultural electricity, especially drainage and irrigation, and agricultural production electricity facilities are uneven, and there are obvious shortcomings in remote rural areas, which are mainly manifested in: lack of effective connection between power planning and rural industrial layout, farmland water conservancy planning; construction is not in place , Lack of branch lines or low old standards, there is a greater potential safety hazard in electricity use; maintenance is not in place, funds and professional teams are lacking, and maintenance is not timely or even emergency repairs are difficult to guarantee.
In order to ensure safe operation and reliable electricity use, Cheng Hanfei believes that a new round of rural power grid transformation and full coverage of agricultural power use should be accelerated, so that our villages will not only be bright and beautiful, but also rich.
Optimize the planning of rural power grid construction to achieve multi-plan integration. Incorporate the rural power grid construction plan into the important content of the beautiful rural construction plan, and issue technical guidelines for agricultural power construction to ensure the quality and efficiency of construction.
Introduce preferential policies to reduce construction, operation and maintenance costs. Reduce and exempt the cost of land acquisition, green occupation, and other related projects, implement low or discount interest, preferential electricity use, establish maintenance funds, increase operation and maintenance awards, and other methods to reduce construction and operation costs.
Clarify the responsible party to ensure the safety of electricity use. After the completion of the construction of rural power grid facilities, it is necessary to clarify the responsible party, even if it is handed over, it must be handed over in a guaranteed way.
Recommendation 3 Ensure the benign operation of urban sewage treatment plants
The normal operation of urban sewage treatment plants is essential to ensure the quality of the water environment and the health and safety of the people. With the sudden emergence of new coronary pneumonia, the staff of sewage treatment plants across the country overcome various difficulties and stick to their posts to ensure 24-hour uninterrupted operation, which reflects their responsibility and responsibility. However, the factors restricting the healthy operation of urban sewage treatment plants cannot be ignored. Mainly include: the water inflow exceeds the capacity of the sewage treatment plant, the sludge disposal has not been effectively solved, the environmental protection responsibility is unlimitedly expanded, the sewage treatment fee is in arrears, and the implementation of tax policies is not uniform.
To better ensure the benign operation of my country's urban sewage treatment plants, Cheng Hanfei suggests:
The introduction of detailed assessment rules makes the implementation of laws and policies clearer. Clarify the respective responsibilities and obligations of the competent authority and the sewage treatment plant, establish a "plant-network-station" integrated public platform and a sewage treatment plant matter report and emergency response system to avoid possible inaccuracy and inaction to the greatest extent The "backbone" situation occurred in the sewage treatment plant.
Improve corresponding mandatory standards, strengthen departmental coordination, and provide practical support for the scientific disposal of sludge. Prevent the sewage treatment plant from being unable to operate normally due to the backlog of sludge.
Formulate detailed rules for solving environmental protection inspection problems. Use the list of "problems-measures-standards-responsibility-acceptance-education" to make problem solving more scientific and thorough.
Carry out special inspections on the payment of sewage treatment fees across the country. Ensure the normal operation of sewage treatment plants, and truly implement "who discharges pollutants who pays", forcing pollutant discharge units to transform and upgrade and develop green.
A clearer explanation of the preferential policies. Reduce the difference in implementation due to different human understandings, and use the preferential policies during the construction of the sewage plant project as an encouragement during the operation period, so as to avoid the operating cost gap and affect the normal operation of the sewage treatment plant.
Proposal 4 Regarding the "14th Five-Year Plan" Water Ecological Environmental Protection Plan
In Cheng Hanfei's view, water environment management is a systematic project, and water ecological restoration is a long-term conditioning process of traditional Chinese medicine. It must be natural, long-lasting, and sustainable. To this end, he has suggestions for the "14th Five-Year" water environment ecological environmental protection plan:
Fully reflect the people's nature of water ecological environment protection. From the perspective of better meeting human needs, system layout and scientific planning should be carried out, and more consideration should be given to the ecological toxicity of organisms, and appropriate water ecological standards should be formulated.
Fully reflect the sustainability of water ecological environment protection. Respect scientific laws, conform to nature, use ecological methods to solve water ecological problems, and coordinate high-quality protection of the ecological environment with high-quality development of the real economy.
Fully reflects the orientation of the assessment system for water ecological environment protection. The assessment should reflect the result, goal orientation, and the orientation of maximizing ecological and environmental benefits. Advocate the top-level design of drainage systems in various places according to local conditions. Encourage sewage treatment plants to maximize environmental benefits without being restricted by non-key indicators to ensure the effect of "plant-network-river" linkage.
Reprinted Polaris Environmental Protection