In the first quarter, the investment in the construction of rural water supply projects was 15.4 billion yuan
Beijing, May 6 (Reporter Wang Hao) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources that from January to March this year, a total of 15.4 billion yuan was invested in the construction of rural water supply projects, which improved the water supply security level for 4.29 million rural population.
It is expected that by the end of this year, the penetration rate of tap water in rural areas will reach 85%, and the proportion of large-scale water supply projects covering the rural population will reach 54%.
In order to solidly promote the construction of the project, the Ministry of Water Resources, together with the Ministry of Finance, encourages poverty alleviation areas to make full use of the rural revitalization connection funds to support the construction of rural water supply projects, and requires local water conservancy departments at all levels to strengthen preliminary work and departmental coordination, and strive to include rural water supply projects. Expand the library of poverty alleviation achievements and rural revitalization projects, give priority to implementation, and speed up the improvement of shortcomings in rural water supply facilities.
The water conservancy department urges local governments to increase the guidance of government capital investment, integrate agriculture-related financial funds in accordance with laws and regulations, and actively use local bonds, bank credit and social capital to ensure the capital demand for rural water supply project construction.
In the first quarter, the water conservancy department continued to do a good job in the maintenance of rural water supply projects.
This year, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Finance have arranged a central subsidy fund of 3.069 billion yuan for the maintenance and maintenance of rural water supply projects, an increase of 9.6% over 2021.
In view of the rural water supply projects and pipeline networks that are in early aging and disrepair, low construction standards, high leakage rate of pipeline networks, and easy to freeze and damage the pipeline network in winter, as well as the rural water supply problems reflected by various channels, water conservancy departments at all levels will give priority to the implementation to ensure the long-term development of rural water supply projects. Effective and stable performance.
According to statistics, from January to March this year, all localities have completed a total of 369 million yuan for the maintenance of rural water supply projects, serving a rural population of 19.58 million.
In addition, the Ministry of Water Resources, together with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the National Health Commission, continued to promote water source protection, purification and disinfection, and water quality testing and monitoring to continuously improve the level of water quality assurance.
Relevant departments have organized local inspections and monitoring of the drinking water conditions of poverty-stricken areas and people who have been lifted out of poverty, unblocked public reporting channels, and discovered and solved problems in a timely manner.
The Ministry of Water Resources will make unannounced visits to 150 counties this year, and issue "one province, one order" for the problems found, further tightening the local main responsibilities.