Rural household toilet renovation will have standards to follow

This newspaper, Beijing, May 1 (Reporter Chen Haibo) The State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration recently approved the release of "Technical Specifications for the Construction of Rural Three-format Household Toilets", "Specifications for the Operation and Maintenance of Rural Three-format Household Toilets" and "Technical Specifications for the Construction of Rural Central Sewer Collection Household Toilets 》 3 recommended national standards. The release of these batches of national standards will change the situation in China ’s rural household toilets without standards, eliminate the bottleneck of lacking management and protection of rural household toilets, and complement the shortcomings in the connection between rural household toilets and manure disposal, which will help protect rural areas. Public health, reduce the spread of disease.

  It is understood that the General Administration of Market Supervision regards the transformation of rural household toilets as a breakthrough in the improvement of the rural human settlement environment, and together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and other relevant departments to promote the development of national standards for the construction, operation and maintenance of rural household toilets. In the reform of rural household toilets in China, three-format household toilets are the most widely used. The above-mentioned standards focus on the weak links in the reform of rural households ’toilets in China, consider the actual situation in different regions, highlight the universality, guidance and practicality of the standards, and serve the practical needs of the current rural toilet improvement work.

  Among them, the "Technical Specification for Rural Three-format Household Toilet Construction" focuses on the design, installation and construction of rural three-format household toilets, project quality acceptance, etc., and proposes three-format septic tank selection, performance requirements and testing methods. Relevant technical requirements; the "Regulations on the Operation and Maintenance of Rural Three-format Household Toilets" focus on the daily use of rural three-format household toilets, manure management, maintenance, emergency treatment, management and protection, etc. High-risk areas have put forward specific measures for the management of three-format household toilets; "Technical Specifications for the Construction of Rural Central Sewer Collection Household Toilets" focuses on the design, construction, and quality acceptance of rural central sewage collection household toilets.