The rural tap water penetration rate in China is 84%. What specific measures have been taken to promote development?

The penetration rate of tap water in rural areas reached 84%, which is inseparable from the joint efforts of various departments of the Ministry of Water Resources and local governments. In the process of construction, we will continue to increase capital investment and strengthen infrastructure construction. First of all, under the arrangement of the Ministry of Water Resources, a series of contents, such as project planning, water supply scale, water source selection, purification and disinfection, and water conservancy calculation of pipe network, were defined. Second, the standardization construction and transformation of rural water supply projects. Geographically, the urban-rural fringe, surrounding villages and villages with integrated transactions adopt the way of urban water supply network extending to rural areas. Villages that gather and upgrade will improve their coverage by networking or building or rebuilding water supply projects. Villages like characteristic protection are undergoing small-scale engineering standardization transformation. Village relocation or merger, no new water supply projects, water supply through maintenance and daily management.

In terms of water source selection, large and medium-sized reservoirs and water diversion projects are preferred as drinking water sources, and water sources with good water quality, abundant water quantity and easy protection must be selected, and the cost of water intake and transportation should also be considered.

In the process of water supply project construction and renovation, purification and disinfection technology are also equipped, and it is stipulated that all water supply projects with more than 1000 people should be equipped with disinfection equipment. Small-scale water supply projects should take appropriate disinfection measures, and small-scale water supply projects also remind users to drink boiled water. Thousands of tons of water supply projects should strengthen the construction of automatic monitoring system for purification and disinfection of water pump units. On-line monitoring of water quantity, water quality, water pressure and other key parameters to achieve efficient, safe and stable water supply.

Water supply projects all over the country need to transport and distribute water pipe networks. This is a project that costs more than half of the investment, and it is also the most prone to problems. When burying pipe network, attention should be paid to the operation safety of pipe network and the problem of freezing prevention in winter. After the installation is completed, the water pressure test should be carried out in sections to prevent water leakage.

After the completion of the project construction, a series of standardized management measures have also been improved. For example, the implementation of regional unified management, convenient operation of water fee collection, water quality monitoring and emergency management.