According to the china daily news network, the water prices of our city's residents include the basic water prices, water charges and sewage charges. The cost of sewage treatment is 0. 7/m3 of the current living water price of 2. 95/m3。
This price adjustment only increased the cost of sewage treatment and did not adjust the cost of basic water and water resources. The cost of water for urban residents to households was adjusted from 2. 95 to 3. 15 m3/m3。
The journalist for the newspaper's 2 december news (journalist xianjin) was informed today that the jinan city prices board will make public on 3 december the main elements of the hearing programme for the water price (water treatment) hearing for the residents of jinan. The programme indicated that the rate for the collection of sewage charges was increased only this time, with a proposed increase of 0. 2 dollars。
Unlike other large and medium-sized cities in the country, the price adjustment did not involve the cost of the enterprise, but only the cost of sewage treatment. According to the main points of the hearing programme, this adjustment project is the standard for the collection of sewage charges for water used by urban dwellers. The adjustment ranges from $0. 7 per cubic metre to $0. 9 per cubic metre for sewage treatment for urban residents, with no adjustment for basic water prices and water resources. The cost of water for urban residents to households was adjusted from 2. 95 to 3. 15 m3/m3。
The price of water for the inhabitants of our city includes three components: basic water prices, water costs and sewage treatment. The cost of sewage treatment is 0. 7/m3 of the current cost of 2. 95/m3。
With regard to the current sewage treatment fee rate, the head of the department concerned told the press that it could be said to be lower across the province. As early as 2005, the provincial government specified in its repository on issues related to further increase of sewerage fees: “the standard for municipal sewage treatment in the established districts was raised to an average of $1 by the end of 2005. To date, only jenan in 17 municipalities in the province has yet to implement this standard. As the industry has said, “the sewage treatment plant built in jinan has the highest discharge standards in the province, but the charges are the lowest in 17 municipalities in the province”
According to the municipal authorities, jenan charges 100 million yuan a year for sewage treatment, but the vast majority invests in the construction of sewage treatment plants and the rehabilitation of sewage networks, reaching 850 million yuan a year alone. Even if all of the $100 million per year were spent on sewage treatment, the government would subsidize more than $50 million per year based on the current cost of sewage treatment of $101 per cubic metre。
