Analysis of status quo and problems of water conservation in China in new situation

In recent years, the continuous gr ow th moment um o f national wat er consum ption has been effectively cur bed by pro2 mo ting the construction o f water2sav ing societ y comprehensively . T he utilizatio n efficiency o f wat er r eso urces has been sig nifi2 cantly improv ed, and remarkable achievements have been made in w ater conservat ion in v arious industries. Acco rding to statist i2 cal analysis fr om 2010 to 2016, the to tal w ater co nsumpt ion and the proportio n o f each industr y chang ed little; w ater consump2 tion per 10, 000 yuan GDP fell by 36% ; the utilizatio n coefficient o f irrig at ion w ater increased from 01 51 to 01 54; w ater con2 sumpt ion per 10, 000 yuan of added industria l value fell by 42% ; the w ater2r eusing rate of the indust rial secto r increased to 881 3% ; the leakage r ate of ur ban public water supply pipe netw or k maintaied ar ound 15% . T her e is a lar ge gap betw een the current lev el of China and the internatio nal adv anced level in terms of water co nser vatio n in agriculture, industry and urban a re2 as. The co nstr uction of w ater2saving society has a long w ay to g o. As socialism w it h Chinese char act eristics enters the new era, ther e raises higher r equirements o n w ater security. At the same time, climate change has intensified the co nt radiction betw een e2 conom ic and social development and water resources security . T he water conservat ion cause faces a new situat ion and challen2 g es. This r esear ch discussed in2dept h the pro blems ex isting in the curr ent situation o f wat er conservat ion w or k in terms of the leg al standard, policy mechanism, scientific and techno lo gical innov ation, st at istical measur ement, manag ement system, and w ater co nser vatio n publicity . It puts forwar d the key points and sugg est ions for water co nser vatio n w or k in the new situat ion.

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