Urban Innovations and Best Practices: Understanding Urban Water Tariff in the People's Republic of China
Asian Development Bank | October 2009
Abstract
Status of Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment in the People’s Republic of China (PRC): The PRC’s water supply and wastewater treatment has grown fastest and become the largest in the world. In 2000, 250 million urban residents (69% of total residents) could access portable water supplies while total domestic water consumption was 13.2 billion cubic meters (m3). In 2007, the served urban population increased to 350 million (94% of total residents) with total domestic consumption of 16.4 billion m3. In addition, the population served by portable water supply in counties was 102 million (81% of total residents) with total domestic consumption of 3.6 billion m3.1 Adding all these, the world’s largest population has access to a potable water supply.2 In 2000, 31 million m3 of wastewater was treated daily with an urban wastewater treatment ratio of 34%. In 2007, 62 million m3 of wastewater was treated daily with an urban wastewater treatment ratio of 63%, while 883 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants have a treatment capacity of 71 million m3 per day (the second largest in the world)
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Asian Development Bank. 2009. Urban Innovations and Best Practices: Understanding Urban Water Tariff in the People's Republic of China. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2770. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Access To Water
Available Water
Demand For Water
Drinking Water
Drinking Water And Sanitation
Freshwater
Groundwater Quality
Managing Water Resources
Demand For Water
Urban Development
Urban Conditions
Urban Areas
Public Water Supplies
Water & Sanitation Assocation (Wasa)
Water And Sanitation
Urban Plans
Economic Development
Urban concentration
Sewage management
Sanitation services wastes
Water Shortage
Urban renewal
Local government
Fresh water
Water quality management
Drinking water protection
Water quality
Water availability
Public utilities
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