Arid Zone Research ›› 2022, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 301-311.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2022.01.29

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Evaluation of the operation and management of rural drinking water safety projects in Gansu Province

JIANG Wei1(),XI Haiyang2(),CHENG Wenju2,3,LIU Qin1   

  1. 1. Rural Drinking Water Safety Management Office of Gansu, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
    2. Alxa Desert Ecology-Hydrological Experimental Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environmental and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
    3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2021-05-08 Revised:2021-07-13 Online:2022-01-15 Published:2022-01-24
  • Contact: Haiyang XI E-mail:975753484@qq.com;xihy@lzb.ac.cn

Abstract:

Rural drinking water safety projects are major livelihood initiatives for achieving a well-off society in an all-round way. Based on statistical data, field visits and questionnaires, this study used entropy methods and fuzzy mathematics to evaluate the current status of operation and management of rural drinking water safety projects in Gansu Province. The aim was to establish a more comprehensive, systematic, and long-term evaluation system and, at the same time, analyze the existing problems in the operation and management of the currently active drinking water safety projects. The results show that (1) the overall operation and management of rural drinking water safety projects in Gansu Province is good, but there are large differences among provinces. The evaluation results for five cities in Hexi are better than those for the southern counties, which are generally poor. (2) For areas with a “general” evaluation grade, it is necessary to increase capital investment and management, especially for policy implementation, update and implementation of management regulations, raise public awareness, establishment of plumber teams, intelligent construction of water supply pipelines, and further deployment optimization. After years of practical exploration, Gansu Province has formed a special drinking water safety project construction model that simultaneously develops centralized water supply projects and decentralized water supply projects. This study aims to provide practical countermeasures and suggestions for the development of rural drinking water safety projects, and also provide technical support and a scientific basis for the establishment of rural drinking water safety practices in Gansu Province and other parts of the country in the future.

Key words: rural drinking water safety, drinking water project, operation management, evaluation, Gansu