| Mode of operation is the most substantial and key question to the rural sewage treatment industry in China. Currently the water treatment industry shows a strong demand for investment. In particular, due to the high water quality standards requirement for the water environment in the "12th five-year" Plan, higher degree of water treatment is in demand. Sewage treatment facilities in rural areas have suffered a huge insufficient capacity. Whether construction or operation is being faced with a huge funding gap, and inadequate investment has become the most principal embarrassment for the sewage treatment industry in rural areas.First, In this study, the status quo and comprehensive difficult of the water treatment industry in rural areas of China are reviewed. Then, learned from some developed countries and domestic water treatment industry, the theory of BOT model in rural water project operations is proposed based on the investment and finance theory. Finally, the paper to the Western sewage treatment plant BOT. BOT model success stories Looking development in the rural water industry, will become the new rural water environment is an important guiding. |