The Law Status Of The Drinking Water Source Protection In Shanxi Province

The drinking water sources is conversation land or the place where the surface and ground water comes from, which concludes centralistic drinking water sources and supply of tap water. The drinking water sources in Shanxi province mainly means groundwater resources which located in the basin. The outstanding performance of the province’s six Great Basin groundwater quality are not optimistic about the problems of water quality, unsafe water, urban drinking water safety, worrying, drinking water source protection zones divided unscientific. Therefore, it is imperative to protect the drinking water sources in Shanxi Province.In our legal, the drinking water sources protection reflects in "the Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China","Water Law of the People’s Republic of China","Soil and Water Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China","People’s Republic of China Water Pollution Control Act" etc. All these laws provide that water should be protected on the principle. The provisions of the content of macro should be delineated, such as drinking water source protection zones and water quality monitoring, the previsions of the drinking water source protection zones prohibit measures and emergency warning system and so on. At the national level,"Pollution control regulations of drinking water source protection zones" issued by State Environmental Protection Misadministration provides a strong basis to the drinking water source protection. However, the provisions enacted in1989, has seriously lagged behind the reality, not protection to drinking water sources around the full guide."Environmental protection plan for national urban drinking water sources(2008-2020)"protect drinking water sources from the macro to give guidance, but that is just a policy document but not legally mandatory, however, the protection of drinking water sources in the legal aspects lacks stong guidance.Force of regulation to protect drinking water sources from the legislative point of view of Shanxi Province is "Shanxi Water Resources Management Ordinance", which protection requirements and the volution of these provisions should bear the legal consequences. The four provisions are not adequate drinking water source Protection in Shanxi Province, and effective guidance or guidance. Other provisions have also been mentioned, but most of the guidelines or references are weak. The strength of Shanxi Province is urgent need for the introduction of a drinking water source protection regulations and this specification.Compare and learn from the perspective of the industrially developed countries such as Canada, Japan, Germany and the United States in the legal aspects of the system of protection of drinking water sources for reference, to protect drinking water sources of foreign legislation, law enforcement practice and summarized. On this basis, close contact with the main problems faced by the drinking water source protection in Shanxi Province, and perfect the mechanism of the emergency warning from the improvement of drinking water source protection in Shanxi Province corresponding countermeasures and suggestions, and hope to provide some reference to improve the water quality of drinking water source in Shanxi Province, to protect people’s drinking water safety.