Many cities ferment and raise water price

Many cities ferment and raise water price
The government of Lanzhou announces recently, from November of this year, each cubic meter of domestic water price of resident of the whole city raises 0.3 yuan. Before this, Tianjin, Shanghai,etc. has already raised water price, has raise the price the range is mostly more than 20%. Enter October, Yinchuan, Harbin,etc. begin to ferment and readjust the price too.
It is with an increasing tendency that the new round of water price rises, what on earth is the reason of its back? Why did consumers suspect water price policy? Where is the outlet of the public utilities reform?
Why price rising " The quality "
Since one period, the upward way of water price by hearing has been performed in many cities. In fact, this year, the national relevant department has issued the notice, has required regional discretion to issue the scheme of readjusting the price, and control and concentrate on raising the running water price on the grounds of compensating and supplying water of the cost strictly.
At the news briefing on October 22, the construction commission of Lanzhou proposes three major reasons of price adjustment of water: Enterprises have increased investment to supply water; Adjustment and change of the market price of government's pricing policy have increased enterprise's costs; Price adjustment of water is the need of building the saving society.
To the reason of rising in price which running water enterprises provide, Ms Zhang who lives in three li of rivers in Beijing west city shows some helplessness: "I have never dropped and paid the water rate, but thought that talks about the reform for many years, the more the price rises. The question is that I have not felt water quality has basic improvement. "
Beijing large director, advisory company of high mountain, forever auspicious to participate in a plurality of the intersection of province and city and ink affair event consultation money have, he says: "Don't say unable to accomplish to turning on the tap can be drunk, even in Beijing, also there is secondary pollution in some high buildings, some blocks are often insufficient because of the low water yield of water pressure. Water price reform, improve and supply water the service quality is the task of top priority. "
The public finance is put into insufficiently
Review the course of valuating from policy low price to marketization, water affair enterprises seem not to always get rid of " water price rises ", enterprises suffer the loss " Strange circle.
Henan the intersection of Luoyang and the intersection of city and the intersection of water and the intersection of affair and group hold the intersection of water and hearing that price being raised, take out 3 figures: Enterprises have supplied water and dealt in and lost 6,280,000 yuan, 8,290,000 yuan and 20,300,000 yuan partly continuously in the past 3 years.
The loss of the affair group of water of Luoyang is only " The iceberg corner " . The policy research of more than 3000 of running water company in the whole country of research center of water industry of Tsing-Hua University reveal, the running water company began to suffer the loss in the whole trade in 1995, though began to raise the price after 1998, but only basically maintained at the meagre profit or state fair up to now.
Why is the loss for many years difficult to fill and lead up? The house and Vice chief of Ministry of Construction Policy and Regulations Department Xu Zong in urban and rural areas are majestic to think, the profound problem that running water trade loses for a long time lies in the public and financial disappearance.
" statistical yearbook of China's urban construction " (2007) The data reveal, in 1981, the proportion that the central financial allocations took the gross investment of the national municipal infrastructure was 26%, drop to 0.8% suddenly by 2007. It is more pitiably littly to put the local finance in the same period into.
The policy director of research center Fu Tao of water industry of Tsing-Hua University points out: "The government give little, this part of deficits of enterprises must be undertaken by oneself, but will enterprises bear? Enterprises are sure to sell to consumers, that is - -Rise in price. "
Price cost of water is supervised weakly
Reporter find, adjust at the hearing in some the intersection of water and price that city hold, supply water enterprises put emphasis on suffering the loss continuously more, but form keeping silent to water price frequently, price cost of water forms a dense fog.
The affair group of water of Luoyang as the local water affair enterprises of state-run individual proprietorship, though has suffered the loss for 3 years in succession, but 25,000 yuan of per capita salary in 2008, level still higher than per person in Luoyang by 22883 yuan.
"The running water company says that suffers the loss, but some employee welfare is not bad, where does the money comes, it was not the ordinary people that handed in yet. " Ms. Liu, citizen of Luoyang, say to the intersection of water and the intersection of affair and enterprise about lose that declines taking exception to.
It is reported, our country does not introduce the formal water supply cost to supervise and examine the method yet so far. For a long time, water price forms and has not reflected rare intensity and water environmental improvement cost of water resource, the basis which the government supervises is mainly by supplying water of the cost materials that enterprises offered.
"Because of the information asymmetry, it is difficult to restrain the cost which supplies water of enterprises, the government depends on the bargaining among government and enterprise in supplying water of the control of the price. " The person in charge of environmental association of dealers of service industry of All-China Federation of Commerce Industry says.
The house and urban construction Zhang Yue, floormanager of department of Ministry of Construction in urban and rural areas say, it can't be according to the water rate which common people paid to supply water and invest, last market supply-demand relationship either totally,it transform at pipe network, two water supplies and read the ammeter directly in, strengthen government's public beneficial input, relieve water price pressure, reflect the responsibility of government's public service, let the masses receive material benefit.
Look for the reform " The equalization point "
The digital display that the environmental association of dealers of service industry of All-China Federation of Commerce Industry offers, 36 pieces of resident's life of large and medium cities in the whole country supply water of the price (excluding the fee of sewage disposal) up to 2007 Average price 1.7 yuans /cubic meter,12 times those of 1998 for more than.
" change to rise " Not reforming the original idea, but the reality. Comb the intersection of water and the intersection of affair and the intersection of trade and reform for many years, urban water supply hasten the birth of one thought-provoking " 2 8 " The pattern of market: 20% of the water affair enterprises sell some water right, introduce the competitive operating capitals in the whole country, among them 10% fall into the foreign capitals in the pocket; Other about 80% continue maintaining the management current situation of state-run individual proprietorship.
Take Lanzhou as examples. France is majestic to set up the refined company and obtain 45% of the stock rights of affair group of water of Lanzhou at the high premium of 1,710 million yuan in 2007, and obtained water supply franchises of Lanzhou in 30. " foreign water affair " Premium water right trades high query public opinion for " The conspiracy theory " . However, the policy research center of water industry of Tsing-Hua University reveals to the investigations of the water affair enterprises of 11 foreign capitals, it causes obvious influence that the foreign capitals enter and has not adjusted the local water price.
Reporter know no matter countries all over the world deal in while being state-run, or private mode, pay attention to the supervision of water price of the government deeply.
Jia Feng, Vice chief of department of propagation and education, of environmental protection department thinks, as the necessary for life, water price can't be too high. The pricing of water price should be open and clear, should implement several - month probationary period to the new water price after price adjustment, prevent water price change from becoming a tool which a few people sought profit with.
Zhang Yue says: "Water affair reform, it is not that the government shirks one's responsibility, not even the government borrows the ' water ' appurtenance. The reform is to introduce the subject of operation of plural investment, change the operating mechanism to supply water, lower costs, ensure water quality, improve the service. "
(Chen Fang, reporter of Xinhua News Agency
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