Framework and Core System of the Most Stringent Water Resource Management System Based on the Concept of Human-Water Harmony
The concept of human-water harmony is one of the main guiding ideologies of flood control of the Chinese Government since 1999. The strictest water resource management(SWRM)system,proposed by the Ministry of Water Resources in 2009,is an important water resource management system and rose to a national management level in 2011. As the strictest protocols to date,China has undertaken much effort to ensure effective implementation of the SWRM system,including work by the central government,research institutions,experts and academics. How to research and implement the SWRM system under the concept of human-water harmony remains of theoretical and practical importance. Here,we analyzed and explained the relationships between the SWRM system and human- water harmony. We discuss the importance and significance of insisting on the concept of human- water harmony when the SWRM system is implemented,and introduced the practice of the concept of human- water harmony in the SWRM system. We also propose a framework for the SWRM system on the basis of human- water harmony,including a technical standard system,administrative system,and policy and regulation system. This study yields strong technological and managerial support for further improving and implementing the SWRM system and promoting its popularization and application.