论我国水污染防治立法的新发展

我国新修订的《水污染防治法》在水污染防治的制度和措施方面作出了许多新的规定 ，使我国的水污染防治法立法乃至整个环境立法都有新的发展。其突出的进步和贡献是 ：强调了地方人民政府对本行政区域的水环境质量负责，并把水环境保护目标的完成情况纳 入地方人民政府及其负责人政绩考核指标；明确规定建立生态补偿机制；扩大了水污染物总 量控制制度的适用范围，建立了与之相配套实施的排污许可证制度；以专章规定的形式强化 了对饮用水水源的保护和对水污染事故的处置；授予环境保护行政部门决定并实施限期治理 措施的权力；加大了对违法行为的处罚力度；强化了环境民事法律责任和环境纠纷解决的程 序规定以及对污染受害者的法律援助。 

New Development of Legislation on Preventing and Controlling Water Pollution in China

There are several new provisions on water pollution prevention in the new Act on Water Pollution Preventing and Controlling in China,which can be reckoned as new developments to both water pollution preventing legislations and environmental legislations.The prominent progresses and contributions of the new act include: emphasizing the responsibilities of local governments on water quality protection in the administrative region and making the results of whether water quality in the administrative region are...