Author(s)

Yuzhen Duan^1*, Guijian Liu^1,2, Chong Ren¹, Xiaobao Peng¹

¹School of Public Affairs, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.
²School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.

With the development and reform of water price policy, the most common view is that the total cost of water price can reflect the tradable traits of water resources, which can enhance the water use efficiency and achieve water resources sustainable utilization. Besides in actual pricing operation, from the angle of protection cost, water price characterizes the cost of controlling pollution and protecting water environment. Based on the two factors of water environment capacity and ecological water consumption embodied by the environment water price, this paper puts forward an effective environmental water price calculation model based on three elements of sewage treatment fee, ecological water price and water quality maintenance fee. And this paper takes the data of Hefei as an example, calculates reasonable environmental price, comparing which with the existing price, and finds the main existing problem which needs to be solved urgently in management.

Environmental Water Price, Sewage Treatment Fee, Ecological Water Price, Water Quality Maintenance Fee

Duan, Y. , Liu, G. , Ren, C. and Peng, X. (2016) Environmental Water Price Based on Water Environment Capacity and Ecological Water Consumption: A Case Study of Hefei. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 4, 100-109. doi: 10.4236/gep.2016.44013.