Sewage treatment industry cost analysis and countermeasures

The above situation shows that there is still an imbalance and unreasonable between the sewage treatment fee charging standard and the sewage treatment service fee payment standard based on the sewage treatment cost. The task objectives of "the (sewage treatment fee) fee standard should compensate the operating costs of sewage treatment and sludge disposal facilities and make a reasonable profit" and "the urban sewage treatment fee standard is roughly equivalent to the sewage treatment service fee standard" have not been achieved.

Third, countermeasures and suggestions

1. Improve the practicality of cost information disclosure of listed sewage treatment companies. Although the information disclosure content of listed companies is more abundant than before, the information disclosure related to the main business operation is still insufficient, especially the information about the operation, cost and income, and business volume of different industries, products and regions is not enough. There is still a lack of sewage treatment cost information such as differentiating between different daily treatment capacity, technical routes, effluent standards, etc. In order to enable report users to have a more comprehensive understanding of the relevant situation of listed companies, efforts should be made to strengthen the practicability of information disclosure, reduce or avoid subjective descriptions, and more specific financial and business indicators should be listed to enrich the information dimensions of business disclosure.

2. Integrate cost data information to improve the scientific decision-making. The responsibilities for the formulation of sewage treatment standards and sewage treatment service fee standards are divided into different departments, and the cost information grasped between departments is not smooth, and there is an imbalance and mismatch between the sewage treatment service fee standards and the sewage treatment fee standards, resulting in an imbalance in the sewage treatment revenue and expenditure. Cost is the basis of price, so relevant systems should be formulated, unified indicators should be set up, cost and other data held by various functional departments should be integrated, basic information platform should be established, the status quo of scattered data should be changed, information sharing should be realized, and the basis for administrative decision-making should be consolidated.

3. Carry out regular cost investigation and research to establish cost evaluation system. With the promotion of China's ecological civilization construction, the introduction of various reform measures, the improvement of treatment process requirements, the increase of investment in infrastructure, upgrading and transformation, the cost structure and level of sewage treatment will also undergo more obvious and frequent changes. Carry out regular cost investigation and research work, comprehensively and timely grasp cost information, combine in-depth analysis of typical cases that fully reflect green, energy saving and economic effects, in-depth analysis of cost trends and market dynamics, and incorporate environmental capacity, economic development level, government payment ability, high-quality development of the industry and other factors into the cost research system. Research and put forward the cost level of benchmark enterprises and industry standards for sewage treatment to provide support for scientific price regulation.