Reform Plan for University Water Fee Measurement

Changchun University Water Management Solution

1、 Project Overview:

At present, there are common urgent and difficult problems in water management in local universities, such as management, charging, and facility maintenance. It is understood that Changchun University also faces the same difficulties in logistics management, especially in owing water fees to the water supply company, which has become the primary and urgent problem to be solved. If effective measures are not taken in a timely manner to completely eradicate and reverse the long-standing problem of insufficient income and expenditure in water management, it will inevitably form a vicious cycle, and even directly affect the normal teaching order of the university. Therefore, it is urgent to concentrate special funds on water use renovation. Starting from the replacement of water meters and adopting quantitative management as the starting point, a special transformation can be carried out to quickly control and plug management loopholes from key links. This not only has an immediate effect on solving prominent contradictions, but also ensures long-term effectiveness in management, charging, and other aspects in the future. At the same time, it can also play a positive role in enhancing the awareness of water conservation among all teachers and students, thereby achieving the goal of scientific management and efficiency creation, and improving guarantee capabilities. Based on the actual situation of your school, we have proposed a suggested plan for water renovation work for your school. Please refer to it.

2、 Reasons and basis for proposing the plan

（1） The prominent contradictions and main problems that need to be solved currently:

(1) Difficulty in water management, difficulty in charging fees, and serious water loss. The obvious problem is that there is a significant imbalance between the actual usage and the amount of water entering households, and monthly water use funds need to be subsidized. The main crux of this problem lies in the outdated management methods, which have always been in a passive state. Checking tables, charging fees, and verifying usage rely on manual labor. In addition, due to various other reasons, management often fails to achieve the expected results, leading to prominent contradictions in management and accumulating more and more problems.

(2) Due to financial constraints, facility maintenance and renovation cannot be carried out in a timely manner, and water pipeline facilities are generally aging. Water loss and waste caused by running, emitting, dripping, and leaking phenomena are quite serious.

(3) Due to the inability to implement quantitative management and the outdated management model that has been formed for many years, people have developed a weak awareness of water conservation, weak integration of management and use, and a prominent idea that users only care about the big pot, resulting in pressure concentrated on management departments and school finances.

（2） Solution to the problem

(1) Changing the fee management method and using IC card prepaid water meters can strengthen water fee management, get rid of the dilemma of relying on subsidies for protection, and start from the relative difficulties and prominent contradictions in key links such as management, charging, and water use. By combining water meters with management system applications, management loopholes can be plugged.

(2) Strict fee standards, establishment of legal fee standards and individual user accounting, adoption of information-based scientific management, containment and reduction of human intervention, always able to control key areas and links of management.

(3) Quantify water management and establish the idea that scientific and effective management is about conservation. Carry out maintenance and management of water facilities to reduce water loss and waste, maintain a balance between water inflow and outflow, and focus on balancing water usage and fees.

（3） Purpose and significance of project implementation

Starting from the concept of scientific and standardized management, adopting active, scientific and effective management measures, and using practical and operable methods to solve practical problems. From the perspective of long-term development and improving management efficiency, actively carry out special governance, implement early and achieve early results, lay a solid foundation, address both symptoms and root causes, and achieve scientific management to achieve results and benefits.

3、 Product and Management System

（1） Product Name: Smart Card Water Meter (One Meter, One Card per Household) and Management Software System

(1) The main functions of the smart card water meter are:

① Prepaid function: Users purchase water first and then use it, pre order the amount of water through their user card, supply water according to the purchase amount, and automatically close the valve after use. The function has changed the passive management method of manually checking water and verifying usage before charging. Being able to completely change management methods and achieve scientific management.

② Ladder water pricing function: Different water pricing can be adopted based on the current water consumption of users, which is an effective measure to improve water conservation awareness and quantitative assessment management of water use.

③ Query function: Users can insert an IC card at any time to check the total water consumption, available water balance, and other related water usage information.

④ Display function, prompt function, and time adjustment function.

(2) Main functions of management software system

① User management function: The software system implements one-on-one information management and area division management functions for the installed residents.

② Functions of water usage and total management, price management, and fee fund management;

③ Information storage, backup, and query functions.

4、 Benefit analysis after renovation

（1） Management efficiency

(1) Accurate measurement: Accurate measurement ensures the accuracy of water consumption management, reduces face-to-face contact between managers and users, curbs human intervention factors, and reduces management burden. By managing user usage data through the system, changes in usage can be detected in a timely and accurate manner, enabling monitoring and tracing of water theft and network pipeline situations, and controlling water loss.

(2) Charging method: Changing the passive management method of using first and charging later can effectively alleviate the difficulties in charging, management, and other related aspects, ensuring the pre reserve of funds for paying water fees to the water supply company.

(3) Personnel reduction: The renovated new system can be combined with electricity billing management, requiring only 1-2 on-site management personnel, greatly reducing the burden of personnel management and expenses.

(4) The water price management standards have been improved, and according to the municipal government's water price charging standards, fees can be classified and implemented based on actual conditions.

5、 Total investment budget (calculated based on 2000 households)

（1） Investment funds:

(1) Water meter cost: 2000 pieces x 400 yuan/piece=800000 yuan.

(2) Installation labor cost: 2000 pieces x 20 yuan/piece=40000 yuan.

(3) Installation and renovation material costs: 50000 yuan.

(4) Other unforeseeable expenses (management, transportation, etc.): 8000 yuan.

（2） Recyclable funds:

Cost of replacing waste materials: 8000 yuan.

Total budget: 890000 yuan.

6、 Financial operation method

（1） Using collateral to complete the installation of water meters: rental fees can be charged for the installation of water meters by schools or contracting units (individuals) (users have management responsibilities), and relevant contracts can be signed (this amount can be used to advance part of the purchase price and alleviate the current lack of funds).

（2） Water meter manufacturers can offer preferential conditions for delaying the collection of payment. In the case of temporary insufficient funds, manufacturers can support the early provision of a partial quantity of water meters for project initiation. At the same time, your school can complete the renovation by installment payment (within 14 months), or by paying a proportional amount (60% of the fee) in the user's purchase fee (executed according to the signed sales contract).

7、 Conclusion and Suggestions

Conclusion:

Changchun City is a severely water deficient city, and water prices will also be adjusted and increased in the future, which puts forward new requirements for water management and conservation. How to respond is one of the issues that management departments must pay attention to. At present, the method of one card managing multiple fees adopted by most units is no longer suitable for management requirements, and users find it difficult to accept and recognize. Therefore, sub item management and the use of advanced products to improve management are feasible methods. Investing funds at once to fundamentally solve problems and lay the foundation for long-term management is an effective and important means to improve management efficiency.

Suggestion:

In order to achieve the expected goals of investing special renovation funds and achieve new breakthroughs in management, it is recommended to simultaneously improve the quantitative management, fee and price related management systems and standards related to this renovation.

8、 Product after-sales service guarantee

Our company, formerly known as State owned Jiannan Machinery Factory, is a state-owned large-scale military enterprise established in 1970. We are a professional manufacturer of IC card prepaid electricity meters and water meters, and have been using our products for many years at Tsinghua University, Peking University, and the First Academy of the Ministry of Aerospace in China. The company takes high-quality products and market reputation as its foundation, strictly abides by contracts and fulfills service commitments. It has established standardized product after-sales service agencies in various districts across the country, and has had a Northeast office in Changchun, Jilin Province since 1998. We will always provide our customers with the best quality service. Our company's products have practical applications of IC card products in Jilin University, Air Force Aviation University, Jilin Experimental Middle School, and Changchun Air Force troops in Jilin Province. The IC card water meter has been included as a key product in the water management plan of the Shenyang Military Region.

This plan is for reference only. If there are any inappropriate aspects, please understand and provide criticism and correction.

Attachment: 1. One copy of enterprise qualification information.

2. 1 copy of product manual.

Hunan Huaihua Jiannan Machinery Factory Co., Ltd

September 26, 2009

Attachment 1: Enterprise Qualification Information

Attachment 2: Product Manual