Sanitary Evaluation of Rural Water Supply Projects - China, 2020.

What is already known about this topic?: Over the last decade, the centralized water quality and supply have been substantially enhanced in rural China. However, compared with the urban water supply, most of the rural Water Supply Projects (WaSPs) are small in scale, simple in engineering facilities, and poor in management. What is added by this report?: /d need to be paid more attention. What are the implications for public health practice?: Laws and regulations requiring rural WaSPs to carry out a sanitary evaluation should be established. WaSPs should use tools such as World Health Organization Water Safety Plans to identify and control risks.