《中国水利》杂志编辑部:贵刊今年第七期上,刘富亭、孟令村两同志采写的调查报告《郜河,告诉我们什么?——来自行唐县的报告》,看了使人特别是我这样的人,干了一辈子的水利,当了多年处级干部,如今虽已离休却又十分关心水利的人感到新鲜、亲切、痛快,解决问题。在河道治理上,多年来存在着许多使人头痛的问题:一是过去挖河、修堤一向靠到国家身上,正常的河道维修和管理经费也都靠国家拨款,非常被动。二是近年来随着改革开放、国民经济大发展,与过去比,城乡固定资产已增加了几十倍到几百倍,作为抗御洪涝灾害的河道堤防,急需加固和提高标准,以确保安全,但近年来用于防洪工程的投资,不仅没有增加,反而越来越少,河道堤防失修状况已相当严重。三是国家为解决防洪经费不足问题,也采取过不少办法,如出台了向被保护单位征收防洪工程维护费等规定,但各级如何把规定落到实处,说服受 “China Water Resources” magazine editorial department: Your magazine on the seventh issue of this year, Liu Fu Ting, Meng Lingcun two comrades to collect the survey report “Bahe, tell us what? - Report from Xingtang County”, read the special People like me, who have been doing water for a lifetime and have been cadres at various levels for many years now feel fresh, kind, happy and problem-solving, even though they are retired but are very concerned about water conservancy. In river control, there have been many headaches for many years. First, in the past, dredging the river and repairing the dike all along relied on the country. The funding for normal river maintenance and management was also heavily subsidized by the state and was very passive. Second, in recent years, with the reform and opening up and the rapid development of the national economy, urban and rural fixed assets have increased tens to hundreds of times in comparison with the past. As river embankments for fighting floods, there is an urgent need to reinforce and raise standards so as to ensure safety, However, investment in flood control projects in recent years has not only failed to increase, but has become increasingly rare. The condition of disasters in river embankments has become quite serious. Third, the state has taken a number of measures to solve the problem of lack of funding for flood control. For instance, the government has promulgated the regulations on levying flood protection and maintenance fees for the protected units, but at all levels, they have put the provisions into effect and persuaded them