Since the issuance of the new regulations

" The Action Plan for Prevention and Treatment of Water Pollution"

the arduous objectives of thermal power enterprises are how to get further progress both in saving water and reducing wastewater discharge.This paper reviews the achievements in this field in the past 30 years

and analyzes the existing problems and deficiencies.The key processes in overcoming these difficulties were also discussed.The analysis indicates that

saving water requires a rather complicated process of systematic engineering

and enhancing the water utilization efficiency is the crucial part.Even though there are immense difficulties for thermal power plants to initiate the water-saving process

which requires much higher cost

new ideas on water management

improving the managerial system and accelerating the innovations in order to meet the stricter requirements of water-saving in the aforementioned regulations.Adopting more scientific methods and advancing the technology in saving water makes it much easier to fulfill the objectives.