Located in the eastern part of Northeast China's Helilongjiang province, Qitaihe has a total population of approximately 800,000. Qitaihe has grown from its initial roots as a small coal mining settlement to an important city which today has over 500,000 inhabitants in its urban area.

On commencing the twenty five year operational contract in 2001, the joint venture (Qitaihe CW) , established between The China Water Company (CW) and Qitaihe Water Company, took over an existing 20Mld water treatment plant. It has since constructed and now operates a new 100Mld plant, pumping stations and raw water pipelines.

The raw water source for the treatment plant comes from the Taoshan reservoir, which is just one kilometre from the city.

The treatment facilities treat surface water and consist of:
• Raw Water Pump House
• Inlet Chamber
• Chemical Dosing
• Flocculation
• Settlement/DAF Tanks
• Rapid Gravity Filters
• Treated Water Storage (2 x 75,000m capacity)
• Treated Water Pumps

The completion of the new treatment plant provided the local partner, Qitaihe Water Company, with the capacity to substantially expand its service area for water supply in the city. The service population has been increased from 100,000 to 200,000 since the start of the joint venture. In September 2008, Qitaihe CW obtained the ISO9001-2000 quality management system certification for production of potable water through DNV.