针对我国水资源短缺和小城镇水环境污染的恶化趋势，概述了适用于在小城镇实施的污水无害化、资源化处理技术及发展现状，提倡对小城镇污水进行无害化处理后进行资源化利用，因地制宜地发展小城镇污水处理技术，还就无害化、资源化水处理技术在我国中小城镇应用前景进行了分析与展望

Harmless and resourceful techniques for sewage treatment that are applicable to the implementation in small cities and towns and their development were summarized in order to provide reference for solving the deficiency of water resources and aquatic environment deterioration in China. It emphasizes that the resourceful reuse of wastewater after a harmless treatment with adjusting wastewater treatment measures to local conditions is the direction of waste treatment in small cities and towns in the country. The foreground of the harmless and resourceful techniques to be applied to small cities and towns was analyzed and discussed.