Fuzhou has rich fresh water resources. Min River ranks the seventh largest in the country in the rate of flow, totaling 63 billion cubic meters. In the urban area, 98.4% of the drinking water sources met the national highest standard.

Fuzhou has six water works in the urban areas, supplying nearly 1.51 million tones of water per day to meet life and production demands. It has built up five sewage treatment plants, with a daily capacity totaling 365,000 tonnes to process 66 percent of the urban sewage. It is constructing one more sewage treatment plant with a daily capacity of 100,000 tonnes.