What is the latest guidance on monitoring of water resources in Vietnam under the Law on Water Resources 2023?
What is the latest guidance on monitoring of water resources in Vietnam under the Law on Water Resources 2023?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 51 of the Law on Water Resources 2023, there are regulations on water resources monitoring as follows:
Monitoring of water resources includes measuring and calculating rainfall, flow, water level, quality of surface water and groundwater. The monitoring shall be conducted on an automatic, continuous or periodic basis and is prescribed as follows:
- The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall organize the establishment and operation of a water resources monitoring network for inter-provincial and transboundary surface water sources, and groundwater sources, hydro-meteorological monitoring network, and water quality monitoring network. The water resource monitoring network shall be established according to the planning for baseline survey of water resources;
- The provincial People's Committee shall organize the establishment and operation of a water resources monitoring network for intra-provincial water sources. The water resource monitoring network shall be established according to the provincial planning;
- Organizations and individuals exploiting water resources must carry out monitoring and install measuring equipment inspected and calibrated in accordance with regulations of law on measurement. Organizations and individuals are encouraged to participate in investing in, constructing and operating water resource monitoring works and providing monitoring data to natural resources authorities.
In the case where organizations and individuals exploit water resources for production and supply of domestic water, they shall comply with the regulations set out in this clause and carry out automatic, continuous and periodic monitoring and surveillance of water sources exploited.
- The relocation, change of location, and dissolution of a surface water resources monitoring station shall be carried out in accordance with regulations of law on hydrometeorology; for a groundwater resources monitoring station, regulations imposed the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment shall be complied with. An organization or individual that conducts any activity resulting the relocation or change of location of a monitoring station shall pay compensation as prescribed by law;
- Results of water resources monitoring, hydrometeorological monitoring and water quality monitoring must be updated and shared with the national water resource information system and database.
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What are the regulations on reporting and publication of monitoring results of water resources in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 of Circular 19/2013/TT-BTNMT, regarding reporting and publication of monitoring results of water resources, the following provisions apply:
Report of monitoring results:
(1) For the management units of monitoring areas:
- Develop an annual monitoring plan for the monitoring area. The monitoring plan should be submitted to the technical management unit of the monitoring network before December 15th of the preceding year.
- Verify, adjust, and update the database and monitoring data. The monitoring data should be sent to the technical management unit of the monitoring network on a monthly basis, with data from the previous month submitted before the 22nd of the following month.
- Report the operation results of the monitoring network. The report for the monitoring area should be submitted to the technical management unit of the monitoring network before December 15th of the year.
(2) For the technical management unit of the monitoring network:
- Consolidate the national monitoring plan on an annual basis, which should be submitted by the end of January.
- Evaluate the quality of monitoring documents from different areas and consolidate the monitoring data nationwide.
- Compile newsletters and forecast warnings regarding groundwater resources, which should be sent to relevant water resource management agencies and the management units of monitoring areas. The publication should be made on the website every three months, with the notification sent 45 days after receiving data and notifications from the management units of monitoring areas.
- Compile annual reports on groundwater resources, which should be sent to relevant water resource management agencies. The report should be sent in August every year.
- Consolidate the reports on the operation results of the monitoring network and evaluate changes in water quantity and quality.
Publication of monitoring results:
Documents on monitoring of groundwater resources must be evaluated by the authorized agency before being published for exploitation and use purposes.
What are 06 State policies on water resources in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Law on Water Resources 2023, there are 06 State policies on water resources as follows:
(1) Modernize and professionalize the management of water resources in the direction of managing national water resources on the digital platform through the national water resources information system and database, and system of decision support tools, ensuring the efficient use of resources for water resources management.
(2) Prioritize the investment in the prospecting, exploration and exploitation of water sources, water retention and restoration of deteriorated, depleted or polluted water sources; offer incentives for water exploitation projects aiming to supply domestic and production water to inhabitants in areas facing fresh water scarcity, ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, on islands, disadvantaged areas, extremely disadvantaged areas; enable the poor, women, children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable persons to have access to domestic water.
(3) Prioritize the investment in creation of water resources monitoring and surveillance network, national water resources information system and database, and enhancement of the capacity for forecasting water resources, floods, inundations, droughts, saltwater intrusion, sea level rise and other damage caused by water.
(4) Encourage, incentivize, and assist organizations and individuals to participate in conducting baseline survey of water resources; protect and develop water sources and water generation sources; store water and restore deteriorated, depleted, and polluted water sources; regulate and distribute water resources; prevent, respond to and recover damage caused by water.
(5) Encourage organizations and individuals to develop and apply standards, research, transfer and apply advanced science and technology to manage, protect, restore and develop water resources; exploit and use water in an economical and effective manner, use water in a circular manner, reuse water; convert seawater into fresh water; collect and use rainwater, artificially recharge groundwater; restore deteriorated, depleted and polluted water sources; prevent, respond to and recover damage caused by water.
(6) Expand and strengthen international integration and cooperation in water resources.
Law on Water Resources 2023 comes into force from July 1, 2024, except for Clauses 3 and 4, Article 85 of the Law on Water Resources 2023.
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