05 areas with compulsory registration for the groundwater extraction in Vietnam from July 15, 2014

Foreign and domestic agencies, organizations and individuals having activities related to the exploration, extraction and use of water resources and discharge of wastewater into the water sources must pay attention to areas with compulsory registration for the groundwater extraction specified in Circular No. 27/2014/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, including:

- Areas with the groundwater level which is lower than the water level lowered as stipulated by People’s Committee of provinces and central-affiliated cities ; areas with the groundwater level which has been declined for three (03) consecutive years and is at risk of lower than the permissible low water level;

- Areas with land subsidence, deformation of works due to the extraction of groundwater; urban areas and rural residential areas located in limestone areas or in areas with weak soil structure;

- Areas with saltwater intrusion due to groundwater extraction; deltas, coastal areas with aquifers of salt and fresh water interlaced or areas adjacent to areas where the groundwater is salty or brackish;

- Areas polluted or increasingly polluted due to groundwater extraction; areas located within a distance smaller than one (01) km to the concentrated disposal site, landfills, cemetery and other sources of hazardous waste;

- Urban areas, concentrated residential areas in rural areas, export processing zones, concentrated industrial clusters and handicraft villages that have been connected to the centralized water supply system with stable water supply assurance in terms of quantity and quality.

View more details at Circular No. 27/2014/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, effective from July 15, 2014.

Thu Ba

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