The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued Circular 24/2016/TT-BTNMT on September 09, 2016, listing specific Principles for determining sanitary protection areas for domestic water intake.
The principles for determining the sanitation protection zones of areas for domestic water intake as stipulated in Circular 24 include:
- Ensuring the prevention and minimization of negative impacts on the water quality of water extraction works for domestic supply and other functions of the water source.- Being compatible with the conditions of topography, geology, hydrogeology, flow policies, characteristics of the water source, extraction scale, layout diagram of the works, and other relevant features related to the protection of domestic water quality.- Being compatible with the current land use status and socio-economic development activities of the area where water extraction works for domestic supply are located.
For more details, see Circular 24/2016/TT-BTNMT, effective from October 25, 2016.
-Thao Uyen-
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