Chương 2 Nghị định 120/2008/NĐ-CP: Điều tra cơ bản môi trường – tài nguyên nước lưu vực sông

Chapter 2

BASIC SURVEYS OF THE RIVER BASIN ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES

Article 8. Major contents of basic surveys of the river basin environment and water resources

1. Survey of the environment; survey and inventory of water resources in river basins, covering:

a/ Making specific maps of river basins and specific maps of rivers, lakes and lagoons;

b/ Making geological and hydrographic maps of water containing formations, structures and complexes.

c/ Survey and exploration of ground water sources;

d/ Survey, assessment of, and making of topical maps on, water resources;

dd/ Survey and assessment of factors affecting water resources;

e/ Survey and assessment of degradation, alkalization. pollution and exhaustion of surface and ground water sources;

g/ Survey to determine water sources’ capacity to receive wastewater;

h/ Survey, assessment, warning and forecast of abnormal developments in water resources and harms caused by water;

i/ Survey and determination of ground water supplementation possibility and tests.

2. Survey of the current status of exploitation and use of water resources and discharge of wastewater into water sources.

3. Building and maintenance of systems for supervision of water resources and supervision of the exploitation and use of water resources and the discharge of wastewater into water sources.

4. Building and maintenance of systems of information and databases on the environment and water resources.

Article 9. Organization of basic surveys of the river basin environment and water resources

1. The Government uniformly manages basic surveys of the river basin environment and water resources nationwide.

2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with other ministries, branches and People’s Committees of provinces and centrally run cities (below collectively referred to as provincial-level People’s Committees) in, organizing basic surveys of the river basin environment and water resources, guiding the making of plans on distribution of river basin environment-water resource data directories.