Chapter 2
BASELINE STUDY OF WATER RESOURCES
Article 6. Obligation to conduct surveys on water resources
The obligation to conduct surveys of water resources which is prescribed in Clause 2 Article 12 of the Law on Water Resources shall be discharged as follows:
1. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall conduct surveys on international and inter-provincial water resources; process the survey results of water resources of the inter-provincial river basins and the country.
2. The provincial People’s Committees shall conduct surveys on inter-provincial and intra-provincial water sources; process the survey results of inter-provincial and intra-provincial water resources and the send them to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Article 7. Statistical surveys of water resources
1. The statistical surveys of water resources are conducted consistently all over the country, once every five (05) years, according to the plan for socio-economic development.
2. Obligation to make statistical surveys of water resources:
a) The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall take charge and cooperate with the relevant Ministries, ministerial-level agencies in developing schemes for making and sending the national statistical survey of water resources to the Prime Minister; make statistical survey of international and inter-provincial water sources; process and publish results of the statistical survey of the basins of interprovincial rivers and water sources nationwide;
b) The provincial People’s Committees shall make statistical survey of intra-provincial water sources; process and send the statistical survey of intra-provincial river basins and local water sources to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment;
c) The Ministries and ministerial-level agencies, within their areas of competence, shall cooperate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the provincial People’s Committees in making the statistical survey of water resources.
3. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall provide guidelines on contents, templates for water resource statistical survey sheet and report.
Article 8. Investigation into the exploitation of water resources and discharge of wastewater
1. The obligation to investigate into the exploitation of water resources and discharge of wastewater into water sources
a) The Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism, and the relevant Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, within their areas of competence, are responsible for studying and sending reports on the use of water resources to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment;
b) The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall study the exploitation of and discharge of wastewater into the international and inter-provincial water sources; make the report on the exploitation of water resources and discharge of wastewater into water sources in inter-provincial river basins and all over the country;
c) The provincial People’s Committees, within their areas of competence, shall investigate into the exploitation of and discharge of wastewater into intra-provincial rivers and local water sources; make reports on the exploitation of and discharge of wastewater into intra-provincial rivers and local water sources and send them to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment;
2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall decide the contents, survey sheet templates and procedures for conducting the investigation into the exploitation of water resources and discharge of wastewater into water sources
Article 9. Observation of water resources
1. The network of water resource observation includes:
a) The central observation network including the rainfall observation stations; observation stations of the flow rate, level and quality of the international, inter-provincial and important intra-provincial surface waters, coastal seawater; observation stations of the level and quality of the inter-provincial or highly potential underground waters;
b) Local observation networks including the rainfall observation stations; observation stations of the flow rate, level and quality of the local surface and underground waters which are connected to the Central observation network.
2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall take charge and cooperate with the provincial People’s Committees in developing planning of nationwide network of water resource observation and request the Prime Minister for considering approval.
3. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall establish and manage the water resource observation of the central observation network based on the planning of the network of water resource observation; the Services of Natural Resources and Environment shall construct and manage the water resource observation of the local observation networks.
4. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall provide guidelines on the contents, policies of water resource observation prescribed in this Article.
Article 10. Construction and maintenance of forecast and warning systems of flood, drought, saltwater intrusion, rise of sea level and other negative effects of water
1. The forecast and warning systems of flood, drought, saltwater intrusion, rise of sea level and other negative effects of water shall be developed in each river basin and integrated into the water resource database .
2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment must:
a) Construct and maintain the forecast and warning systems of flood, drought, saltwater intrusion, rise of sea level and other negative effects of water;
b) Make forecasts, issue warnings and ensure information serving the prevention and mitigation of damage caused by flood, drought, saltwater intrusion, rise of sea level and other negative effects of water according to the regulations of the Law on water resources and the Law on prevention and mitigation of disasters.
3. The Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, provincial People’s Committees, shall construction and maintain the forecast and warning systems which serve the operation of Ministries, sectors and local authorities according to the demand for the prevention and mitigation of flood, drought, saltwater intrusion, rise of sea level and other negative effects of water.
Article 11. Water resource databases
1. The water resource databases include:
a) The national water resource database;
b) The local water resource databases.
2. Obligations of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial People’s Committees:
a) The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall decide the categories and standards of data; establish and manage the national water resource database and the access and share of such database;
b) the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, The Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Construction and the relevant Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, within their areas of competence, establish and manage the database of their use of water and integrate the database with the national water resource database;
c) Provincial People’s Committees shall establish and manage the local water resource database and integrate the database with the national water resource database.
Article 12. Report on use of water resources
1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Construction and the relevant Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, the provincial People’s Committees, within their areas of competence, are responsible for sending annual reports on the use of water resources to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment before January 30 of the upcoming year;
2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall provide guidelines on the contents and template of the report on the use of water resources.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 201/2013/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)
Nghị định 201/2013/NĐ-CP (Bản Pdf)