Vietnam to have national water resource monitoring system by 2030

Vietnam has set a goal of building and maintaining a national water resource monitoring system and another system to forecast flooding, drought, saltwater intrusion and rising sea water level by 2030.
Vietnam to have national water resource monitoring system by 2030 ảnh 1Phu Ninh clean water plant in Bac Ninh (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has set a goal of buildingand maintaining a national water resource monitoring system and another systemto forecast flooding, drought, saltwater intrusion and rising sea water levelby 2030.

It was set in the master plan on basic investigation onwater resources till 2030 with a vision to 2050, which has recently beenapproved by the Government.

As part of the planning, Vietnam will also put into operationa system to monitor and coordinate the operation of all reservoirs in 11 river basins,and another monitoring the exploitation and use of water and discharge ofwastewater into water resources.

By 2030, Vietnam will strive to complete investigation and assessmentof underground water resources; seek and discover underground water sources; zoneoff and announce areas where exploitation of underground water is restricted nationwide;review the pollution, degradation and depletion and salinisation of waterresources; and forecast the impacts of climate change on water resource.

The planning also comprises the building of mechanisms tomanage and allocate capital to basic investigations on water resources, and theresearch and application of selected modern technical tools for investigations.It will also propose mechanisms to encourage individuals and organisations to providepublic services in the field under public-private partnership model./.

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