Circular No. 53/2024/ND-CP on elaborating the Law on Water Resources.

This Circular is formulated in accordance with the Law on Water Resources.
This Decree elaborates Article 7, clause 5 Article 9, Article 10, clause 5 Article 17, Article 19, clause 9 Article 23, Article 30, clause 5 Article 31, Article 35, clause 3 Article 37, clause 10 Article 38, clause 3 Article 51, clause 10 Article 63, clause 6 Article 66, clause 5 Article 71, clause 5 Article 81 of the Law on Water Resources on national water resources information system and database; baseline survey of water resources; formulation, appraisal, approval and adjustment of planning for baseline survey of water resources; conduct of baseline survey of water resources; formulation, appraisal and approval of comprehensive inter-provincial river basin planning; list of inter-provincial river basins for which planning is required; review and adjustment of comprehensive inter-provincial river basin planning; water source protection corridors; determination of perimeters of water source protection corridors; regulations on water sources requiring protection corridor boundary markers and planting of water source protection corridor boundary markers; groundwater exploitation threshold; determination of areas prohibited and restricted from groundwater exploitation; regulation and distribution of water resources; river basin water transfer; regulations on procedures and power to approve details about water transfer plans; technical infrastructure for real-time operation of reservoirs and inter-reservoirs; procedures for adjusting inter-reservoir operation procedures; establishment and adjustment of procedures for real-time inter-reservoir operation procedures; formulation of regulations on cooperation in operation of dams and reservoirs in rivers and streams; subjects, scope, frequencies, parameters for monitoring of water resources, surveillance of water resource exploitation and surveillance of water quality, and roadmap for implementation thereof; compilation of lists of lakes, ponds and lagoons prohibited from reclamation; river and lake bed, bank and terrace erosion prevention and control; water resource accounting and roadmap therefor; coordination and surveillance of exploitation, use and protection of water resources, prevention of, response to and recovery from damage caused by water; organizational structures and activities of river basin organizations.