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(3) Protecting water resources in the river basin. Organizing to formulate river
basin water resources protection plan; organizing to formulate and supervising
to implement interprovincial water function zones, verifying the water pollutant assimilation capacity of waters, proposing opinions on the total pollutant discharge limit; being responsible for reviewing setting-up of discharge
outlet into waters within jurisdiction; monitoring water quality of provincial boundary water bodies, important water function zones, and important
discharge outlets into waters; guiding and coordinating river basin drinking
water source protection, groundwater development, and utilization and protection; and guiding local (provincial) water saving and water-saving society
construction in the river basin.
(4) Preventing and controlling floods and droughts in the river basin, and undertaking daily work of river basin flood-control and drought-relief headquarters.
Organizing, coordinating, supervising, and guiding river basin flood control
and drought-resistance, and implementing flood-control and drought–relief
regulation and emergency water resources regulation for key water projects in
accordance with regulations and authorizations; organizing to implement river
basin flood-control assessment system; organizing to formulate and supervising to implement river basin flood-control plan; and guiding and supervising
the management and compensation for operation of flood storage and detention areas in the river basin; and organizing and coordinating the emergency
management of public water affairs according to regulations.
(5) Guiding hydrological work in the river basin. Being responsible for hydrological and water resources monitoring, and construction and management
of hydrological station networks in accordance with regulations and authorizations; monitoring water quality and water quality monitoring of important waters; directly managed rivers, lakes, and reservoirs; inter-basin transfer;
organizing and coordinating groundwater monitoring; and issuing river basin
hydrology and water resources information, forecasts, river basin water
resources bulletin, and river basin sediment bulletin.
(6) Guiding management and development of rivers, lakes, estuaries, and coastal
tidal flats in the river basin. In accordance with jurisdiction, managing and
protecting water resources facilities, waters and their shorelines in the river
basin; and the construction, operation, and management of important water
projects; guiding resettlement management work-related water projects in
the river basin; being responsible for examination, approval, and supervision
of construction projects within the entitled river course management scope;
managing sand mining in directly managed and entitled river courses, and
guiding and supervising works related to sand mining management in the
river basin; and guiding the supervision and management of water resources
construction market within the river basin.
(7) Guiding and coordinating river basin water and soil conservation works. Organizing prevention, supervision, and management of water and soil erosion in
key prevention and control areas; implementing central-invested water and
soil conservation projects, and guiding and supervising implementation of
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(3) Protecting water resources in the river basin. Organizing to formulate river
basin water resources protection plan; organizing to formulate and supervising
to implement interprovincial water function zones, verifying the water pollutant assimilation capacity of waters, proposing opinions on the total pollutant discharge limit; being responsible for reviewing setting-up of discharge
outlet into waters within jurisdiction; monitoring water quality of provincial boundary water bodies, important water function zones, and important
discharge outlets into waters; guiding and coordinating river basin drinking
water source protection, groundwater development, and utilization and protection; and guiding local (provincial) water saving and water-saving society
construction in the river basin.
(4) Preventing and controlling floods and droughts in the river basin, and undertaking daily work of river basin flood-control and drought-relief headquarters.
Organizing, coordinating, supervising, and guiding river basin flood control
and drought-resistance, and implementing flood-control and drought–relief
regulation and emergency water resources regulation for key water projects in
accordance with regulations and authorizations; organizing to implement river
basin flood-control assessment system; organizing to formulate and supervising to implement river basin flood-control plan; and guiding and supervising
the management and compensation for operation of flood storage and detention areas in the river basin; and organizing and coordinating the emergency
management of public water affairs according to regulations.
(5) Guiding hydrological work in the river basin. Being responsible for hydrological and water resources monitoring, and construction and management
of hydrological station networks in accordance with regulations and authorizations; monitoring water quality and water quality monitoring of important waters; directly managed rivers, lakes, and reservoirs; inter-basin transfer;
organizing and coordinating groundwater monitoring; and issuing river basin
hydrology and water resources information, forecasts, river basin water
resources bulletin, and river basin sediment bulletin.
(6) Guiding management and development of rivers, lakes, estuaries, and coastal
tidal flats in the river basin. In accordance with jurisdiction, managing and
protecting water resources facilities, waters and their shorelines in the river
basin; and the construction, operation, and management of important water
projects; guiding resettlement management work-related water projects in
the river basin; being responsible for examination, approval, and supervision
of construction projects within the entitled river course management scope;
managing sand mining in directly managed and entitled river courses, and
guiding and supervising works related to sand mining management in the
river basin; and guiding the supervision and management of water resources
construction market within the river basin.
(7) Guiding and coordinating river basin water and soil conservation works. Organizing prevention, supervision, and management of water and soil erosion in
key prevention and control areas; implementing central-invested water and
soil conservation projects, and guiding and supervising implementation of