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3 Water Resources Management Institutions
water resources and sector management, rather than infrastructure construction and
management, or both hard and soft aspects.
During this restructuring, the key issue was the relationship between the MWR and
the Ministry of Power in hydropower development. After the coordination between
the MWR and the Ministry of Power, it was agreed that hydropower planning
(including small hydropower plant and small power grid development planning)
should be conformed to river basin and power development planning. The MWR
was responsible for the hydropower stations with the key functions of flood control,
irrigation, and water supply. The large- and medium-scale hydropower stations and
the small hydropower stations with small power grids previously managed by WADs
continued to be overseen by WADs. The hydropower station reservoir was required
to be operated according to the design document.
The functions of MWR were designed to meet this purpose as follows:
• Organizing and supervising the implementation of water-related legislation
including the Water Law, the Water and Soil Conservation Law and others;
researching and formulating strategy, policy, and rules for the water sector.
• Organizing the formulation of national water sector development strategic planning, including long-term and annual planning; organizing the formulation, supervision, and implementation of river basin and regional comprehensive plans,
in addition to special plans for major rivers, international rivers/lakes, and
inter-province rivers.
• Integrated managing of national water resources; organizing and conducting
national water resources monitoring, investigation, and assessment; formulating,
organizing, and implementing national and inter-province long-term water supply
and demand plan and water resources allocation plan in conjunction with relevant
departments; organizing the water abstraction permit system; sectoral managing
of water-saving works; supervising the implementation of water resources protection; mediating water conflicts between sectors and provinces entitled by the State
Council.
• Managing water bodies and bank lines of rivers, reservoirs, lakes (including manmade waterways, flood passing, and storage and detention zones), river estuaries and beaches, and coastal dykes, overseeing comprehensive harnessing and
development of major rivers and lakes.
• Managing national water and soil conservation works.
• Managing national flood-control and drought-resistance works, handling daily
operations of national flood-control and drought-resistance headquarters.
• Managing rural water resources development, county and township water supply
and drinking water for human and livestock.
• Handling urban water resources development, including surface water supply
sources construction and water environmental protection.
• Organizing the construction and management of hydropower and small power
grids in the water sector.
3 Water Resources Management Institutions
water resources and sector management, rather than infrastructure construction and
management, or both hard and soft aspects.
During this restructuring, the key issue was the relationship between the MWR and
the Ministry of Power in hydropower development. After the coordination between
the MWR and the Ministry of Power, it was agreed that hydropower planning
(including small hydropower plant and small power grid development planning)
should be conformed to river basin and power development planning. The MWR
was responsible for the hydropower stations with the key functions of flood control,
irrigation, and water supply. The large- and medium-scale hydropower stations and
the small hydropower stations with small power grids previously managed by WADs
continued to be overseen by WADs. The hydropower station reservoir was required
to be operated according to the design document.
The functions of MWR were designed to meet this purpose as follows:
• Organizing and supervising the implementation of water-related legislation
including the Water Law, the Water and Soil Conservation Law and others;
researching and formulating strategy, policy, and rules for the water sector.
• Organizing the formulation of national water sector development strategic planning, including long-term and annual planning; organizing the formulation, supervision, and implementation of river basin and regional comprehensive plans,
in addition to special plans for major rivers, international rivers/lakes, and
inter-province rivers.
• Integrated managing of national water resources; organizing and conducting
national water resources monitoring, investigation, and assessment; formulating,
organizing, and implementing national and inter-province long-term water supply
and demand plan and water resources allocation plan in conjunction with relevant
departments; organizing the water abstraction permit system; sectoral managing
of water-saving works; supervising the implementation of water resources protection; mediating water conflicts between sectors and provinces entitled by the State
Council.
• Managing water bodies and bank lines of rivers, reservoirs, lakes (including manmade waterways, flood passing, and storage and detention zones), river estuaries and beaches, and coastal dykes, overseeing comprehensive harnessing and
development of major rivers and lakes.
• Managing national water and soil conservation works.
• Managing national flood-control and drought-resistance works, handling daily
operations of national flood-control and drought-resistance headquarters.
• Managing rural water resources development, county and township water supply
and drinking water for human and livestock.
• Handling urban water resources development, including surface water supply
sources construction and water environmental protection.
• Organizing the construction and management of hydropower and small power
grids in the water sector.