Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has just signed Decision No. 50/QD-TTg approving the General Planning of the Red River Basin – Thai Binh in the period of 2021 – 2030, with a vision to 2050.
The overall objective is to ensure the security of water resources in the river basin, to store, regulate and distribute water resources in a fair and reasonable manner, to exploit and use economically and efficiently in association with protection. sustainable development of water resources to meet water demand for people’s daily life, socio-economic development, assurance of national defense, security and environmental protection; protect water resources, prevent and combat degradation, depletion and pollution of water sources and the harms caused by water, have a roadmap to restore degraded, depleted and polluted water sources, meet management requirements synthesis of water resources by river basin and adaptation to climate change.
Meeting the goals of socio-economic development
The goal by 2030, to store, regulate and distribute water sources to ensure harmonization of benefits for localities and water users in the region, between the Northern Midlands and Mountains and the Red River Delta. , exploit and use water economically and efficiently in order to increase the economic value of water, ensure water source security, adapt to climate change and conform to international treaties related to natural resources. countries to which Vietnam has joined.
Protect surface water and underground water, gradually ensure the quantity and quality of water to meet socio-economic development objectives; ensure flow circulation, prevent and combat erosion of banks and riverbanks, reduce harm caused by water, prevent and combat ground subsidence and subsidence; step by step restore the water level of the Red River, degraded, depleted, and seriously polluted surface water sources, giving priority to key areas for socio-economic development; restore groundwater levels in areas of excessive decline.
By 2050, maintain and develop water resources, regulate and distribute water sources to ensure water security, adapt to climate change and be consistent with relevant international treaties and bilateral cooperation. to water resources to which Vietnam has participated. Strengthen the protection of water resources, ensure the quantity and quality of water to meet socio-economic development goals and reduce harmful effects caused by water. Management, exploitation, use and protection of water resources are carried out online on the basis of smart governance.
Restoration of degraded, depleted and seriously polluted water sources and rivers in river basins. Initially controlling the riverbed elevation in the delta, maintaining water levels on the Red River, Duong River and Cau River in the dry season, especially river sections flowing through urban areas such as Hanoi, Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to create a riverside landscape.
To supplement and improve a number of indicators of the planning and integrated management of water resources in line with the national development stage, on par with other developed countries in the region; ensure water source security, raise water use value in line with the general development trend of the world.
Planning content and solutions
Accordingly, the planning contents include: Water source function; managing, regulating and distributing water sources, contributing to ensuring the security of water sources for the purposes of exploitation, use and socio-economic development objectives in the river basin; manage the exploitation and use of surface water to ensure the minimum flow on the river; backup water sources for daily life in areas at risk of water pollution; works on regulation, exploitation and use of water, development of water resources; Protecting water resources…
Solutions for planning implementation: Perfecting institutions, policies and standards on exploitation, use and reuse of water resources; regulate, allocate, develop, protect water resources, use water economically and efficiently, reuse water, contribute to ensuring water source security; science, technology and international cooperation…
Improve water storage capacity of reservoirs
In order to regulate, allocate, develop and protect water resources, use water economically and efficiently, and reuse water to contribute to ensuring water security, the decision to provide solutions: Construction, operation Information system, digital model, decision support toolkit to assess water resources in the basin under normal conditions, water shortage in order to support the regulation and distribution of water resources in the Red – Thai river basin. Jar.
Building and completing the monitoring system of meteorology, hydrology and water resources in the Red River – Thai Binh basin; control activities of water exploitation, use and discharge of wastewater into water sources in the Red River – Thai Binh basin through the connection and transmission of information and data on the water exploitation and use monitoring system, discharge wastewater according to regulations.
Improve the water storage capacity of existing reservoirs on the principle of ensuring safety; supplement, build new works for regulating, exploiting, using and developing multi-purpose water resources, ensuring water supply for downstream at the request of competent state management agencies in case of occurrence water shortage, in accordance with this master plan and other relevant specialized plans.
Review and adjust the reservoir operation process on rivers and streams in the Red River – Thai Binh river basin towards real-time operation of reservoirs, in order to optimize the regulation of water sources for various purposes. use; review and adjust the operation process of the irrigation system to ensure continuous flow in order to improve the water environment in accordance with the actual situation. Protect and develop watershed protection forests, gradually restore degraded watershed protection forests…/.