Bureau of Water Resources of Ganzhou Municipality

source: Updated: 2016-10-31

 

Ganzhou Municipal Bureau of Water Resources, the former name of which is Ganzhou Municipal Bureau of Water Resources and Electric Power, is the administration of municipal water resources, concerning the management of municipal water resources, riverways and reservoirs, flood control, drought prevention and water and soil conservation citywide.
Principal Functions: 
To organize and supervise the implementation of Law of People's Republic of China on Water, Law of People's Republic of China on Water and Soil Conservation and Law of People's Republic of China on Flood Control; to formulae municipal water-related policies, development strategies and medium and long-term development plans; to draft relevant municipal regulations and rules, and supervise their enforcement.
To implement integrated management of water resources, including atmospheric water, surface water and groundwater. To formulate municipal development plans of water supply and demand and schemes for water allocation; to supervise the execution of the above plans and schemes; to assess water resources and flood risk and flood mitigation measures in relation to the overall planning of the municipal economy, urban planning and major construction projects; to implement the water-drawing permit system and the water resources fee system; to publicize municipal water resources bulletin.
To draft municipal water conservation policies, compile water conservation plans, organize, direct and supervise the implementation of water conservation.
To formulate water resource protection plans in accordance with related national laws, regulations and standards concerning resource and environment protection; to demarcate functional water areas and control the discharge of wastewater to potable water areas and other water areas; to monitor the quantity and quality of water of rivers, lakes and reservoirs, review and approve the pollution loading capacities of water bodies with proposal for the limit of the limit of total wastewater discharge.

 To organize and direct the supervision and practice of water resources administration; to mediate and arbitrate inter-sector and inter-municipality water disputes.
 To formulate economic regulatory measures for the water sector; to exercise macroeconomic regulation on the utilization of funds within the water industry; provide guidance to economic activities related to water supply, hydropower and diversified development within the water sector; to provide recommendations on economic regulation of water pricing, taxation, credit and financial affairs; to coordinate the collection and management of municipal flood control security funds and hydroproject construction funds.
To drafte and review proposals and feasibility study reports on construction projects in the water sector; to supervise the execution of technical standards for the water sector and specifications and codes for water works; to implement key hydroscience research projects and the popularization and dissemination of water-related technologies.
To organize and direct the management and protection of municipal hydraulic facilities, water areas, dykes and coast lines; to take charge of the examination and approval for municipal construction projects related to water and the management of municipal sand collecting in river beds; to direct the reclamation and development of municipal rivers, lakes, beaches and shoals; to organize construction and management of key controlling and inter-municipality hydroprojects; to organize and direct the monitoring and management of the safety of reservoirs and dams of hydropower stations.
To provide guidance to activities related to rural water resources; to organize and coordinate capital construction of farmland drainage and irrigation, and water supply for townships, villagers and domestic animals.
To direct the water and electricity management of the water sector; to organize and coordinate the construction of rural electrification.
To organize the municipal water and soil conservation work; to formulate the engineering prevention measures for water and soil conservation; to organize the monitoring and integrated prevention and control of water and soil losses; to take charge of imposing fees for water resources protection; to take charge of the reclamation and development of four-dilapidated resources in rural areas.
To take charge of the construction, maintenance and management of urban hydroprojects.
To be responsible for the activities concerning science, technology and foreign affairs related to water resources, including provision of guidance to the development of a competent work force for the water sector.
To be responsible for the routine work of the Ganzhou Municipal Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, organize, coordinate, supervise and direct citywide flood control, and execute operations of flood control and drought prevention for major river basins and key water projects; to take charge of the municipal flood control and drought relief system and its informationization.
To undertake other tasks assigned by the municipal government.
Other Information:
Tel: 0797-8386323