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Watershed management is the study of the relevant characteristics of a watershed aimed at the sustainable distribution of its resources and the process of creating and implementing plans, programs and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that affect the plant, animal, and human communities within the watershed boundary. [1]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE, Vietnamese: Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường) is a government ministry in Vietnam responsible for: land, water resources; mineral resources, geology; environment; hydrometeorology; climate change; surveying and mapping; management of the islands and the sea.
Water management is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and optimum use of water resources under defined water polices and regulations. It includes: management of water treatment of drinking water, industrial water, sewage or wastewater, management of water resources, management of flood protection, management of irrigation, and management of the water table.
The purview of the Ministry includes forestry, aquaculture, irrigation and the salt industry; it is also involved in water management and flood control. [1] The Ministry maintains 63 provincial department offices throughout Vietnam. The Ministry itself is located in Hanoi.
Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin.It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.
Watershed College, a boarding school in Zimbabwe; Watershed Distillery, Columbus, Ohio, US; Watershed High School, Richfield, Minnesota, US; Watershed mine, Far North Queensland, Australia; Watershed Park,a large wooded public park in Olympia, Washington; Watershed Trail, a ex-rail footpath from Roxana to Edwardsville in Illinois, US
Thuy Loi University (Vietnamese language: Đại học Thủy lợi) is a university in Hanoi, Vietnam. It was established in 1959 as the Electricity Water Resources Academy, spun off from the Hanoi University of Technology .
Water resources management is the use of structural measures - such as dams, canals or treatment plants - and nonstructural measures - such as pricing, standards or permits - to control natural and human-made freshwater resources systems - such as rivers, lakes, artificial reservoirs, wetlands and groundwater - for beneficial uses.