Main responsibilities of Henan Provincial Water Resources Department

(1) Responsible for ensuring the rational development and utilization of water resources, formulating strategic plans and policies for water conservancy in the whole province, drafting relevant local regulations and supervising their implementation, and organizing the preparation of flood control plans for rivers, lakes and reservoirs and comprehensive planning for river basins and regions. According to the regulations, formulate relevant systems for water conservancy project construction and organize their implementation, put forward opinions on the scale and direction of water conservancy fixed assets investment and the arrangement of national and provincial financial funds, and examine and approve fixed assets investment projects within the planning and annual planning scale according to the prescribed authority. Put forward suggestions on investment arrangements for water conservancy construction and organize their implementation.

(two) responsible for the overall planning and protection of water for life, production and operation and ecological environment. Implement unified supervision and management of water resources in the whole province, draw up long-term supply and demand planning and water distribution plan of water resources in the whole province and across provinces and cities and supervise their implementation, organize water resources investigation and evaluation, undertake water resources investigation, be responsible for water resources scheduling of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and important water projects, and organize the implementation of water intake permit, water resources paid use system, water resources demonstration system, flood control demonstration system and water resources fee collection and use system. Guide the water conservancy industry and township water supply work.

(3) Responsible for water resources protection. Organize the preparation of water resources protection planning, organize the formulation of important river water function zoning and supervise the implementation, verify the water pollution capacity, put forward suggestions on limiting the total amount of sewage discharge, and guide the protection of drinking water sources. To guide the development and utilization of groundwater and the management and protection of groundwater resources in urban planning areas.

(four) responsible for the prevention and control of floods and droughts, and undertake the specific work of the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters. Organize, coordinate, supervise and guide the flood control and drought relief work in the whole province, implement flood control and drought relief dispatching and emergency water dispatching of important rivers and water projects, prepare emergency plans for flood control and drought relief and organize their implementation. To guide the emergency management of water conservancy emergencies.

(five) responsible for saving water. Formulate water-saving policies, water-saving plans and relevant standards to guide and promote the construction of water-saving society.

(six) to guide the hydrological work. Responsible for the monitoring of hydrological and water resources, the construction and management of hydrological station network in the province, the monitoring of water quantity and quality of rivers, lakes and groundwater, and the release of hydrological and water resources information, intelligence forecast and the provincial water resources bulletin.

(VII) to guide the management and protection of water conservancy facilities, waters and shorelines in the province, to guide the management and development of key floodplains, to guide the construction and operation management of water conservancy projects, to be responsible for the construction cost management of water conservancy projects in the province, to organize and implement the construction and operation management of important water conservancy projects that are controlled or cross-city, state and inter-basin, and to undertake the resettlement management of water conservancy projects.

(eight) responsible for the prevention and control of soil erosion. Compile and supervise the implementation of soil and water conservation plans, organize the implementation of comprehensive prevention and control of soil and water loss, monitor and forecast and make regular announcements, be responsible for the examination and approval of soil and water conservation plans for major construction projects, supervise the implementation and acceptance of soil and water conservation facilities, and guide the implementation of key soil and water conservation construction projects in the province.

(nine) to guide the rural water conservancy work. Organize and coordinate the capital construction of farmland water conservancy in the whole province, guide the construction and management of rural drinking water safety and water-saving irrigation projects, coordinate the water conservancy work in pastoral areas, and guide the construction of rural water conservancy socialized service system. According to the regulations, guide the development of rural hydropower resources, guide rural hydropower electrification and small hydropower to replace fuel.