TUUL RIVER BASIN AUTHORITY
The Tuul River Basin Authority is a state administrative organization responsible for protecting water resources within the basin from scarcity and pollution, ensuring the rational use and restoration of available resources, coordinating local and inter-sectoral water management, and implementing an integrated water resources management plan.
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
The Basin Authority implements the following activities in accordance with the Law on Water, the Law on Wastewater Discharge Fees, the Law on Natural Resource Use Fees, other relevant legislation, and the rules, regulations, resolutions, and decisions issued based on them:
Develop draft management plans for the river basin.
Monitor and oversee the availability and usage of water resources within the basin on an ongoing basis.
Ensure and supervise local and inter-sectoral coordination for the implementation of the basin management plan.
Provide recommendations for issuing special permits for mineral exploration and extraction within the basin.
Establish wastewater payment agreements with legal entities discharging wastewater directly into the environment according to regulations and monitor compliance.
Develop grounds for placing rivers, streams, lakes, water sources, and underground water reserves under state and local special protection.
Prepare proposals for establishing a Basin Council in coordination with relevant local administrations and submit them to the central government agency responsible for environmental issues.
Issue conclusions to revoke water use or wastewater discharge rights for citizens, businesses, or organizations violating water use and wastewater discharge requirements, and file claims in court to recover damages caused to the environment.
Identify water supply sources and wastewater discharge points within the basin.
Determine the legal basis for levying water use and pollution fees in accordance with applicable legislation.
Conduct annual water accounting across the basin in coordination with local administrative authorities and report to the government agency responsible for water management.
Provide professional advice to governors at all levels and Citizens’ Representative Khurals.
Maintain a sub-database of water information for the basin and provide public access to relevant data.
Receive requests from citizens, businesses, or organizations for drilling wells, installing boreholes, or laying pipelines for water use, issue conclusions in accordance with the Law on Water based on the water resource management plan, and register the information in the database.
Tuul River Basin Authority – 2025
Tuul River Basin Authority – 2024