Tuul River Basin Integrated Water Management Plan. Country/Territory Mongolia Document type Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Pollution control Climate change Ecosystem preservation Freshwater resources management Potable water Policy/planning Integrated management Sustainable development Sustainable use Governance Monitoring Equity Water rights Water supply Water quality standards Irrigation Non-governmental entity Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Sewerage Effluent waste water/discharge Public participation Flood Water shortage/drought Hydropower generation Industrial water use Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Eastern Asia, Landlocked Developing Countries Basin Tuul Abstract This Integrated Water Management Plan for the Tuul River Basin is one of the two basin model plans developed pursuant to the Law on Water. The Plan is approved and implemented for the purpose of conducting inter-sectoral management and defining the sectors’ future development on the basis of the river basin water resources. The Tuul river basin management plan has 9 chapters and 122 sub topics. Chapter describes the geography and natural conditions; the second Chapter describes the water resources and water quality; Chapter 3 describes the socio-economic development; Chapter 4 describes the water use and water demand of the socioeconomic sectors and about hydro constructions; the 5th Chapter describes the water use balance; Chapter 6 describes the negative impacts on the water resources and about water fees and water tariffs; Chapter 7 describes the challenges of the water management plan and the strategic objectives; Chapter 8 describes the integrated water resources management plan measures; and the last Chapter describes the implementing organization, structure and monitoring of the plan. The table of measures consists of 19 challenges and 232 activities. Chapters 3,4 and 5 contain measures and recommendations relative to the water management, water uses and demand for various purposes including agriculture Full text English Website www.tuulgol.mn