USE OF WATER MONITORING INFORMATION AND DATA FOR MEKONG BASIN MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Vongthasone Vilaythong and Paradis SomethTechnical Support Division, Mekong River Commission Secretariat
Contents
1. Introduction2. Data collection3. Data flows4. MRC monitoring data handling and managing5. Using data for basin management and development6. Knowledge of the Mekong River Basin
Introduction
• Data is the fact that provides information for supporting the operation and planning and it will be stored as the knowledge base of an organization.
• Water monitoring data is critical for scientists to assess and advise how best to manage, protect and develop the water resources.
• The MRC Procedures for Data and Information Exchange and Sharing (PDIES) are the set of rules to support the coordination of intergovernmental technical cooperation between the four Member Countries.
• Under the PDIES, the Member Countries established the MRC-Information System, which receives and stores data and information from the Member Countries and makes it available for public use. Additionally, the PDIES have enabled the MRC to accumulate and synchronisedata from the Member Countries, providing transboundary perspectives on a range of issues along the Mekong River Basin.
Data from the field
• Monitoring and observation data from the field, are collected through telemetry station and manual sample data collection.
Data flows from stations to website
• Data receive from the station in each member countries.
• National Technical staff ensure the data transferred in timely manner.
• Monitoring data will be transferred to central server then processing for data analysis, Quality Control and approval
• Data will be disseminated to the public and MCs through MRC Information System
Data handling and management
Mekong Basin Management and Development
D: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity building
C: Water Resource Planning and operation
A:Data Acquisition System
Hydrologicalproduct
Remote senseimage
DSS for River Basin Planning
Climate Change Adaptation
Agriculture and Irrigation
Flood Management
DEM
Water Quality Management
Collaboration with National/Regional/Internatio
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Capacity building
AwarenessWater Quality Monitoring River Monitoring Sediment MonitoringSatellite Image
MeteoMonitoring
B:Information System
GIS Layer
National Data Center
Database
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http://pmfm.mrcmekong.org/
http://portal.mrcmekong.org/interactive-climate-change-atlas
• Analysis result are available for the Member Countries and public thought official website.
Data for basin management and development
• Many stakeholders are involved such as govt agencies, research community, local stakeholders, UN Water…
• Collaboration with other Initiative e.g. Water Guide of Australian, LMI …
Knowledge of the Mekong River Basin
Thank you for your attention!