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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HYDROGRAPH AT JINGHONG STATION IN CHINA

Jinghong 2013 Jinghong 2014 Longterm 2007-2012

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!