Zhang Guoliang of China's Ministry of Water Resources, the project's head of planning, said surveying and other preparations for the task had been underway since the 1950s.
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Overfarming and attendant water problems caused the government to establish the Ministry of Water Resources in 1990 with the mandate of limiting water consumption and improving irrigation.
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Every day, China needs about 1.6 million tons of water more than its resources can reasonably sustain, according to Wang Guoxin of the Ministry of Water Resources.
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A memorandum of understanding signed with the Ministry of Water Resources calls for TVA to cooperate with China in modernizing and automating its aging hydroelectric power plants.
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In recognition of the problem, the Ministry of Water Resources plans to submit a draft flood control law to the legislature, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Don, a hydrogeologist, who was employed by the government of Oman's Public Authority for Water Resources ( PAWR ), which later became the Ministry of Water Resources.
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A memorandum of understanding signed with the Ministry of Water Resources calls for the TVA to cooperate with China in modernizing and automating its aging hydroelectric power plants.
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Also in 1995, a Ministry of Water Resources was created, taking over many of the responsibilities of the water resources department of the former Ministry of Public Works.
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The entire command is covered under the Command Area Development Programme ( CADP ) of the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India and is being monitored since 2003.
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Every day, China needs about 1 . 6 million tons of water more than its resources can reasonably sustain, according to Wang Guoxin of the Ministry of Water Resources.
