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Mekong group urges better water management collaboration as record drought persists


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A canal runs dry in An Giang Province of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, March 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa

 

The Mekong River Commission on Thursday called on China and Southeast Asian to better coordinate management of Mekong hydropower dams and reservoirs after three years of record low flows and extra dry conditions.

 

The Mekong River's flow dropped to the lowest levels in more than six decades from 2019 to 2021 due to an increased number of reservoirs, dams and other water storage, a worsening of the climate situation and unusually low rainfall, a new MRC river flow report showed.

 

Dry conditions in the past three years have affected navigation, river ecosystems and riverbank stability in the region where tens of millions of people depend on the Mekong for their livelihoods.

 

Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/mekong-group-urges-better-water-management-collaboration-as-record-drought-persists-4416181.html

 

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