The internal administration of the Water Situation Analysis and Assessment Division, Department of Water Resources, is divided into various sections: the Administration Section, the Planning and Measures Section, the Data Development Section, the Flood Coordination Section, the Drought Coordination Section, the Mekhala Center, and the Program Planning and Evaluation Section. Each section has its own duties and responsibilities as follows:
Administrative Division
- Clerical work, document management.
- Finance, accounting, and procurement.
- Human Resources
- Coordinate various government affairs that are not the direct responsibility of other departments.
- Collaborate with or support the operations of other relevant or assigned agencies.
Regarding plans and measures:
- Collect, study, and analyze primary data on the causes of flooding and drought in non-irrigated areas.
- To propose guidelines, measures, action plans, methods, and budgets for addressing flooding and drought in non-irrigated areas in the short, medium, and long term.
- Collaborate with or support the operations of other relevant or assigned agencies.
Data Development Section
- To study, collect, analyze, design, and develop database systems and integrated data systems related to water.
- To study, collect, analyze, design, and develop measurement, monitoring, forecasting, and surveillance systems to analyze and assess water situations in non-irrigated areas.
- To monitor, control, and allocate water in non-irrigated areas, including coordinating and integrating data for water management in non-irrigated areas with relevant agencies.
- Collaborate with or support the operations of other relevant or assigned agencies.
Flood Relief Operations Coordination Section
- Study, analyze, and identify flood-prone areas outside irrigation zones.
- Develop, apply, and analyze mathematical models for water resources to forecast, manage, prevent, and warn against floods in non-irrigated areas.
- Coordinate, integrate, and collaborate with relevant agencies in assessing the water situation in order to prevent and mitigate water crises in areas outside irrigation zones.
- Collaborate with or support the operations of other relevant or assigned agencies.
Coordination Section for Operations during Drought Situations
- Study, analyze, and identify drought-prone areas outside irrigation zones.
- Develop, apply, and analyze mathematical models for water resources to forecast, manage, prevent, and provide early warning systems for drought in non-irrigated areas.
- Coordinate, integrate, and collaborate with relevant agencies in assessing the water situation in order to prevent and mitigate water crises in areas outside irrigation zones.
- Collaborate with or support the operations of other relevant or assigned agencies.
Mekhala Center
- To study, research, analyze, design, and develop systems for analyzing and assessing water situations and water balance in non-irrigated areas.
- Integrating water data analysis results and applying information technology to assess the situation in non-irrigated areas.
- Monitor and forecast water situations, and prepare reports on water conditions in areas outside irrigation zones.
- It serves as the command center for monitoring and resolving drought and flooding issues for the department.
- Collaborate with or support the operations of other relevant or assigned agencies.
> Planning and Evaluation Section
- To study, analyze, and compile project plans; and to prepare operational plans and budgets for the division.
- Monitoring, analyzing, and evaluating official performance, including preparing reports for the division.
- To provide services, support, information, and disseminate information related to the matter.
- Collaborate with or support the operations of other relevant or assigned agencies.
