National Security Concept of Mongolia 3.5.1.3. The state shall fund budget efforts for water exploration to evaluate and determine underground water reservoir, hydro-geology mapping and recording of the resource and develop a database, monitoring and assessment network and strengthen the capacity-building of research organizations. 3.5.1.4. Protect water resources by developing large underground fresh water reservoirs and river water sources under special national protection and restricting economic activities in the large lakes’ basins constituting fresh water resources. 3.5.1.5. Introduce use-and-manage system for water basins, determine usable surface and underground water reserves without destabilizing the ecosystem in the basins and strictly follow water use limits. Develop a legal framework allowing no user to exceed use or consumption rights. 3.5.1.6. Establish or enlarge national parks in order to place water sources at Hangai and Hentii mountain ranges and the vicinity of Lake Huvsgul into the national reserve, and prohibit mining activities in the parks. 3.5.1.7. Improve the surface water usage and make adjustments in the water flows of large rivers, construct artificial water reservoirs for collecting waters of rain, snow and ice runoff in humid climate areas rich with energy resources, establish covered water storage and transmission systems in desert and steppe dry areas with severe surface evaporation. 3.5.1.8. Introduce water economy technology and rational water use practices, increase the beneficial effects of prudent water and energy use, restrict the use of underground water for agricultural irrigation and drinking water use for non-food production and support a strategy of advanced technology purification of waste water and re-using purified water. 3.5.2. Mitigation of impacts of climate change and land degradation 21 / 33