Water quality is one of the key factors affecting the environmental health of the Mekong river system. As the livelihoods of most of the 60 million people who live in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) wholly or partly depend on aquatic resources, the environmental health of the river is a major concern to the governments of the countries in the basin. In 1985, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) established the Water Quality Monitoring Network (WQMN) to provide an ongoing record of the water quality of the river, its major tributaries, and the Mekong Delta. The number of stations sampled has varied over the years since the. | ISSN 1683-1489 Mekong River Commission An assessment of water quality in the Lower Mekong Basin MRC Technical Paper No. 19 November 2008 Meeting the Needs Keeping the Balance js äsg s Ä ABLED Mekong River Commission An assessment of water quality in the Lower Mekong Basin MRC Technical Paper No. 19 November .
