the water resources management agency is the stateauthorized body for water resources management charged mainly with assessing water availability and ensuring water use efficiency the management of competing water uses and for ensuring that environmental needs are met the basin management organizations are involved in developing water management plans in the five primary basin management areas the state hydrometeorological and monitoring service is responsible for monitoring surface water quantity and the environmental impact monitoring centre for monitoring surface water quality the regional geological fund assesses groundwater availability for water use permit applications