- Plans for water supply and drainage systems for shrimp farming areas should be separated from the rice cultivation areas, especially the water supply system for the farms.
- Waste water from ponds should be treated before being discharged into the environment.
It is possible to apply wastewater treatment techniques after shrimp culture by biological treatment such as using bivalve species to remove organic matters in waste water in waste water ponds and can be re-used. Use of this water is re-allocated to the ponds (successfully applied in Ca Mau.
- The amount of sludge used to raise pond bottom should be treated as fertilizer microbiological buried, not to spill naturally into the environment.