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Successes and Challenges to Integrated Water Resources Management in the Developing C ountry C ontext

Successes and Challenges to Integrated Water Resources Management in the Developing C ountry C ontext. Stephanie Ogden, Fellow Water For People sogden@waterforpeople.org. PGWI : Nov.4, 2010. Water management as integrated…. There are real challenges….

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  1. Successes and Challenges to Integrated Water Resources Management in the Developing Country Context Stephanie Ogden, Fellow Water For People sogden@waterforpeople.org PGWI : Nov.4, 2010

  2. Water management as integrated…

  3. There are real challenges… “IWRM is easy to talk about, but hard to implement.”

  4. As a water-sanitation organization… How do we approach IWRM in a functional way, that really impacts water access in rural communities?

  5. The Rwanda Case IWRM exists only in the policy realm

  6. at the community level… Avg. household use : 12 liters/person/day (that’s less than two flushes of the toilet in the U.S…) Avg. distance: 37 minutes for every 20-30 liters (which weighs 45 – 70 lbs)

  7. The Guatemala Case: lessons learned • Targeting the tops of watersheds for sanitation • Strong focus on community education, capacity, and cooperation • Strong water committees • Protection of water sources and resources

  8. Different spaces for integrated management…

  9. Bringing it back to allocating the last 1% …

  10. The role of technology Not a techno-fix…

  11. Planning for future use What happens once water is more accessible?

  12. Protecting water resources What good is there in being an organization that helps to provide access to potable water, if there is no water left in in 50 years?

  13. Questions?

  14. What should we take away? What good is there in being an organization that helps provide access to potable water, if there is no water left in in 50 years?

  15. Is what we’re asking reasonable?

  16. Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. - Global Water Partnership, 2000

  17. Challenges to IWRM “…Institutional arrangements to facilitate a fully implemented IWRM approach at a basin level have not emerged, primarily because the concept is complex and requires a very high level of commitment and follow-through.” - UNESCO, IWRM Guidelines at the River Basin Level, 2008

  18. Stakeholder dialogue

  19. The Guatmala Case

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