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Group Work IWRM

Group Work IWRM. Integrated River Basin Management . GROUP WORK APPROACH. Assessment of present situation Common national problems Issues at river basin level Issues at water users level Description of “do nothing” scenario Identification of desired situation

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Group Work IWRM

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  1. Group Work IWRM Integrated River Basin Management

  2. GROUP WORK APPROACH • Assessment of present situation • Common national problems • Issues at river basin level • Issues at water users level • Description of “do nothing” scenario • Identification of desired situation • Water quantity, water quality, environmental integrity, institutional arrangements • Selection of scenarios for change • Indication of required measures

  3. Required group work outputs • Selected policy principles, priorities and regulations (with implementation arrangements) • National Water Resources Management Strategy • IWRM plan for sample river basin (approx. 20 years horizon) • Detailed approach for decentralisation • Arrangements for cost recovery

  4. Policy principles, priorities • Integrated approach and environmental integrity • Planning of quantity and quality of surface and groundwater • Subsidiarity and decentralised approaches • River basin management • Stakeholder participation • Platform creation • Water as economic good • Commercialisation • Water pricing and “polluter, user pays principle”

  5. National Water Resources Management Strategy • Arrangements for commercialisation • Organisational set-up • National • Decentralised • Legal framework • Strategy, legislation, regulations, working rules • Integrated planning (river basin) • Basin outline plans • Content • Function

  6. National Water Resources Management Strategy (2) • Water allocation and flood control • Water rights, water permits • Criteria for allocation • Flood control measures • Environmental protection • Erosion control • Ecological standards and environmental flows • Cost recovery and financial management • Water pricing strategy • Charges for pollution, waste water • Infrastructure development • Capacity building

  7. IWRM Plan for sample river basin • Water quantity • Equitable water allocation • Demand management • Supply management and new infrastructure • Flood control:room for the river! • Water quality and environment • Point and non-point sources approach • Emission standards • Water quality standards • Ecological objectives • Watershed management and erosion control

  8. IWRM River Basin Plan (continued) • Institutional arrangements for decentralisation • Organisational set-up • River basin, sub-basin, watershed, grassroots • Description of functions • Basin, Watershed, Aquifer Authority • Platform creation • Representation of stakeholders • Working rules for organisations • Arrangements for cost recovery

  9. Financial management • Arrangements for commercialisation and delegation of financial management • Set-up of national water authority • Private sector participation • Water pricing strategy • Water permit pricing • Tariff structure for (raw) water • Block, progressive, declining, social • System of charges and levies • Pollution charges, waste water • Fund development • Management, development, social justice

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