Presentation by Dr. Adrian Cashman of the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at the 5th High Level Session Ministerial Forum of the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C).
Integrated water resource management (IWRM) takes a holistic view of water management by considering all aspects of the water cycle and different water uses together rather than separately. IWRM aims to coordinate development and management of water resources, land, and other related resources to maximize economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising sustainability. Key principles of IWRM include participatory approaches involving stakeholders at all levels, recognizing women's role in water management, and balancing water's economic value with its social importance. While IWRM provides an integrated framework, it must be adapted to each local context and finding the right balance between sectoral and integrated approaches.
This document provides an overview and analysis of United States water policy and two case studies of water conflicts. It begins with background on increasing global concerns about water scarcity and conflicts. The author defines different types of water conflicts and approaches to addressing them. The document then discusses the key factors that have led to a fragmented approach to water policy in the US, including different regional hydrological conditions, multiple water rights systems, inter-watershed boundaries, and multiple state and federal agencies. It analyzes how these shape the nature and resolution of water disputes in the US using two case studies from the Southwest and Southeast.
The document introduces integrated water resources management (IWRM) as a framework for sustainable water management. It discusses that water is essential but there is a global water crisis due to increasing demand, pollution, and uncoordinated development. IWRM is presented as a solution that takes a holistic, cross-sectoral approach considering social, economic, and environmental interdependencies between different water uses. The key aspects of IWRM include decentralized management structures, greater economic incentives, and broader stakeholder participation.
A Meta Analysis on Review of Studies on Water Managementijtsrd
"Water is one of the most important resources available on this earth that has an influence on human activities. All important aspects such as agriculture, industry, day to day life is dependent on water. It is the most important factor for survival of life on this earth. As such it becomes imperative that we find out what is the status of various studies that have been conducted on various aspects of water management.The present paper is an attempt to summarise various aspects of issues involved with use and consumption of water and studies involved therein. It focuses on theoretical concepts like definition of water management, compounding of water as well as actual practices of water management in various parts of the world. Prof Anuradha Gaikwad | Dr S. D. Kadam ""A Meta-Analysis on Review of Studies on Water Management"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Special Issue | Fostering Innovation, Integration and Inclusion Through Interdisciplinary Practices in Management , March 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23081.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/strategic-management/23081/a-meta-analysis-on-review-of-studies-on-water-management/prof-anuradha-gaikwad"
This document introduces integrated water resources management (IWRM). It discusses the global water crisis, including that over 2 billion people suffer water shortages and 1.1 billion lack access to safe drinking water. IWRM is presented as a framework that takes a holistic, cross-sectoral approach to managing water resources at the river basin level through participatory decision-making. The key elements of IWRM include considering the interdependency between different water uses, treating water as both an economic and social good, and establishing decentralized management structures that rely on economic instruments and stakeholder participation. Adopting a water management framework based on IWRM principles can help analyze policies, guide water allocation decisions, and facilitate consideration of relationships
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) in Myanmar. It provides background on IWRM concepts and principles, and how they are being applied in Myanmar through efforts such as establishing river basin organizations, reforming water sector policies and laws, and integrating water management across levels and sectors to achieve sustainability, equity, and efficiency. Lessons from applying IWRM in other countries emphasize that the approach must be adapted to each local context and priorities, and involve stakeholders at all levels through participatory processes.
Tamimi - Socioeconomic Dimension of Water PolicyLaura Haddad
This document discusses integrated water resource management (IWRM) and related socioeconomic policy issues. It makes three main points:
1) IWRM aims to balance environmental, social, and economic needs when allocating water resources, but implementation faces challenges integrating different sectors and balancing regional differences. Overly general policies may be counterproductive.
2) Growing water demand, a changing climate, and potential reallocation of water from irrigation could significantly impact regional socioeconomies depending on how reallocation is implemented.
3) Key socioeconomic factors that must be considered in water policy include income trends, unemployment, poverty, food security, governance, and climate change. Balancing these tensions while enabling flexible policies to
Presentation by Dr. Adrian Cashman of the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at the 5th High Level Session Ministerial Forum of the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C).
Integrated water resource management (IWRM) takes a holistic view of water management by considering all aspects of the water cycle and different water uses together rather than separately. IWRM aims to coordinate development and management of water resources, land, and other related resources to maximize economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising sustainability. Key principles of IWRM include participatory approaches involving stakeholders at all levels, recognizing women's role in water management, and balancing water's economic value with its social importance. While IWRM provides an integrated framework, it must be adapted to each local context and finding the right balance between sectoral and integrated approaches.
This document provides an overview and analysis of United States water policy and two case studies of water conflicts. It begins with background on increasing global concerns about water scarcity and conflicts. The author defines different types of water conflicts and approaches to addressing them. The document then discusses the key factors that have led to a fragmented approach to water policy in the US, including different regional hydrological conditions, multiple water rights systems, inter-watershed boundaries, and multiple state and federal agencies. It analyzes how these shape the nature and resolution of water disputes in the US using two case studies from the Southwest and Southeast.
The document introduces integrated water resources management (IWRM) as a framework for sustainable water management. It discusses that water is essential but there is a global water crisis due to increasing demand, pollution, and uncoordinated development. IWRM is presented as a solution that takes a holistic, cross-sectoral approach considering social, economic, and environmental interdependencies between different water uses. The key aspects of IWRM include decentralized management structures, greater economic incentives, and broader stakeholder participation.
A Meta Analysis on Review of Studies on Water Managementijtsrd
"Water is one of the most important resources available on this earth that has an influence on human activities. All important aspects such as agriculture, industry, day to day life is dependent on water. It is the most important factor for survival of life on this earth. As such it becomes imperative that we find out what is the status of various studies that have been conducted on various aspects of water management.The present paper is an attempt to summarise various aspects of issues involved with use and consumption of water and studies involved therein. It focuses on theoretical concepts like definition of water management, compounding of water as well as actual practices of water management in various parts of the world. Prof Anuradha Gaikwad | Dr S. D. Kadam ""A Meta-Analysis on Review of Studies on Water Management"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Special Issue | Fostering Innovation, Integration and Inclusion Through Interdisciplinary Practices in Management , March 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23081.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/strategic-management/23081/a-meta-analysis-on-review-of-studies-on-water-management/prof-anuradha-gaikwad"
This document introduces integrated water resources management (IWRM). It discusses the global water crisis, including that over 2 billion people suffer water shortages and 1.1 billion lack access to safe drinking water. IWRM is presented as a framework that takes a holistic, cross-sectoral approach to managing water resources at the river basin level through participatory decision-making. The key elements of IWRM include considering the interdependency between different water uses, treating water as both an economic and social good, and establishing decentralized management structures that rely on economic instruments and stakeholder participation. Adopting a water management framework based on IWRM principles can help analyze policies, guide water allocation decisions, and facilitate consideration of relationships
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) in Myanmar. It provides background on IWRM concepts and principles, and how they are being applied in Myanmar through efforts such as establishing river basin organizations, reforming water sector policies and laws, and integrating water management across levels and sectors to achieve sustainability, equity, and efficiency. Lessons from applying IWRM in other countries emphasize that the approach must be adapted to each local context and priorities, and involve stakeholders at all levels through participatory processes.
Tamimi - Socioeconomic Dimension of Water PolicyLaura Haddad
This document discusses integrated water resource management (IWRM) and related socioeconomic policy issues. It makes three main points:
1) IWRM aims to balance environmental, social, and economic needs when allocating water resources, but implementation faces challenges integrating different sectors and balancing regional differences. Overly general policies may be counterproductive.
2) Growing water demand, a changing climate, and potential reallocation of water from irrigation could significantly impact regional socioeconomies depending on how reallocation is implemented.
3) Key socioeconomic factors that must be considered in water policy include income trends, unemployment, poverty, food security, governance, and climate change. Balancing these tensions while enabling flexible policies to
This document provides an outline for a research paper on international water management. It discusses two case studies - the Danube River Basin and the Mekong River Basin - and proposes a thesis that the ability of riparian states to effectively manage shared water resources depends on both the environmental, political and socioeconomic context, and the degree to which three pillars of integrated water resource management are implemented: equitable participation, ecosystem protection, and stakeholder inclusion in decision making. It presents four arguments comparing management approaches between the two basins and concludes the Danube region has made more progress towards sustainability.
Tools and Technologies for Water Resources Planning and Climate Change Adapta...Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos
Objectives:
- To achieve basic understanding on steps in water resources planning
- To have better understanding on tool/technology that can be used for water resource planning and climate change adaptation
- To jointly assess the impacts of climate changes on water resources in Nepal
- To brainstorm the options to address the identified issues for planning processes
Contents:
Section 1 : Introduction to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and decision support tools
Section 2 : Tools and Techniques for IWRM
Section 3 : Group works
Conference on Social Water Studies in the MENA Region: State of the Art and ...University of Cologne
Call for Presentations & Papers:
Conference on Social Water Studies in the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa)
Region: State of the Art and Perspectives
28. – 29. September 20141
in Madaba-Amman, Jordan
on the Campus of German Jordanian University (GJU)
This document discusses valuing the goods and services provided by wetlands to inform better management and decision making. It notes that while some ecosystem services like crops are easy to observe and quantify, many important services like climate regulation are undervalued. When wetlands are degraded, the costs of losing these services often go unnoticed. The document examines studies that have economically assessed wetland services, finding regulating services like flood prevention and wastewater treatment provide the most substantial benefits. It advocates combining different valuation approaches to better represent the full value of wetlands and inform their protection and sustainable use.
Rapid degradation of peri-urban ecosystems is resulting in a loss of associated ecosystem services. Water provision, storm-and waste-water regulation, along with protection from natural disasters and erosion, are the impacted services that most acutely affect poor or vulnerable populations. The poor may be disproportionately impacted by loss of ecosystem services due to lack of political power around land use decision making and limited alternatives for livelihoods, housing, or basic services. Vulnerability extends to urban populations that depend on the ecosystem services provided by or flowing through peri-urban areas. Often, the loss of ecosystems is irreversible and the replacement of associated services is costly, if even possible.
Biophysical Foundations of Production and Consumption of Human Economy Source...ijtsrd
Three major problems associated with our management of the world's ecosystems are already causing significant harm to some people, particularly the poor, and unless addressed will substantially diminish the long term benefits we obtain from ecosystems First, approximately 60 15 out of 24 of the ecosystem services examined during the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment are being degraded or used unsustainably, including fresh water, capture fisheries, air and water purification, and the regulation of regional and local climate, natural hazards, and pests. The full costs of the loss and degradation of these ecosystem services are difficult to measure, but the available evidence demonstrates that they are substantial and growing. Many ecosystem services have been degraded as a consequence of actions taken to increase the supply of other services, such as food. These trade offs often shift the costs of degradation from one group of people to another or defer costs to future generations. Second, there is established but incomplete evidence that changes being made in ecosystems are increasing the likelihood of nonlinear changes in ecosystems including accelerating, abrupt, and potentially irreversible changes that have important consequences for human well being. Dr. Anshumala Chandangar "Biophysical Foundations of Production and Consumption of Human Economy Sources and Sink Functions of the Ecosystem" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47663.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/other/47663/biophysical-foundations-of-production-and-consumption-of-human-economy-sources-and-sink-functions-of-the-ecosystem/dr-anshumala-chandangar
Abstract water governance & iwrm knnt geggKnnt Thein
This document summarizes a presentation by Prof. Dr. Khin Ni Ni Thein on good water governance and integrated water resources management (IWRM) as prerequisites for water-energy-food security. The presentation defines water governance and explains that effective water governance seeks a balance across social, political, economic and environmental dimensions. IWRM is described as an effective management of the entire water cycle across all sectors and scales. The presentation discusses establishing laws, institutions, and stakeholder participation to strengthen water governance frameworks and decision making. It provides context on water management challenges and reforms needed in Myanmar to achieve sustainability, development, and help prevent conflicts over limited water resources.
This document discusses water scarcity as a strategic issue requiring coordinated action from the UN. It provides background on UN-Water, the mechanism for coordinating UN actions on freshwater issues. The document then discusses the growing problem of water scarcity globally due to increasing demand, pollution, and climate change effects. It notes that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in areas of absolute water scarcity. The document emphasizes the need for integrated management of water resources and increased productivity of water use across sectors to address scarcity challenges.
Integration of Human-Dimensions Science (HDS) in Ecosystem Restoration: A Ca...Sapnamul
This document summarizes a case study examining the integration of human-dimensions science in Everglades restoration efforts. It describes how a study analyzed public attitudes and values towards the environment and ecosystem services. It then discusses a practicum that developed an educational module on these topics for high school students in Florida to promote awareness and participation in restoration. The results showed students had low awareness of issues like their watershed and water sources, and participation in activities was also low, suggesting a need for more community outreach.
This document discusses how desalination is shifting hydro-geographies and water uses in Chile through complex legal ambiguities. It analyzes court records and legal documents of two companies operating desalination plants in Chile - a water supply company in Antofagasta Region and a mining company in Atacama Region. The analysis shows that these companies have exploited legal ambiguities and gaps to continue using mountain water while also producing desalinated water, through water transfer contracts with the mining sector. This highlights the importance of undefined legal terrain in allowing shifts in water uses that benefit these companies and the mining sector in Chile.
7. cooperations through iwrm for better water governance,northeast thailand. ...CPWF Mekong
This document summarizes a case study on integrated water resource management (IWRM) in the Chi River basin of Northeast Thailand. The study examines centralized practices by government officials and weak cooperation between agencies and villagers. It analyzes livelihood approaches and water needs in three villages impacted by flooding and drought. Key findings include power issues between agencies, rare applications of IWRM, and dynamic water challenges. Recommendations call for revolutionizing cooperation between ministries, empowering local authorities, and deterritorializing administrative areas for flexible water management.
Synergy in the Watershed Management: Case Study on Citarum Watershed - Indonesiainventionjournals
ABSTRACT: Watershed is a common and open-ended property. Watershed is a property for many parties, both individuals and organizations who have interests of its existence. As open property, each party can freely enter and exit, according to their interests without responsible for maintaining the watershed’s conditions. Condition of watershed can result complex or even conflict. Because each party has different perceptions, interests, and even conflict each other As common and open property, the watershed require joint management. Co-management becomes increasingly important because of watershed flows beyond administrative, territory and authority boundaries of organizations. Watershed management require a new approach which is able to reach out many parties, individuals, organizations and governments. Collaborative approach as a new approach, in contrast with New Public Management approach is emphasizing in property management which is involving multiple parties or organizations, both governmental, private and also community organizations. Case analysis on management of Citarum Watershed shows the complexity of issues of watershed management. In managing the complexity of watershed is need the implementation of collaborative approach which is able to realize the impact of watershed management.
Presented by IWMI's David Wiberg (Theme Leader – Water Futures) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) in Nepal. It begins by defining IWRM and outlining its key principles. It then describes Nepal's water resources and the various ways water is used. The document also discusses the challenges facing water management in Nepal and outlines the tools and approaches used in IWRM, including water assessments, impact assessments, and performance evaluation. It analyzes Nepal's policies and institutions related to IWRM and concludes that while IWRM principles have been adopted, developing effective local institutions remains a challenge.
Overview of water resources and sustainable development impacts in SenegalAI Publications
This document provides an overview of water resources and sustainable development in Senegal. It discusses how water resources largely determine a nation's socioeconomic development. While Senegal has significant water resources, its availability is uneven and demand is increasing due to population growth. In 2017, 78.5% of Senegalese had access to drinking water. Senegal's total renewable water resources per capita are low at 2459 m3, putting the country at risk of water vulnerability. The document examines the links between water resources and sustainable development, current water usage and needs in sectors like agriculture, and the state of Senegal's water resources.
This document provides an overview of decision support systems (DSS) for integrated water resources management at the river basin level. It discusses how DSS integrate watershed processes, simulation models, and decision making approaches to support water management. The document outlines key components of DSS and examples of DSS that have been developed for applications like flood forecasting, reservoir operation, and integrated river basin management. It also discusses the MULINO-DSS project in Europe which aimed to design an operational DSS to support sustainable water resources management based on hydrologic modeling, multi-disciplinary indicators, and multi-criteria evaluation.
The CEO Water Mandate is a UN Global Compact initiative launched in 2007 to encourage businesses to address water stewardship. It provides a framework to guide companies in improving practices across direct operations, supply chains, watershed management, public policy engagement, and community outreach. The Mandate also promotes collective action among companies and other stakeholders to help solve shared water challenges. Key elements in planning collective action include scoping issues, identifying participants, selecting engagement levels, designing initiatives, and managing programs over time.
This document summarizes a research paper about the complex relationship between local actors, livelihoods, and conservation efforts around the Kivu Lake watershed in Africa. It discusses how the watershed faces many management challenges due to having multiple stakeholders with different interests. It analyzes the socioeconomic and political factors influencing resource use and access, using the HELPAGE program and HIMO (labor-intensive public works) approach as case studies. The HIMO approach aims to reduce poverty through local employment while promoting conservation. However, tensions remain between livelihood needs and conservation goals. The document concludes that balancing these interests requires addressing weaknesses in institutional arrangements and coordination between different actors.
Tamimi - socioeconomic dimension of water policyWANA forum
This document discusses the socioeconomic dimensions of water policy and integrated water resource management (IWRM). It addresses several key points:
1) IWRM aims to balance economic, social, and environmental needs in water allocation and management. However, implementation faces challenges in integrating different sectors and balancing universal vs. region-specific policies.
2) Water demand is growing due to population, economic growth, and climate change, putting pressure on existing supplies. Reallocating water from irrigation could impact regions socioeconomically.
3) The document outlines important socioeconomic trends to consider in water policy, like income, unemployment, poverty, food security, and climate change. It also discusses tensions, transitions, and
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF WATER RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE...indexPub
Water is an essential and critical resource for human, animal, and plant survival and continued existence on planet Earth. Water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource; however, the issue of water scarcity has been exacerbated by the intensity of climate change conditions as well as aging water resource infrastructure in many countries, more especially in developing countries such as South Africa. Therefore, there is an urgent need to upgrade water resource infrastructure in South African cities in order to alleviate the stress on the current systems in place.
This document provides an outline for a research paper on international water management. It discusses two case studies - the Danube River Basin and the Mekong River Basin - and proposes a thesis that the ability of riparian states to effectively manage shared water resources depends on both the environmental, political and socioeconomic context, and the degree to which three pillars of integrated water resource management are implemented: equitable participation, ecosystem protection, and stakeholder inclusion in decision making. It presents four arguments comparing management approaches between the two basins and concludes the Danube region has made more progress towards sustainability.
Tools and Technologies for Water Resources Planning and Climate Change Adapta...Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos
Objectives:
- To achieve basic understanding on steps in water resources planning
- To have better understanding on tool/technology that can be used for water resource planning and climate change adaptation
- To jointly assess the impacts of climate changes on water resources in Nepal
- To brainstorm the options to address the identified issues for planning processes
Contents:
Section 1 : Introduction to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and decision support tools
Section 2 : Tools and Techniques for IWRM
Section 3 : Group works
Conference on Social Water Studies in the MENA Region: State of the Art and ...University of Cologne
Call for Presentations & Papers:
Conference on Social Water Studies in the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa)
Region: State of the Art and Perspectives
28. – 29. September 20141
in Madaba-Amman, Jordan
on the Campus of German Jordanian University (GJU)
This document discusses valuing the goods and services provided by wetlands to inform better management and decision making. It notes that while some ecosystem services like crops are easy to observe and quantify, many important services like climate regulation are undervalued. When wetlands are degraded, the costs of losing these services often go unnoticed. The document examines studies that have economically assessed wetland services, finding regulating services like flood prevention and wastewater treatment provide the most substantial benefits. It advocates combining different valuation approaches to better represent the full value of wetlands and inform their protection and sustainable use.
Rapid degradation of peri-urban ecosystems is resulting in a loss of associated ecosystem services. Water provision, storm-and waste-water regulation, along with protection from natural disasters and erosion, are the impacted services that most acutely affect poor or vulnerable populations. The poor may be disproportionately impacted by loss of ecosystem services due to lack of political power around land use decision making and limited alternatives for livelihoods, housing, or basic services. Vulnerability extends to urban populations that depend on the ecosystem services provided by or flowing through peri-urban areas. Often, the loss of ecosystems is irreversible and the replacement of associated services is costly, if even possible.
Biophysical Foundations of Production and Consumption of Human Economy Source...ijtsrd
Three major problems associated with our management of the world's ecosystems are already causing significant harm to some people, particularly the poor, and unless addressed will substantially diminish the long term benefits we obtain from ecosystems First, approximately 60 15 out of 24 of the ecosystem services examined during the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment are being degraded or used unsustainably, including fresh water, capture fisheries, air and water purification, and the regulation of regional and local climate, natural hazards, and pests. The full costs of the loss and degradation of these ecosystem services are difficult to measure, but the available evidence demonstrates that they are substantial and growing. Many ecosystem services have been degraded as a consequence of actions taken to increase the supply of other services, such as food. These trade offs often shift the costs of degradation from one group of people to another or defer costs to future generations. Second, there is established but incomplete evidence that changes being made in ecosystems are increasing the likelihood of nonlinear changes in ecosystems including accelerating, abrupt, and potentially irreversible changes that have important consequences for human well being. Dr. Anshumala Chandangar "Biophysical Foundations of Production and Consumption of Human Economy Sources and Sink Functions of the Ecosystem" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47663.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/other/47663/biophysical-foundations-of-production-and-consumption-of-human-economy-sources-and-sink-functions-of-the-ecosystem/dr-anshumala-chandangar
Abstract water governance & iwrm knnt geggKnnt Thein
This document summarizes a presentation by Prof. Dr. Khin Ni Ni Thein on good water governance and integrated water resources management (IWRM) as prerequisites for water-energy-food security. The presentation defines water governance and explains that effective water governance seeks a balance across social, political, economic and environmental dimensions. IWRM is described as an effective management of the entire water cycle across all sectors and scales. The presentation discusses establishing laws, institutions, and stakeholder participation to strengthen water governance frameworks and decision making. It provides context on water management challenges and reforms needed in Myanmar to achieve sustainability, development, and help prevent conflicts over limited water resources.
This document discusses water scarcity as a strategic issue requiring coordinated action from the UN. It provides background on UN-Water, the mechanism for coordinating UN actions on freshwater issues. The document then discusses the growing problem of water scarcity globally due to increasing demand, pollution, and climate change effects. It notes that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in areas of absolute water scarcity. The document emphasizes the need for integrated management of water resources and increased productivity of water use across sectors to address scarcity challenges.
Integration of Human-Dimensions Science (HDS) in Ecosystem Restoration: A Ca...Sapnamul
This document summarizes a case study examining the integration of human-dimensions science in Everglades restoration efforts. It describes how a study analyzed public attitudes and values towards the environment and ecosystem services. It then discusses a practicum that developed an educational module on these topics for high school students in Florida to promote awareness and participation in restoration. The results showed students had low awareness of issues like their watershed and water sources, and participation in activities was also low, suggesting a need for more community outreach.
This document discusses how desalination is shifting hydro-geographies and water uses in Chile through complex legal ambiguities. It analyzes court records and legal documents of two companies operating desalination plants in Chile - a water supply company in Antofagasta Region and a mining company in Atacama Region. The analysis shows that these companies have exploited legal ambiguities and gaps to continue using mountain water while also producing desalinated water, through water transfer contracts with the mining sector. This highlights the importance of undefined legal terrain in allowing shifts in water uses that benefit these companies and the mining sector in Chile.
7. cooperations through iwrm for better water governance,northeast thailand. ...CPWF Mekong
This document summarizes a case study on integrated water resource management (IWRM) in the Chi River basin of Northeast Thailand. The study examines centralized practices by government officials and weak cooperation between agencies and villagers. It analyzes livelihood approaches and water needs in three villages impacted by flooding and drought. Key findings include power issues between agencies, rare applications of IWRM, and dynamic water challenges. Recommendations call for revolutionizing cooperation between ministries, empowering local authorities, and deterritorializing administrative areas for flexible water management.
Synergy in the Watershed Management: Case Study on Citarum Watershed - Indonesiainventionjournals
ABSTRACT: Watershed is a common and open-ended property. Watershed is a property for many parties, both individuals and organizations who have interests of its existence. As open property, each party can freely enter and exit, according to their interests without responsible for maintaining the watershed’s conditions. Condition of watershed can result complex or even conflict. Because each party has different perceptions, interests, and even conflict each other As common and open property, the watershed require joint management. Co-management becomes increasingly important because of watershed flows beyond administrative, territory and authority boundaries of organizations. Watershed management require a new approach which is able to reach out many parties, individuals, organizations and governments. Collaborative approach as a new approach, in contrast with New Public Management approach is emphasizing in property management which is involving multiple parties or organizations, both governmental, private and also community organizations. Case analysis on management of Citarum Watershed shows the complexity of issues of watershed management. In managing the complexity of watershed is need the implementation of collaborative approach which is able to realize the impact of watershed management.
Presented by IWMI's David Wiberg (Theme Leader – Water Futures) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) in Nepal. It begins by defining IWRM and outlining its key principles. It then describes Nepal's water resources and the various ways water is used. The document also discusses the challenges facing water management in Nepal and outlines the tools and approaches used in IWRM, including water assessments, impact assessments, and performance evaluation. It analyzes Nepal's policies and institutions related to IWRM and concludes that while IWRM principles have been adopted, developing effective local institutions remains a challenge.
Overview of water resources and sustainable development impacts in SenegalAI Publications
This document provides an overview of water resources and sustainable development in Senegal. It discusses how water resources largely determine a nation's socioeconomic development. While Senegal has significant water resources, its availability is uneven and demand is increasing due to population growth. In 2017, 78.5% of Senegalese had access to drinking water. Senegal's total renewable water resources per capita are low at 2459 m3, putting the country at risk of water vulnerability. The document examines the links between water resources and sustainable development, current water usage and needs in sectors like agriculture, and the state of Senegal's water resources.
This document provides an overview of decision support systems (DSS) for integrated water resources management at the river basin level. It discusses how DSS integrate watershed processes, simulation models, and decision making approaches to support water management. The document outlines key components of DSS and examples of DSS that have been developed for applications like flood forecasting, reservoir operation, and integrated river basin management. It also discusses the MULINO-DSS project in Europe which aimed to design an operational DSS to support sustainable water resources management based on hydrologic modeling, multi-disciplinary indicators, and multi-criteria evaluation.
The CEO Water Mandate is a UN Global Compact initiative launched in 2007 to encourage businesses to address water stewardship. It provides a framework to guide companies in improving practices across direct operations, supply chains, watershed management, public policy engagement, and community outreach. The Mandate also promotes collective action among companies and other stakeholders to help solve shared water challenges. Key elements in planning collective action include scoping issues, identifying participants, selecting engagement levels, designing initiatives, and managing programs over time.
This document summarizes a research paper about the complex relationship between local actors, livelihoods, and conservation efforts around the Kivu Lake watershed in Africa. It discusses how the watershed faces many management challenges due to having multiple stakeholders with different interests. It analyzes the socioeconomic and political factors influencing resource use and access, using the HELPAGE program and HIMO (labor-intensive public works) approach as case studies. The HIMO approach aims to reduce poverty through local employment while promoting conservation. However, tensions remain between livelihood needs and conservation goals. The document concludes that balancing these interests requires addressing weaknesses in institutional arrangements and coordination between different actors.
Tamimi - socioeconomic dimension of water policyWANA forum
This document discusses the socioeconomic dimensions of water policy and integrated water resource management (IWRM). It addresses several key points:
1) IWRM aims to balance economic, social, and environmental needs in water allocation and management. However, implementation faces challenges in integrating different sectors and balancing universal vs. region-specific policies.
2) Water demand is growing due to population, economic growth, and climate change, putting pressure on existing supplies. Reallocating water from irrigation could impact regions socioeconomically.
3) The document outlines important socioeconomic trends to consider in water policy, like income, unemployment, poverty, food security, and climate change. It also discusses tensions, transitions, and
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF WATER RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE...indexPub
Water is an essential and critical resource for human, animal, and plant survival and continued existence on planet Earth. Water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource; however, the issue of water scarcity has been exacerbated by the intensity of climate change conditions as well as aging water resource infrastructure in many countries, more especially in developing countries such as South Africa. Therefore, there is an urgent need to upgrade water resource infrastructure in South African cities in order to alleviate the stress on the current systems in place.
A Review Paper On Water Resource ManagementSabrina Baloi
This document summarizes key concepts in water resource management. It discusses how water management structures can change water regimes and impact stakeholders. It also notes that while water projects aim to provide economic benefits, some populations have inadequate access to safe water for basic needs. The document then reviews experts' concepts on water management and financing allocations. It identifies areas for further addressing such as governance, accountability, gender, and targeting of aid and sector budgets. Finally, it discusses developing a framework for water management that is measurable, affordable and applicable globally.
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A hand note on water resource management, specially in the context of Bangladesh. I prepared the note for the MS final exam on the course water resource management.
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In the current global scenario water management
is the prime mover of economic growth and is
vital to the sustenance of a modern economy.
Future economic growth also, crucially depends
on the long term availability of perennial water
sources specially the ones that are affordable,
accessible and environment friendly. The analysis
of data from the Economic Survey of India,
2012-13, shows that energy and water demand
is on the rise in India and this is due to increase
in the development efforts and population
growth. Therefore, the present study will focus
on what has been achieved and what needs to
be achieved with reference to water management
through community participation in Jammu and
Kashmir State by understanding the experiences
from Singapore. Therefore, the study will be
utilizing the references and applying the research
by utilizing the knowledge and generating
a viable framework for the Jammu region,
which would be a little contribution towards proposing a Sustainable Water management
policy framework for Jammu and Kashmir
State by involvement of community through
non government organizations and self help
groups. In this regard, the exploration of water
renewal through Public Utilities Board (PUB),
Singapore’s national water agency gives an
insight to the study by providing an ideal model of
community participation which can be adopted
in Jammu region of state of J&K.
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- Management faces challenges of floods and scarcity. Basin-wide cooperation is needed, especially with upstream countries.
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1. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org
ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online)
Vol.4, No.16, 2014
How is Integrated Water Resources Management Working at the
Local Level? Perspectives from the Black Volta Basin of the
Lawra District, Ghana
Issaka Kanton Osumanu1* Augustine Yelfaanibe2 Sylvester Zackaria Galaa3
1.Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University for Development Studies PO box 520, Wa
Ghana
2.Department of Development Studies, University for Development Studies PO box 520, Wa, Ghana
3.Department of Social, Political and Historical Studies, University for Development Studies, Ghana PO box 520
Wa, Ghana
* E-mail of the corresponding author: kosumanu@uds.edu.gh
Abstract
In recent years, freshwater resources are under intense pressure to satisfy the needs of water users and it has
become increasingly clear that the water problems of an area can no longer be resolved exclusively by the water
professionals, and/or the water management institutions, alone. Current thinking is that integrated water
resources management (IWRM) will solve the water problems. This paper examines the IWRM process in
Ghana with a focus on how different institutions and users view the approach and the extent to which actors in
the process interact using the Black Volta Basin (BVB) in the Lawra District of Ghana. Data for the study was
collected through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews after a community institutional resource
mapping approach has been used to identify stakeholders in the IWRM process. The findings reveal a complex
web of interactions and networking that occur between and among different institutions and actors. Whereas
there is strong interaction and networking among traditional leaders and also between external actors and local
structures as well as that of resources owners and water users, that of existing interactions and networks between
the traditional authority structure, the external agents and resource owners was found to be weak. The paper
concludes that IWRM implementation in the basin has been constrained by the lack of a consistent
understanding of the process and differences in real-life political and social, factors and recommends that
planning for IWRM should not be done in isolation from practical differences at the local level.
Keywords: Efficiency, Institutions, Integration, Management, Water Resources
1. Introduction
Water is an essential resource that is of direct interest to people living everywhere. It is one of the many
important resources with very pervasive interests for assuring good quality life of people across the globe. This
widespread interest in water resources regarding its availability, quality and uses makes management of water a
central issue in the socio-politico-economic development of communities, districts, regions and nations at large.
At present, many countries in the world in their struggle for economic and social development are facing
challenges related to water resources. Increasing demands in water, deterioration of water quality and quantity
and mismanagement of natural resources in general make water an even vulnerable and finite resource (Scoullos
et al., 2002). Globally, many places are experiencing water crisis, which is attributable to a governance challenge
especially with regards to the existence of fragmented institutions and physical water structures which together
account for a policy of over exploitation (Fischhendler, 2007).
Generally water problems vary across both location and time. The solutions to water problems depend
not only on its availability, but also on many other factors. Notable amongst these are the processes through
which water is managed, competence and capacities of the institutions that manage them, prevailing socio-political
conditions that dictate water planning, development and management processes and practices,
appropriateness and implementation statuses of the existing legal frameworks, availability of investment funds,
social and environmental conditions of the countries concerned, levels of available and usable technology,
different perceptions at the community, district, regional, national and international levels, modes of governance
including issues like political interferences, transparency, corruption, educational and developmental conditions,
and status, quality and relevance of research that are being conducted on the national, sub-national and local
water problems (Biswas, 2008; Molobela and Sinha, 2011; Stefan, 2011) .
The issue of water management has evolved over the years by responding to the particular needs of
different sectors rather than balancing their overall needs. This sector oriented strategy has resulted in vertically
divided functions in water use and management which culminates into poor coordination and ineffective water
management in most cases (Scoullos et al., 2002). The search for solutions to the problems of water has
transcended into different approaches being adopted one after the other, particularly in an era when increasing
demands for water has brought about a shift in the perception of water as a gift of nature to an economic good.
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2. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org
ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online)
Vol.4, No.16, 2014
Since the Mar del Plata conference in 1977, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been
advocated widely as the most sustainable means to incorporate the multiple competing and conflicting uses of
water resources.
The Global Water Partnership (GWP, 2000) defines IWRM as a process that 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. It
involves the adoption of a comprehensive policy framework and the treatment of water as an economic good,
combined with decentralized management and delivery structures, greater reliance on pricing, and fuller
participation by stakeholders (World Bank, 1993). The GWP emphasises that water should be managed in a
basin-wide context under the principles of good governance and public participation (Rahman and Varis, 2005).
Scoullos et al. (2002) asserts that while the need for an integrated approach of water management is widely
acknowledged, there are a wide range of definitions and implementation approaches emerging out of both
theoretical and practical interpretation of the concept. From a more practical standpoint, IWRM is a set of
management tools that recognizes the greater interrelatedness of resources and their uses with each other and
within a total system. Thus, it offers opportunities for national, regional and district level institutions to adapt
their practices to their special realities through consultative and collaborative processes which can then be linked
globally.
Although there are numerous operational definitions of the concept of IWRM in scholarly literature,
the discourses on how to achieve integration have become polarised along different theoretical paradigms rather
than offering constructive alternatives to achieving overall desired results and benefits (Biswas, 2004; Saravanan
et al., 2009; Stålnacke and Gooch, 2010). Biswas (2004), for example, contends that the definition of IWRM
continues to be amorphous, and there is no agreement on fundamental issues like what aspects should be
integrated, how it should be done, by whom, or even if such integration in a wider sense is possible. Thus,
IWRM lacks clear methodologies (Stålnacke and Gooch, 2010) for pursuing an agenda of integration. Despite
this confusion, a number of views are still concurring that the integrated approach to water resources
management is the most remarkable of the approaches to managing this vital resource (Georgakakos, 2004;
Dungumaro et al., 2003).
A number of practitioners perceive the IWRM approach as a promising one to achieving successful
and sustainable water resources management. The IWRM approach is viewed as a balancing process that
provides for an ensemble of means, tools and methods for the development and management of water and other
related resources with the objective of attaining water security and sustainability. But the extent of the success
depends on numerous factors such as the nature and extent of emerging conflicts and how they are resolved and
also upon the interactions between water resource users and other stakeholders (Dungumaro et al., 2003).
According to Scoullos et al. (2002), the four ‘water principles’ in the IWRM framework are:
i. Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the
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environment;
ii. Water development and management should be based on a participatory approach, involving users,
planners and policy-makers;
iii. Women play a central role in the provision, management and safeguarding of water; and
iv. Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognised as an economic good.
Hence, the role of actors in the management process within institutions and how they view the IWRM
approach relative to other players in the water sector becomes crucial. Georgakakos (2004) asserts, for instance,
that lack of effective decision support systems that bring together the necessary disciplines, people, and
institutions that can address the existing bottlenecks and enhance sustainability of water resources is one problem
confronting the IWRM approach. He contends that, by its nature, the IWRM is a process where information,
technology, natural processes, water uses, societal preferences, institutions, and policy actors are subject to
gradual or rapid change. Changes may come with new institutions but no matter how changes occur, one primary
function of institutions is to drive the process of change through building appropriate partnerships. Some
challenges in IWRM include: the segmentation of institutions responsible for water resources planning and
management; limited participation of stakeholders in decision making processes; and the lack of disinterested
self-assessment and improvement mechanisms, both within and outside communities (Georgakakos, 2004).
IWRM principles often involve including all sources of water in planning; addressing water quantity, water
quality and ecosystem needs; incorporating principles of equity, efficiency, and public participation in water
planning; and sharing information across disciplines and agencies (GWP Technical Committee, 2005; United
States Army Corps of Engineers [USACE], 2010).
Generally, water management has evolved over the years by responding to the particular needs of each
sector rather than by balancing overall needs. The result has been vertically divided functions in water use and
management, which has made water management rather inefficient in most cases (Scoullos et al., 2002). In
Ghana, many reforms have taken place in the water sector but there still remain numerous challenges to contend
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with in terms of water availability and quality. There has also been a drift from a top-down to a bottom-up
approach to addressing the problems of the water sector. This switch in the approach adapted has since witnessed
the emergences of water user associations and different management systems and structures at the community,
district, regional and national levels. In the view of Scoullos et al. (2002), the IWRM approach challenges
existing orientations, institutional arrangements and the objectives and character of sectoral policies. Thus, the
understanding by the people and institutions of the need for change and also the way in which change will take
place is a prerequisite. This paper examines the IWRM process in Ghana by focusing on how different water
users and management institutions view the IWRM approach and the extent to which the actors in the process
interact in a bid to apply it using the Black Volta Basin (BVB) in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region.
2. Overview of the IWRM Process in Ghana
Attempts to implement IWRM in Ghana began in the late 1980s and early 1990s, through a number of regulatory
reviews, which enabled the government to undertake a number of reforms, notably:
i. a rural water and sanitation strategy based on community ownership and management;
ii. the restructuring of the urban water sector to bring in private sector participation in urban water delivery;
iii. preparation of the national environmental action plan; and
iv. strengthening of water resources information agencies.
These reviews were followed by various actions taken to bring about radical changes in the water
sector. For example, in the rural water delivery subsector, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA)
became established with the mandate to act as a facilitator for the delivery of water and sanitation facilities and
hygiene education to communities, and to oversee the accelerated provision of potable water and hygienic
sanitation facilities in a congenial environment. Prior to these attempts, water policies implementations were
sector-specific. Each sector agency managed, controlled and regulated its own activities with respect to water
management, with little coordination and control. For instance, the Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation
(GWSC), now the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), developed, managed and controlled drinking-water
supply and, to a very limited extent, sewerage services; the Volta River Authority used fresh water to produce
electricity; the Irrigation Development Authority (IDA) developed and managed irrigation and associated land
use for agricultural production; and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerned itself primarily with
the environmental implications of water treatment and usage.
A major milestone event towards reforming water resources management was the Water Resources
Management (WARM) study that was initiated in 1996 and carried out through consultative workshops with the
participation of a broad spectrum of stakeholders in both the public and private sectors, women representatives,
researchers, media personnel and the general public. This culminated in the establishment of The Water
Resources Commission (WRC) by an Act of Parliament (Act 522 of 1996), with the mandate to regulate and
manage the country’s water resources and coordinate government policies in relation to them. Since its
establishment, the WRC has developed short-and-medium-term strategies for the management of water resources
in the country. As part of these strategies, the Densu basin in the south and the White Volta basin in the north
have been selected for pilot studies. The main components of the pilot interventions include institutional
development and capacity building, coordination of the water sector at the river basin level, participation of
stakeholders, regulation of water use, allocation of water resources, and management of inter-boundary water
resources (Odame-Ababio, 2003). The aim is to explore ways to institutionalize the Commission’s functions and
to appropriately use the decentralized local government structures, notably, the Regional, Metropolitan,
Municipal and District Assemblies to pursue the agenda of IWRM.
3. Study Area and Methodology
3.1 The Black Volta Basin (BVB)
The Black Volta is one of the main waterways of the Volta Basin which is shared by Mali, Cote D’Ivoire,
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Benin. The total area covered by the Volta Basin is 414,000 km2 but over 80%
of this area is located in Burkina Faso and Ghana (Figure 1). The Black Volta takes its source from the north-western
areas of Burkina Faso and empties its water into the Volta Lake in Ghana. It constitutes Ghana’s north-western
boundary lines with Burkina Faso and Cote D’Ivoire. The BVB describes the area within the Volta
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Basin which is drained by the Black Volta River.
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Figure 1. The Black Volta Basin
Source: Water Resource Commission of Ghana, 2013.
In terms of political administrative set-up, districts whose landmasses are drained by the BVB are
Nandom, Lawra, Nadowli and Wa West, all in the Upper West Region of Ghana. These districts derive their
main water resources from the BVB. Other sources of water within the basin are rainfall, tributaries of the Black
Volta, hand dug wells, dugouts, boreholes and small-town water systems (STWS). Water from these sources is
used to meet various uses, thereby drawing together a whole myriad of individuals, households, communities,
institutions and oragnisations and other stakeholders on a common platform of the basin’s development.
Broadly, the Volta Basin is described as one of the poorest watershed areas in Africa (Harrington et al.,
2006) with an estimated average annual income of about US$800 (Asare, 2004). With few other natural
resources available, rain-fed and some irrigated agriculture is the principal basis of development for the people
of the entire basin. In addition to these, other livelihood activities, especially within the BVB of Lawra District,
include agro-processing, rearing of livestock, food vending, harvesting and selling of fuel wood and charcoal,
trading in or healing with herbal extracts, retail businesses, etc. Population growth rates per annum are at almost
3%, placing increased pressure on land, water and other natural resources.
3.2 Materials and Methods
The study focused on four selected communities within the basin in the Lawra District, namely, Orbili, Berwon,
Naburnye and Babile. These communities were purposively chosen to reflect the diversity of water sources in the
basin and also to account for variations in water management systems across rural and urban communities. In the
case of Orbili and Berwon, there are two but distinct tributary streams of the Black Volta which pass through
them. These communities were, therefore, chosen in order to identify the kind of management systems in place
and to understand how different users access and utilize the water sources with the view to recognising the needs
of other (down-stream) users. Naburnye was selected to study mainly issues on the dug-out (dam) in the
community and how they relate broadly to the other water resources management within the community. Babile,
an urban settlement in character, was selected because of the presence of a small-town water system (STWS), its
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proximity to the Black Volta and also the very diverse nature of water users in the community.
In each of the selected communities, the study employed qualitative methods of inquiry to collect
primary data. A community institutional resource mapping (CIRM) approach (Guri at al., 2005) was used to map
out generally, all formal and informal institutions that exist in the study communities, including their various
roles in water and other resources management. This method helped to expose the relevant institutions and their
functional relationship, as well as the available natural resources that exist in the communities. The different
sources of water and their related user groups (or potential user groups) as well as the management groups were
also identified through this process. . Focus group discussions (FGDs) were then conducted with the different
user groups on how they perceive the IWRM framework; their roles and responsibilities. Additionally, in-depth
interviews were held with community-based structures and formal institutions (both within and without
communities) that are responsible for the development/management of water resources or water systems. The
entire methodology brought together the views of user groups, and management institutions at all the different
levels of the water management frame. The outcomes of these interactions form the basis of the discussions on
the findings of this paper.
4. Discussion of Results
The study identified the different sources of water, water users (or user groups) and the management systems in
place in each of the communities. This section outlines the different sources of water and user groups, and
examines the different perspectives of each user group(s) and/or the management institutions in place.
4.1 Sources of Water and their Related Water Users
The main sources of water identified throughout the study communities are rainfall, ponds, wells, rivers, dug-outs
or dams, boreholes and pipe borne. These sources, in combination, serve a diversity of water uses which are
broadly categorized as domestic, agricultural and industrial uses. The most common domestic sources for all
household uses in the area are wells, boreholes and pipe borne. Agriculture is largely rain fed but during the dry
season ponds, wells, rivers and dug-outs or dams serve as important sources of water for activities such as
livestock rearing and dry season gardening (mainly the cultivation of vegetables). In the case of industrial
related activities, the source of water relied upon normally vary according to the type of product the industry
produces for the market and whether the goods are consumable or not. Agro-processing such as “pito” (a local
beer) brewing, Shea butter and “dawadawa” (a local spice) processing as well as activities of food vendors
normally rely on wells, boreholes and pipe borne. The main sources of water and the different users of water in
the four communities are outlined in Table 1 below in line with the three broad categories uses and users.
Table 1. Distribution of Water Source by Category of Use and Users in the Community
Community Main Sources of Waster Category of Water
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Use
Types of Users Present
Orbili
Rain and Boreholes Domestic Women, Men, Children
Rain, the Black Volta and
tributary streams
Agriculture Non-irrigated farmers; livestock
owners; agro-processors; gardeners
Rain, Boreholes, the Black
Volta and tributary streams
Industry agro-processors; gardeners; local
crafters
Naburnye
Rain, Boreholes, Wells, rivers,
and dam
Domestic Women, Men, Children
Rain, rivers, and dam Agriculture Non-irrigated farmers; livestock
owners; gardeners
Rain, Boreholes, Wells, rivers,
and dam
Industry agro-processors; local crafters
Berwon
Rain, Rivers/streams, well,
and boreholes
Domestic Women, Men, Children
Agriculture Non-irrigated farmers; livestock
owners; gardeners
Industry agro-processors; local crafters
Babile
Small-Town Water System,
Boreholes, wells, dug-out, and
Rain
Domestic Women, Men, Children
Agriculture Non-irrigated farmers; livestock
owners; gardeners
Industry agro-processors; local crafters
Table 1 illustrates the multiple user groups of water resources in the basin. However, the degree of the
diverse nature of water users varies across rural communities notably Orbili, Naburnye and Berwon is
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remarkably distinct from that of Babile, which is an urban area. The different user groups of water, as indicated,
are not just limited to a particular use but cut across various other uses. It was also found that the users of a
particular water resource are not necessarily the owners of that resource and in, some cases, ownership was being
contested. A clear distinction between a user or user group and a resource owner or owning group and
influences therein was found to have good repercussions for the management of the different water (re)sources in
the basin. The responses showed that the guidelines for integration were in conflict with the expectations of local
people as well as that of the power of the local or traditional authorities to effectively implement and monitor
issues of water use, availability, and quality.
4.2 Institutional Arrangements for Water Resources Management
There is a multi-layered institutional arrangement for managing water resources in the BVB. This comprises of a
blend of interactions between actors from both formal and informal (or traditional) structures. Broadly, the actors
in the IWRM process can be categorized into those operating within structures in the community as well as those
from outside the community. At the community level both formal and informal institutions co-exist to address
issues concerning water. Formal structures that operate in the communities to manage water include Water and
Sanitation Committees (WATSANs), Water Users Association (WUAs), locally elected representatives of the
local government system, such as Assembly Men/Women and Unit Committee Members, as well as other
identifiable groups that are formed mostly by external water related agents working in the communities to
promote issues of water that are of interest to them. There are also the traditional ‘informal’ institutions headed
by Chiefs and the Tengandem (Earth Priests). Generally, all issues of community development including water
revolve around Chiefs and Tengandem since they act as administrative heads and custodians of communities
respectively and also superintend over issues of natural resources. In each community, the Chief and Tengansob
oversee all matters regarding the management of all common property or resources, including rivers or streams.
In terms of water management, Chiefs and their Council of Elders as well as the Tengandem collaborate with the
locally established structures to allocate sites for constructing water facilities especially in the case of boreholes
and dug-out or dams, formulate and enforce byelaws regarding water use and also arbitrate in disputes both
within and outside the water sector.
External actors are mainly government agencies/departments such as the District Assembly, the
District Water and Sanitation Team (DWST), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Community Water and
Sanitation Agency (CWSA) on the one hand and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on the other hand.
These actors collaborate in diverse ways to ensure and enhance water availability and quality for various uses
within the communities in the district. The nature of the different collaborations between different institutions in
the BVD is depicted in Figure 2 below.
Consultation, Decision Making and Regulation
Figure 2. Collaborations of Actors in the IWRM Process
From the Venn diagram, the DA together with other decentralized government agencies and
departments mostly collaborate through consultative processes in the formulation of decisions and
rules/regulations on water resources. Similarly, the decentralized bodies work together with NGOs to provide
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Co-ordination
Water
Users
DA:
Government
Agencies and
Departments
Local
Actors
NGOs
Technical and Financial Support
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both technical and financial assistance to enhance community water resources and water uses. NGOs also
collaborate with actors and water related structures at the community level in order to enhance coordination of
water sector issues both within the community and the district at large. The outcomes of information gathered
through coordination provide useful feedbacks for further consultation and support.
At the Apex of all water resources management, especially within the formal sector, is the District
Assembly (DA). The Lawra DA has oversight responsibility over all natural resources (NRs) within the area. As
a result management of available NRs, including water, is always a priority of the DA. The management
responsibilities are a collaborative effort between the DA and communities in the district. In terms of water
management, the office of the District Water and Sanitation Team (DWST) within the DA is directly responsible
for all potable water points with support from other decentralized institutions such as the District Health
Management Team (DHMT), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Ghana Education Service (GES)
among others. Other institutions that contribute to this effort in the district are NGOs, such as Global Water
Initiative (GWI) and Community Water Project (COWAP), and the Community Water and Sanitation Agency
(CWSA), which is also the overall supervisory body at the regional level. At the community level, the water
points, especially for boreholes, pipe borne, and dams or dug-outs are managed by established committees,
notably, the WATSANs and WUAs who are also commonly referred to as dam management committees and
recognized vendors in the case of the pipes under the STWS in Babile.
The interest of all actors in the water sector in the district is to ensure and enhance water availability
(including water quality) and sustainability of all water uses. Thus, the primary objective in the collaboration
process is to meet the various demands for water and satisfy the needs of the different water users throughout the
communities. As shown in Figure 1 above, there are several forms and levels of interactions and networking
amongst the various actors/stakeholders identified above. Broadly, however, these interactions/networks may be
said to be occurring at three different levels, namely:
i. Interactions within the community, i.e., amongst actors within the community;
ii. Interactions between internal actors and external actors; and
iii. Interactions amongst external actors.
The Chief consults the Tengansob (or Tindana) in terms of decision making concerning natural
resources. He entrusts the management of resources with the Tengansob (or Tindana) and various lineage heads
who are the owners of natural (land) resources. The Chief cannot dictate to them what should be done. However,
if there is a problem which the Tengansob/ Tindana thinks of the chief as being useful in discussing together
with his elders he consults the chief. Though the quality of such interactions is usually good, they rarely occur.
The chief in making his decisions is answerable to the land owners and the Tengansob /Tindana. If land is
required for a project he reports to the lineage head on whose land the project is to be sited and the lineage head
in turn informs the Tengansob/Tindana. The chief can report to the Tengansob/Tindana if an offender of a rule
brought before him is deemed to have sinned against the earth god and appropriate cleansing rituals need to be
offered.
Internally, the chief also interacts with assembly men/women, unit committee members, WATSANs
and other community-based associations, such as WUA and Youth Development Association (YDA) on
development issues, especially in relation to water resources. This kind of interaction usually has the aim of
informing the chief of incoming projects and the need to mobilize resources (land and man power) for project
implementation. Such interactions take place only when there is the need for a project to be implemented or
when an existing facility needs repair. The quality of this kind of interaction was generally assessed to be good.
The chief also interacts with district assemblies and officials of MoFA and other external actors on
irregular bases. This is an average interaction mainly to inform the chief of project activities (e.g., construction
of school blocks and drilling of boreholes) it does not involve much of natural resource management.
The Tengansob/Tindana interacts with only other internal actors. His network is limited to the chief,
land owners, local development associations and resource users. The Tengansob/Tindana interacts with land
owners and resource users in terms of settling disputes over land ownership. Also, land owners’ lands cannot
admit strangers into the community without the approval of the Tengansob/Tindana. For development agencies,
it is the Tengansob/Tindana who is called upon to offer sacrifices to the ancestors before the commencement of
any project.
There have been interactions between communities and the district assemblies through the various
members of the assembly in areas of social service provision including water. The district assemblies do not
involve the resource users in project identification, design and implementation. Similarly, the assemblies do not
frequently interact with the unit committees. In an interview with the unit committee of Babile, a member
observed that:
“the only time the Unit Committee interacts with political leadership of the district assembly
is when election is drawing closer”.
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However, the assembly member does brief them about the issues concerning the district’s development
agenda after every assembly session. The assemblies’ interactions with community members are unstructured in
that they occur only when the district assemblies have projects in the communities.
Interactions do occur between resource user’s organizations and government agencies/departments.
One of the most common forms of such interaction is between WUAs and IDA and MoFA on dam management.
NGOs also interact with communities through various resource user associations and community-based
development associations in their areas of operation. For example, the Diocesan Development Organization
(DDO) interacts with the community water and sanitation development board (CWSDB) in Orbili, whereas
others such as RAAP and ProNet interact with various women groups in many locations of the district. It was
noted that interactions between communities and NGOs are good.
Government agencies/departments and NGOs collaborate severally in the performance of their roles in
natural resource management. The Ghana Health Service/District Health Management Teams of the health sector
collaborate well with the district assemblies, Ghana Education Service, NADMO and other NGOs like World
Vision and Care International in immunization campaigns, cleanup exercises and public education. The NGOs
also supply them with equipment, such as vehicles, and financial support. NADMO collaborates with planning
departments of the district assemblies, Ghana Health service, forestry department, EPA, Fire Service and a lot of
other sectors to see to the environmental issues. District assemblies collaborate with EPA, Forestry Commission,
NADMO and others in the performance of their duties (see Box 1); in addition, the district assemblies
collaborate with the police and military to ensure that bye-laws on natural resources are enforced, particularly
regarding illegal mining operations.
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Box 1. Collaborations with District Assembly
• NADMO: Advises the planning unit in the district on how to identify disaster prone areas and to
prepare against such disasters.
• MoFA: Gives information concerning the agric sector to include it in the medium term development
plan.
• EPA: Advises DAs on how to factor environmental issues in to the district medium term development
plan and liaise with to sensitize the people.
• Forestry Commission: Liaise to protect forest resources and enforce by-laws.
• NGOs: Provision of equipment, technical and financial support.
The outcomes of these roles and interactions/networks are several. First, local institutions are weak.
Second, there is a general weakness in terms of relationships between internal and external actors. In other words,
there are strong interactions amongst internal actors than there is for interactions amongst external actors and
between internal and external actors. Surprisingly, interactions between communities and NGOs are stronger
than interactions between communities and government agencies/departments.
In Berwon and Orbili it was observed that no major steps are taken by traditional authorities (including
the Chief) to enact and enforce bye-laws that will promote sustainable management of natural resources in the
community. As a political and administrative head of the community, the influence of the Chief in terms of
natural resources management is quite minimal because he neither owns nor controls the entire resources within
his jurisdiction. The Chief also has a weak influence over resource owners, especially land owners. The main
constrain for the Chief, therefore, is the fact that there is no community wide mechanism to coordinate, control
and regulate access and use of natural resources. This makes it difficult for the chief to regulate activities on land
in the community.
Furthermore, it appears that the role of the Tengansob/Tindana, though separate, is subservient to those
of the Chief, especially in Berwon, where both the Chief and Tengansob belong to the same house (family). It
appears that the role of the Tengasob of Naburnye is overshadowed by those of the Chief. It was also noted that
the Tengansob of Orbili play a subservient role (more or less a coordinating function) to that of the adjoining
communities. The Tengansob of Orbili puts it this way:
“……..if anything should happen here, and it is brought to my notice, I have to receive it and
take it to the head of family (called Nyanyaasaala), the Tengansob of Kulbognuor, for the
necessary rites to be completed. (…) even when it is within my means, I still need to inform
him”.
Another weak institution within communities is WATSANs, in terms of capacity and resources. These
committees, especially in the Upper West Region, are more or less very dormant and are barely functioning even
though they still mobilize to get some of the water facilities they manage repaired. In Babile, for instance, a
number of the boreholes were found to be broken down, though there are WATSAN Committees in the
community responsible for the management and maintenance of the boreholes. In Naburnye, however, it was
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realized that two of the committees have been serving for about 20 or more years and seem to be suffering from
duty or responsibility fatigue.
The weakest networks across communities seem to be interactions with the district assemblies.
However, as already noted, expectations of community members from district assemblies are mainly about
development projects, such as school buildings, electricity and boreholes, and not about land, water and other
natural resource management. In Berwon, Orbili and Naburnye the elders observed that the district assembly is
not responsive to their needs and that they are not sure whether the assembly does not have the wherewithal or
that it is just not interested in their welfare or it is because they do not have educated people in the community
who can exert pressure on the assembly to respond to their concerns.
4.3 Nature of the Interactions and Networks of Institutions for Water Management
From the discussions the previous sub-section, it is clear that there is a complex web of interactions and
networking that occur between and among different institutions and actors engaged in efforts aimed
implementing the IWRM process in the district. For purposes of simplicity, the kind of interactions and networks
within and across the different structures is illustrated in Figure 3 below.
Figure 3. Interactions and Networks of Institutions in the Basin Area
Figure 3 shows that external agents, notably, the DA and decentralized departments/agencies and NGOs
together with elected representatives and community-based water management organisations constitute a centre-nerve
in the interactive and networking processes that tend to link various water uses and their traditional
leadership for effective and efficient delivery of water services to the benefit of community users.
There are several outcomes in the roles and interactions/networks between stakeholders of different
institutions in the study area. First, the local institutions are weak. Second, there is a general weakness in terms
of relationships between internal and external actors. In other words, there are strong interactions amongst
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internal actors than there is for interactions amongst external actors and between internal and external actors.
Surprisingly, interactions between communities and NGOs are stronger than interactions between communities
and government agencies/departments.
In Berwon and Orbili communities, for example, it was observed that no major steps are taken by
traditional authorities (including the Chief) to enact and enforce bye-laws that will promote sustainable
management of natural resources in the community. As a political and administrative head of the community, the
influence of the Chief in terms of natural resources management is quite minimal because he neither owns nor
controls the entire resources within his jurisdiction. The Chief also has a weak influence over resource owners,
especially land owners. The main constrain for the Chief, therefore, is the fact that there is no community wide
mechanism to coordinate, control and regulate access and use of natural resources. This makes it difficult for the
chief to regulate activities on land in the community.
4.4 Understanding the IWRM Process from the Standpoint of Institutions
Effective management and governance of water cannot be achieved if the water managers themselves and all
stakeholders dealing with water issues at various levels do not understand and apply the IWRM framework
(Scoullos et al., 2002). A poor understanding of the approach can hamper efforts at managing an integration
process, especially within the context of the split multi-sectoral and also multifaceted nature of the entire water
sector as linked to other (non-water) sectors. However, a critically important element of IWRM is the
integration of various sectoral views and interests in the development and implementation of the IWRM
framework. The IWRM framework envisages that integration should take place within the natural system, with
its critical importance for resource availability and quality, and also the human system, which fundamentally
determines the resource use, waste production and pollution of the resource. The human system must also set the
development priorities as well as control the associated infrastructure.
Within the natural system, integration concerns, for instance the integration of land and water
management, surface and groundwater, upstream and downstream water related interests recognises the full
hydrological cycle. On the other hand, integration within the human system relates in particular to cross-sectional
integration of policies and strategies and integration of all relevant stakeholders in the decision-making
processes. To secure the co-ordination of water management efforts across water related sectors, and throughout
the entire water basin, formal mechanisms and means of co-operation and information exchange need to be
established. Such co-ordination mechanisms should be created at the highest political level and put in place at all
relevant levels of water management. Thus, it is important that the IWRM builds on and provides consistency
with current government policies and national or sector development plans and/or budgets. In order to achieve
the desired results of the integration process, it is important to understand the links of IWRM with plans and
processes at the national and sectoral level and take these into account in the planning process.
From the study, there exist disparities on how the different institutions in the BVB water resources
management system perceive the various operational details in both the natural and human systems as outlined
above. While some institutions acknowledge the benefits that can be derived through effective integration of
different interests, others chastised the process as one of conflicts with and alienates their traditional functions
within the intrusion of new superstructures with their accompanying policies that are backed by government. In
terms of management of boreholes and the STWS, all stakeholders view the process as one that has enhanced
sustainability of the systems for the numerous uses that they serve. Users are particularly concerned with the
levels of improved quality and access since efforts at implementing the IWRM in Ghana kicked-off. The issue
of cost-sharing between external providers and community water users is also viewed to be beneficial. However,
traditional institutions, notably Chiefs, Tengandem and land or farm owners at the community level generally
feel threatened that an IWRM process would weaken their authority and autonomy in the way they hitherto
controlled and managed all “God given” community natural resources including water.
Traditionally, the Chief is the political and administrative head of the community. His general
functions and responsibilities regarding natural resource management (including water) are: mediating in
disputes; enacting and enforcing community bye-laws especially on water resources; receiving and
disseminating information on water resources from the DA, the Paramount Chief and other actors; liaising with
community elected representatives (the assembly members, the unit committee members) and other opinion
leaders to lobby for water projects; and to ensure peace and security on all issues of development particularly
with regards to water and related resources within his jurisdiction. The Chief is generally assisted in these
functions by the community elders and the Tengandem or Tindana. The Tengansob or Tindana is mostly the
custodian of the ‘earth god’ and he exercises oversight responsibility over the land and all natural resources (or
ancestral property) of the community. As a traditional priest, he is responsible for all spiritual matters regarding
land and all common property resources. In pronouncing community bye-laws, it is the Tengansob or Tindana
who invokes the spirits of the gods and ancestors to deal with people who break the laws enacted by the
community. Within the traditional cosmologies of the indigenous communities within the BVB, all NRs,
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including water, are governed by a non-systematized rules, regulations, values and norms which are supervised
by informal traditional structures at the community level. In such a system, mechanisms for monitoring and
reporting violation regarding the use of resources, such as water, by different groups become open and a shared
responsibility. From the focus group discussions with traditional authorities in the area, it was noted that there is
a break down in the kind of social protection rules that hitherto served as a guide for managing open water points
especially rivers and community dams. This is a result of the intrusion of western ideas from formal institutions
which tend to undervalue and undermine the significance of certain norms, taboos, values and traditional
practices. Thus, there is a conflict between the roles to be played by the traditional authorities, on the one hand,
and the new emerging policies, rules and accompanying structures, on the other hand, at the community level.
One of the nagging challenges confronting an agenda to pursue integration within the IWRM
framework is how to ensure harmony between the different uses, both at the upstream and downstream.
Communities are defined by territorial boundaries which are controlled by different sets of local authority. In
some instances, there exist boundary and resources conflicts which tend to impede efforts to pull together up and
down stream uses to effectively participate on a common platform. For instances, there is land dispute between
the people of Berwon and Gbier along the boundaries of the Kulkpee stream (a tributary of the Black Volta). The
people of Orbili are also in conflict with Kulbognuor village over ownership of a section of the Black Volta
running through the district and there are similar disputes on land uses around the dam in Naburnye. These
conflicts tend to impact negatively on efforts aimed at integrating both the natural and human systems.
Furthermore, the different institutions operating in the water sector in the BVB tend to comprehend
and apply the IWRM framework differently. Policies are not understood in their proper contexts just as
legislations become contrived by the nature in which they get enforced. This is further exacerbated by the kind of
administrative difficulties that come with the attempts at operationalising the IWRM framework at the
community level. Within the context of river basin management, Bruns et al. (2001) have opined that an overall
practical institutional framework be considered in three broad categories, namely: policy (the policies at national,
local government and organizational levels); legislation (the laws which include formal laws, rules and
procedures, informal rules, norms and practices, and also internal rules of organizations); and administration
(both at the policy level for resources management and at the implementation level for the delivery of
management services). Given this position, the way and manner in which policies and legislation are couched
and communicated at the local level could itself pose hindrance to the success of the entire process. This, when
added to the bigger administrative challenges, further compounds the issue.
5. Conclusion
Freshwater resources are under increased pressure to satisfy the needs of water users throughout the world.
IWRM is designed to replace fragmented management of water and encourage sustainable use. While in recent
years there has been growing international and national recognition of the need to manage water using an IWRM
approach, implementation has progressed slowly. Implementation has been mired by the lack of a consistent
definition and differences in real-life political, social, and physical factors influencing stakeholders. Various
issues are feeding into different perceptions of an IWRM approach in the BVB. These include the question of
how to achieve integration within the broad institutional framework (i.e. integration for who? And who, should
lead and own the process?); the multi-layered nature of resource ownership in the basin; the process of planning
for integration as external agents plug-in and plug-out; and also the problem of contested resource ownership
particularly on land and parts of the Black Volta River.
IWRM in the BVB is practical and achievable. Planning is an important part of IWRM, but creating
tangible impacts comes from putting IWRM principles into action to demonstrate solutions to real problems. To
achieve positive impacts, the DA needs to gazette all by-laws for effective enforcement, introduce of rain water
harvesting techniques to communities, and built capacity of communities and retrained existing management
structures to make them more effective in implementing NRM decisions at the local level. Communities should
be sensitized to begin viewing NRM issues as a matter of collective priority and responsibility.
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