Objectives
■ To providean introduction on key principles and themes
of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
■ To show IWRM’s key linkages to development and to
addressing poverty reduction, water and health, and
water and food (MDGs).
■ To enable application of IWRM principles for awareness
raising and capacity building in advising decision
makers.
3.
About Water ….
■A “Single” Resource – has no
substitute
■ A Limited Resource
■ A Scarce Resource (or is it?)
■ Has Social, Economic, and
Environmental Value (social and
environment are recent)
4.
A Unique Resource
■Every organism, individual, and
ecosystem on the planet depends on
water for survival.
■ Water impacts all aspects of life on the
planet
■ Poor water management and water
shortages can lead to disease,
malnutrition, reduced economic growth,
social instability, conflict, and
environmental disaster.
5.
The Global WaterBudget
Global Water
97% Seawater
3% Freshwater
Global Freshwater
87% Not Accessible
13% Accessible (0.4% of global)
Top 10 LargestCities by 2015
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Tokyo
Bombay
Lagos
Shanghai
Jakarta
Sao Paulo
Karachi
Beijing
Dhaka
Mexico City
Population, millions
9.
The Water Scene
■Resources are scarce
■ Demands are outstripping supplies
■ Environmental/Ecological issues are
serious
■ Policy and institutional issues are
complicated
■ Current approach is sectoral and
fragmented
■ Financing is poor and options are
expensive
10.
Where Are WeHeaded?
■ Decreasing per-capita availability
■ Degrading water quality
■ Increasing competition/conflict within sectors
and within society
Urban versus agriculture
Haves versus have nots
Upstream versus downstream
National versus international
■ Increasing competition/conflict with the
environment
11.
Demand Sectors
■ Waterfor People – safe and reliable drinking
water supply, as well as sanitation.
■ Water for Food Production – irrigation,
wastewater reuse, and flood management
■ Water for Nature – rainwater infiltration,
groundwater recharge, river flow and aquatic
ecosystems maintenance
■ Water for Industry – manufacturing, cooling
systems and liquid waste disposal
■ Water for Emergencies – fire control and
drought relief
12.
Water as aGlobal Issue
■ Water crisis has steadily moved
up the global agenda
■ The process is driven by
water-related health impacts,
rapid industrialization,
water security, and
awakening environmental
consciousness
13.
The Paradigm Shift
TheDublin principles (1992)
■ Water is a single, finite resource
■ Water management and development
should include stakeholders
■ Water is an economic good
■ Women play a central role in
management and conservation of water
The Dublin Principles have served as
guide for the global water dialogue
14.
Key Water Challengesand Needs
■ Integrated
management of
water
■ Water resources
economics
■ Political economy of
water
■ Water supply and
sanitation services
■ Irrigation/drainage
■ NRM and
environment
■ Water pricing and cost
recovery
■ Water entitlement and
rights
■ Water users
empowerment
■ Sharing of water and its
benefits
■ Cooperation and
conflict resolution
■ Energy
15.
MDGs … astarting point
Goal 1. Eradicate
extreme poverty and
hunger
Goal 2. Achieve
universal primary
education
Goal 3. Promote gender
equality and empower
women
Goal 4. Reduce child
mortality
Goal 5. Improve maternal
health
Goal 6. Combat HIV/AIDS,
malaria and other diseases
Goal 7. Ensure environmental
sustainability
Goal 8. Develop a Global
Partnership for Development
16.
■ Ad hoc
■Economic Analysis -- Single Project
or Basin
■ Multi-Objective Planning
■ Comprehensive Multi-Purpose River
Basin Planning and Management
■ Strategic Planning and
Implementation through IWRM
Approaches to Water Management
17.
The Water BalancingAct
Demand
• Increasing in all sectors
• Inefficient use
Supply
• Quantity (Natural Scarcity,
Groundwater Depletion)
• Quality Degradation
• Cost of Options
IWRM
IWRM
18.
Integrated Water ResourcesManagement
A systematic process for managing water, land and
related resources in a way that meets society’s long-
term need for water while ensuring that economic
and social welfare are not compromised and that
there is no harm to the environment.
A coordinating framework for integrating and
implementing sectoral needs, water and water-
related policy, resource allocation, and management
of natural resources and environmental systems;
within the context of social, economic, and
environmental development objectives.
19.
IWRM is about:
anagingwater resources at the lowest possible
level.
anaging demand for water and optimising the
supply.
roviding equitable access to water resources by a
participatory approach.
stablishing policies to help manage water
resources.
20.
Why IWRM?
■ Globallyaccepted and makes good
sense.
■ Key element in national water policy.
■ Incorporates social and environmental
considerations directly into policy and
decision making.
■ Directly involves the stakeholders.
■ Is a tool for optimizing investments
under tight financing climate.
21.
Key Water &
Water-related
Policies/Inst.
Resources
Assessment&
Analysis
Use Assessment
& Analysis
Resource
Development &
Management
Plan
Implementation
& Monitoring
Resource
Allocation
Strategy
Review &
Evaluation
Country
Development
Objectives
Schematic of the IWRM Process • Stakeholder Input
• Donor Input
• Other Input
22.
IWRM can becharacterized as:
■ A process, not a product
■ Scale independent - applies at all
levels of development
■ A tool for self assessment and
program evaluation
■ A tool for policy, planning, and
management
■ A mechanism for evaluating
competing demands, resource
allocation, and tradeoffs
23.
IWRM in Practice
A.Enabling Environment
Policies
Legislative Framework
Financing and Incentive Structures
B. Institutional Mechanism
Institutional Framework
Institutional Capacity Building
C. Management Instruments
Water Resources Assessments
Planning for IWRM
Demand Management
Social Change Instruments
Economic Instruments
Information and Communications
24.
Dimensions of IWRM
IntegratedWater Resources Management
Water supply
& sanitation
Irrigation &
drainage
Energy Environ-
mental
services
Infrastructure for
Infrastructure for
management of
management of
floods and
floods and
droughts,
droughts,
multipurpose
multipurpose
storage, water
storage, water
quality and source
quality and source
protection
protection
Policy/
Policy/
Institutional
Institutional
framework
framework
Management
Management
instruments
instruments
Political economy
Political economy
of water
of water
management
management
Other uses
including
industry and
navigation
Water Uses
GWP
25.
Water Governance
• TheGWP defines Water Governance as the
range of political, social, economic and
administrative systems that are in place to
develop and manage water resources and the
delivery of water services at different levels of
society.
• It is really the traditions and institutions by
which authority is exercised in a country.
Governance deals with who is really in charge
and how power is used to decide who gets
what and when.
Barriers to IWRM
■Willingness to change - Domestic water,
sanitation, agricultural water, etc. Are divided
over a several government departments, often
with little collaboration.
■ Lack of tools and systems for integration –
The challenge is finding effective tools and
processes to achieve greater coordination and
cooperation without incurring such high
transaction costs that the entire process
becomes wasteful.
29.
Further Barriers
Alack of both policy and the personnel to
implement it. Conflict between
decentralisation and the desire to maintain
central power and influence.
The difficulty of getting the different sectors to
interact meaningfully for the common good.
An unwillingness to deal with the
implications of the critical need for
reliability in domestic supplies, and the
implications this has on the availability of water
for other sectors, such as agriculture and
industry.