Water governance involves three main capacities: 1. Managing water resources through organization, planning, regulations and management systems. 2. Providing water services like supply and infrastructure through similar organizational structures and regulations. 3. Formulating and implementing effective policies and regulations for water use based on needs, resources, and planning capacity, using management models, processes and regulations.

1. Water Governance
Alberto Crespo Milliet

2. Governance:
The capacity of a government to:
• Manage its resources
• Provide efficient services
• Formulate and implement effective
politics and regulations
Winthrop Carty (Institute for Government Innovation,
J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)

3. 1. Manage water resources
Need to know: Need to have:
Quantity Organization
Quality Processes
Location Planning
Time Variation Regulations
Information Management
Systems Systems

4. 2. Provide Services
Need to know: Need to have:
Demand Organization
Supply Processes
Capacity to pay Planning
Necessary investments Regulations
Information Management
Systems Systems

5. 3. Formulate and Implement Effective
Policies and Regulations
Need to know: Need to have:
Needs Management model
Legal framework Processes
Available resources Regulations
Necessary investments Planning capacity
Information Management
Systems Systems

6. Systems view

7. Systems Matter
Input Energy
Information
Transformation
process
Elements
Interconnected
System
With functional attributes
Matter
•A system is a set of elements interrelated to each other, with certain Output Energy
attributes of function and in interaction to achieve a specific goal. Information
•Elements, relationships, attributes and the whole system have to be
imagined by us and tested against 'reality to serve our purposes.

8. Governance diagram

9. Water assessment
Quantity
Water Info subsystem Water info Natural Quality
Processed Info
water Location
Complementary
system
Info requirement
Time variation
Info
Processed Info
Other Info subsystems
(socioeconomic, cartographic...)
Water Policies
Objectives
Strategies
Decision system Resources Legal system
Ex-ante evaluation info Norms and
Monitoring info regulations
Planning subsystem
Participation
Results evaluation
Info
Enough Quantity
Operation (sub)system Good Quality
Right Place
Right Time
Decision Results (Affordable Price)
(Sustainability)
Use system
(Society)
Drink. water Irrigation Industry Energy Transport Recreation Environment