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By : Jyoti 
Class : Xl 
ID no : 4487 
School : Mann Public School
INDEX 
 Meaning 
 Water management situation in following countries 
1. India 
2. Pakistan 
3. Somalia 
4. Sudan 
5. Nigeria 
6. UAE 
 Conclusion
 Water management is the activity of planning, 
developing, distributing and optimum use of water 
resources under defined water polices and 
regulations. It includes: management of water 
treatment of drinking water, industrial water, sewage 
or wastewater. management of water resources. 
MEANING
 Agriculture - 28% of GDP, 67% of employment 
 Irrigation - higher incomes, more secure livelihoods, reduces poverty 
 Irrigated area totals 90 million ha - surface water 39%, groundwater 47%, other sources 14% 
 Growing demands for domestic and industrial water supply 
 Increasing water scarcity - 9 out of 20 river basins deemed to be water scarce (< 1000 m3 per 
capita per year) 
 Groundwater table declining in many states 
 Gross irrigated area not rising despite continued investment 
 Poor performance of I&D schemes 
 Conflicts over water increasing 
 WUAs (Water Users Associations)established but not performing 
THE SITUATION IN INDIA
AREAS FOR ACTION: 
•Institutional reform in the water sector 
•Engagement with stakeholders 
•Re-education of water professionals 
•Education of politicians and planners 
•Knowledge management 
•Improved efficiency and productivity of water 
•Demand management, reduction in water use 
•Water trading 
Threats and opportunities: 
•Reducing reserve for development 
•Increased risk from droughts 
•Climate change 
•Management options constrained 
•Involvement of stakeholders 
•Need for information dissemination
CURRENT ISSUES IN WRM (WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ) 
•Historically water resources development has been carried out by the Irrigation Department 
•Irrigation has dominated the WR development agenda 
•No holistic view - Different agencies have different responsibilities for elements of WRM 
•Industrial and domestic demands increasing but allocations controlled by another user – 
the ID 
Action Plan(Form State Water Council ) 
•Separate the Irrigation Department into three branches: 
–Water Resources Branch (WRB) 
–Irrigation Services Branch (ISB) 
–Irrigation Development Branch (IDB) 
•Form River Basin Councils and prepare river basin plans 
•Prepare the State Water Resources Management Plan (SWRMP) 
•Prepare, consult and enact the draft Water Resources Act 
Form the Water Resources Department 
•Implement river basin plans 
•Implement State WRMP and river basin plans 
•Strengthen water resources management in universities and training establishments
ISSUES 
 Maintenance 
–Outdated R&M norms and procedures 
–Inadequate funds 
 Finance 
–Water charges a tax, not a service fee. Not linked to needs. 
–Low recovery rates 
–Outdated fee assessment and recovery procedure 
 Management policy, processes and procedures 
–Focused on construction rather than water management 
–Employs mainly civil engineers 
–Lack of focus on individual system performance 
–Outdated systems, processes and procedures 
 On-farm issues 
–Inadequately organised water distribution 
–Low water use productivity 
–Little or no planning for conjunctive use of surface and groundwater 
–Insufficient uptake of modern technologies
THE SITUATION IN PAKISTAN 
 SOURCES OF WATER : 
 There are two types of major resources of water in 
Pakistan, natural and artificial. 
• Natural resources include rainfall, rivers, glaciers, 
ponds, lakes, streams, karez and wells etc. 
• Artificial resources consist of the surface water from 
rainfall and rivers, which is in excess of the 
requirements for irrigation and other uses, is stored in 
dams and reservoirs. 
• The water from these dams and reservoirs is not only 
used for irrigation and supplying water for daily 
consumption, but also used for hydroelectric power 
generation.
UTILIZATION OF WATER : 
 Utilization Of Water Irrigation Out of 240.22 maf, 172.21 maf water is 
utilized for irrigation purposes. 
 Drinking Most of the rural and urban water is supplied from ground water 
through tube wells and hand pumps. Net consumption is normally about 
2% of the total water available. 
 Industry Water is also utilized in Industries basically for cooling purposes 
and also in manufacturing processes. This utility is less than 1%. 
Shortage of water : 
As we all know that now a days the country is facing severe shortage of 
water. There are two main reasons, one natural due to prolong drought, 
which is beyond the control of a man, and the other due to the gross 
negligence in the development and miss-management of water resources. 
Impact on economy / society : 
 Impact on economy / society Less water means less agricultural yields 
and to fulfill the food requirements of the nation, we will be dependent 
on other countries. Due to less production of main crops, which are 
wheat, cotton, sugar cane and rice, the Industries related to them will 
suffer adversely. 
 Less agricultural outputs will compel people to head towards urban 
areas for jobs, which will increase the unemployment further. The 
distribution of water is controlled from the center by IRSA (Indus river 
system authority) as per 1991 agreement between the provinces. Now 
the shortage of water will cause disputes between the provinces, which 
may cause harm to the national integrity.
WATER ISSUE BETWEEN 
PAKISTAN & INDIA : 
 Water Issue between Pakistan & India Concern is growing in 
Pakistan that India is controlling the water flow of rivers that flow 
from India into Pakistan. 
 Pakistan has raised objections to Indian water projects, but a 
World Bank-appointed neutral expert rejected most of the 
Pakistani objections. Pakistani commentators, think that India is 
controlling the river waters to strangulate Pakistani agriculture, 
which could affect Pakistani exports and increase its 
dependency on food imports.
THE SITUATION IN SOMALIA 
Water is life. In Somalia, water is crucial as the livelihoods of the 
majority of the population depends on agriculture and 
livestock. Agriculture is mostly stallholder and subsistence 
based and is practiced mainly in the South along the Juba and 
Shabelle rivers and in the northern basins and natural oases. It is 
susceptible to erratic and irregular rainfall patterns and high 
potential evaporation losses leading to high water requirements 
of crops. Efforts towards relief, reconstruction and development 
need to be underpinned by a comprehensive understanding of 
the dimension and management of both ground and surface 
water resources. SWALIM's primary role is to provide an 
information resource for agencies active in the water sector in 
Somalia. The project focuses on the areas of water sources 
(rural and urban), water supply, quality and quantity, irrigation, 
river gauging network, climate monitoring and flood and 
drought monitoring and early warning.
SWALIM(SOMALIA WATER SOURCES INFORMATION 
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ) 
 SWALIM also undertakes specific field work to develop new data 
and to close identified information gaps. 
 Our partners can expect the following from SWALIM: 
♦ Access to data collection tools and data management software 
♦ Training and capacity-building in data collection and 
information management 
♦ Access to highly developed, relevant information products and 
archives in a variety of formats through the client service platform 
 In addition all reports on studies and activities carried out in the 
water sector can be accessed through the SWALIM Digital 
Document Repository (SDDR) . Partners can be assured that 
information in SWALIM's archives is always credited to the original 
source. 
 Partners are encouraged to use data collection methodologies 
and information management tools developed by SWALIM to 
design water programmes, projects and policies and regularly 
share their data with SWALIM to ensure that information remains 
up-to-date.
THE SITUATION IN SUDAN 
 Water resource management in Sudan faces a number of diverse 
challenges from overuse and depletion of aquifers in central and 
northern parts of the country, to potential contamination from 
industrial and urban waste. Some areas are facing chronic 
depletion of water resources year-on-year and are running dry. 
 UNEP in its Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment in 2007 
made recommendations centred on developing Integrated Water 
Resources Management (IWRM) approaches in Sudan. Today, 
water resource management is one of the largest components of 
UNEP’s programme in Sudan. 
 On a practical level, UNEP is working with the UN WASH cluster 
and government authorities to monitor and mitigate the depletion 
of groundwater in Darfur’s IDP camps and the larger towns. UNEP 
is working with the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources in 
monitoring 23 locations where groundwater is potentially 
vulnerable in a strategy laid out in the 2008 report, The case for 
drought preparedness.
 The Republic of the Sudan's diverse natural resources can help 
support economic growth and development and can also 
be valuable assets in helping to rebuild the Darfur region and other 
parts of the country that have suffered years of conflict. 
 UNEP is working with Sudanese national, state and local leaders, civil 
society and the international community to encourage the 
sustainable development of the country’s natural resources – with 
the ultimate aim of assisting the people of Sudan to achieve peace, 
recovery and development on an environmentally sustainable basis. 
 Sudan’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Physical Development 
is UNEP’s government counterpart. The principal UNEP Sudan donor 
is UKaid from the Department for International Development. 
UNEP(UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME)
THE SITUATION IN NIGERIA 
 Water supply and sanitation in Nigeria, the largest African country 
and the continent’s biggest oil exporter, is characterized by low 
levels of access to an improved water source and limited access to 
improved sanitation. Responsibility for water supply is shared 
between three levels of government – federal, state and local. 
Investments are mainly financed by foreign donors and fall short of 
what is needed to achieve a significant increase in access. 
 According to the World Bank, in 2010 water production 
facilities in Nigeria were “rarely operated to capacity due to 
broken down equipment, or lack of power or fuel for 
pumping.” The operating cost of water agencies is pushed 
up by the need to rely on diesel generators or even having 
to build their own power plants, since power supply is erratic. 
Equipment and pipes are poorly maintained, leading to 
intermittent supply and high levels of non-revenue water. 
 Water supply and sanitation are not provided efficiently in 
Nigeria.
NATIONAL POLICIES AND INITIATIVES 
Nigeria's National Water Supply and Sanitation Policy, approved in 2000, 
encourages private-sector participation and policy reforms at the state 
level. As of 2007, only four of the 37 states - Lagos, Cross River, Kaduna and 
Ogun States - began to introduce public-private partnerships (PPP) in the 
form of service contracts, a form of PPP where the responsibility of the 
private sector is limited to operating infrastructure without performance 
incentives. The capacity of local governments to plan and carry out 
investments, or to operate and maintain systems, remains low despite 
efforts at capacity development. The national policy focuses on water 
supply and neglects sanitation. 
 In 2003 a “Presidential Water Initiative (PWI): Water for People, Water for 
Life” was launched by then-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The initiative 
had ambitious targets to increase access, including a 100 percent water 
access target in state capitals, 75 percent access in other urban areas, 
and 66 percent access in rural areas. 
 In 2011 the government voted in the United Nations in favor of a 
resolution making water and sanitation a human right. However, it has 
not passed legislation to enshrine the human right to water and 
sanitation in national law. The country is not on track to reach the 
Millennium Development Goal for water and sanitation. 
 Since 2008 community-led total sanitation has been introduced in six 
states, including in Cross River State, with the support of UNICEF and the 
EU. While not being a national policy, apparently this grass-roots initiative 
has met with some success. More than 17,000 latrines have been built in 
836 communities, and more than 100 of these communities have 
attained the goal of being declared free of open defecation.
THE SITUATION IN UAE 
 The United Arab Emirates is among the top water-scarce 
countries in the world. However the country has one of the 
world’s highest per capita water consumption of 550 liters per 
day. The country is experiencing a rapid increase in 
population which has in turn resulted in huge demand for 
water. In 2009, the total water demand in UAE was estimated 
at 4.5 billion m3 (BCM) which was met by groundwater (72%), 
desalinated water (21%) and retreated water (7%). 
 One of the largest contributors to water consumption is the 
use of air conditioning systems which is in widespread use 
because of high temperatures almost throughout the year. 
 Industries consume around 9 percent of all water consumption 
in the country. 
 Agricultural sector is responsible for two-thirds of all water 
consumption in the Emirates. 
 The government has made sufficient arrangements for supply 
of clean and drinkable tap water from desalination plants.
WAYS TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM 
 Replace old pipelines to stop water contamination. 
 Enforce a law requiring landlords to clean storage tanks. 
 Hire professionals to assist in tank cleaning. 
 Hire experts to carry out surprise inspections. 
 Incentivize people to use tap water by increasing bottled water 
prices. 
 Educate people about the benefits of consuming tap water. 
Initiatives 
 Motivate farmers to install drip irrigation systems. 
 Provide subsidy for installation of drip irrigation systems. 
 Educate farmers on how to operate and maintain drip irrigation 
systems. 
 Educate farmers and general public about long-term effects of 
water scarcity on agriculture.
CONCLUSION 
 The problems faced by the water sector in the country are 
many, acute and serious. Therefore, building of more 
reservoirs and an effective management strategy are the 
needs of time. Also implementation of the recommendations 
will enable the country to meet the challenges, and achieve the 
objectives of integrated, efficient, environmentally and 
financially sustainable development and management of 
limited water resources. At the same time it will enable us to 
utilize every drop of our water for our bright future. 
 The field of water resources management will have to continue 
to adapt to the current and future issues facing the allocation 
of water. With the growing uncertainties of global climate 
change and the long term impacts of management actions, the 
decision-making will be even more difficult. It is likely that 
ongoing climate change will lead to situations that have not 
been encountered. As a result new management strategies will 
have to be implemented in order to avoid setbacks in the 
allocation of water resources.
THANK YOU

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Water Management

  • 1. By : Jyoti Class : Xl ID no : 4487 School : Mann Public School
  • 2. INDEX  Meaning  Water management situation in following countries 1. India 2. Pakistan 3. Somalia 4. Sudan 5. Nigeria 6. UAE  Conclusion
  • 3.  Water management is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and optimum use of water resources under defined water polices and regulations. It includes: management of water treatment of drinking water, industrial water, sewage or wastewater. management of water resources. MEANING
  • 4.  Agriculture - 28% of GDP, 67% of employment  Irrigation - higher incomes, more secure livelihoods, reduces poverty  Irrigated area totals 90 million ha - surface water 39%, groundwater 47%, other sources 14%  Growing demands for domestic and industrial water supply  Increasing water scarcity - 9 out of 20 river basins deemed to be water scarce (< 1000 m3 per capita per year)  Groundwater table declining in many states  Gross irrigated area not rising despite continued investment  Poor performance of I&D schemes  Conflicts over water increasing  WUAs (Water Users Associations)established but not performing THE SITUATION IN INDIA
  • 5. AREAS FOR ACTION: •Institutional reform in the water sector •Engagement with stakeholders •Re-education of water professionals •Education of politicians and planners •Knowledge management •Improved efficiency and productivity of water •Demand management, reduction in water use •Water trading Threats and opportunities: •Reducing reserve for development •Increased risk from droughts •Climate change •Management options constrained •Involvement of stakeholders •Need for information dissemination
  • 6. CURRENT ISSUES IN WRM (WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ) •Historically water resources development has been carried out by the Irrigation Department •Irrigation has dominated the WR development agenda •No holistic view - Different agencies have different responsibilities for elements of WRM •Industrial and domestic demands increasing but allocations controlled by another user – the ID Action Plan(Form State Water Council ) •Separate the Irrigation Department into three branches: –Water Resources Branch (WRB) –Irrigation Services Branch (ISB) –Irrigation Development Branch (IDB) •Form River Basin Councils and prepare river basin plans •Prepare the State Water Resources Management Plan (SWRMP) •Prepare, consult and enact the draft Water Resources Act Form the Water Resources Department •Implement river basin plans •Implement State WRMP and river basin plans •Strengthen water resources management in universities and training establishments
  • 7. ISSUES  Maintenance –Outdated R&M norms and procedures –Inadequate funds  Finance –Water charges a tax, not a service fee. Not linked to needs. –Low recovery rates –Outdated fee assessment and recovery procedure  Management policy, processes and procedures –Focused on construction rather than water management –Employs mainly civil engineers –Lack of focus on individual system performance –Outdated systems, processes and procedures  On-farm issues –Inadequately organised water distribution –Low water use productivity –Little or no planning for conjunctive use of surface and groundwater –Insufficient uptake of modern technologies
  • 8. THE SITUATION IN PAKISTAN  SOURCES OF WATER :  There are two types of major resources of water in Pakistan, natural and artificial. • Natural resources include rainfall, rivers, glaciers, ponds, lakes, streams, karez and wells etc. • Artificial resources consist of the surface water from rainfall and rivers, which is in excess of the requirements for irrigation and other uses, is stored in dams and reservoirs. • The water from these dams and reservoirs is not only used for irrigation and supplying water for daily consumption, but also used for hydroelectric power generation.
  • 9. UTILIZATION OF WATER :  Utilization Of Water Irrigation Out of 240.22 maf, 172.21 maf water is utilized for irrigation purposes.  Drinking Most of the rural and urban water is supplied from ground water through tube wells and hand pumps. Net consumption is normally about 2% of the total water available.  Industry Water is also utilized in Industries basically for cooling purposes and also in manufacturing processes. This utility is less than 1%. Shortage of water : As we all know that now a days the country is facing severe shortage of water. There are two main reasons, one natural due to prolong drought, which is beyond the control of a man, and the other due to the gross negligence in the development and miss-management of water resources. Impact on economy / society :  Impact on economy / society Less water means less agricultural yields and to fulfill the food requirements of the nation, we will be dependent on other countries. Due to less production of main crops, which are wheat, cotton, sugar cane and rice, the Industries related to them will suffer adversely.  Less agricultural outputs will compel people to head towards urban areas for jobs, which will increase the unemployment further. The distribution of water is controlled from the center by IRSA (Indus river system authority) as per 1991 agreement between the provinces. Now the shortage of water will cause disputes between the provinces, which may cause harm to the national integrity.
  • 10. WATER ISSUE BETWEEN PAKISTAN & INDIA :  Water Issue between Pakistan & India Concern is growing in Pakistan that India is controlling the water flow of rivers that flow from India into Pakistan.  Pakistan has raised objections to Indian water projects, but a World Bank-appointed neutral expert rejected most of the Pakistani objections. Pakistani commentators, think that India is controlling the river waters to strangulate Pakistani agriculture, which could affect Pakistani exports and increase its dependency on food imports.
  • 11. THE SITUATION IN SOMALIA Water is life. In Somalia, water is crucial as the livelihoods of the majority of the population depends on agriculture and livestock. Agriculture is mostly stallholder and subsistence based and is practiced mainly in the South along the Juba and Shabelle rivers and in the northern basins and natural oases. It is susceptible to erratic and irregular rainfall patterns and high potential evaporation losses leading to high water requirements of crops. Efforts towards relief, reconstruction and development need to be underpinned by a comprehensive understanding of the dimension and management of both ground and surface water resources. SWALIM's primary role is to provide an information resource for agencies active in the water sector in Somalia. The project focuses on the areas of water sources (rural and urban), water supply, quality and quantity, irrigation, river gauging network, climate monitoring and flood and drought monitoring and early warning.
  • 12. SWALIM(SOMALIA WATER SOURCES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM )  SWALIM also undertakes specific field work to develop new data and to close identified information gaps.  Our partners can expect the following from SWALIM: ♦ Access to data collection tools and data management software ♦ Training and capacity-building in data collection and information management ♦ Access to highly developed, relevant information products and archives in a variety of formats through the client service platform  In addition all reports on studies and activities carried out in the water sector can be accessed through the SWALIM Digital Document Repository (SDDR) . Partners can be assured that information in SWALIM's archives is always credited to the original source.  Partners are encouraged to use data collection methodologies and information management tools developed by SWALIM to design water programmes, projects and policies and regularly share their data with SWALIM to ensure that information remains up-to-date.
  • 13. THE SITUATION IN SUDAN  Water resource management in Sudan faces a number of diverse challenges from overuse and depletion of aquifers in central and northern parts of the country, to potential contamination from industrial and urban waste. Some areas are facing chronic depletion of water resources year-on-year and are running dry.  UNEP in its Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment in 2007 made recommendations centred on developing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approaches in Sudan. Today, water resource management is one of the largest components of UNEP’s programme in Sudan.  On a practical level, UNEP is working with the UN WASH cluster and government authorities to monitor and mitigate the depletion of groundwater in Darfur’s IDP camps and the larger towns. UNEP is working with the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources in monitoring 23 locations where groundwater is potentially vulnerable in a strategy laid out in the 2008 report, The case for drought preparedness.
  • 14.  The Republic of the Sudan's diverse natural resources can help support economic growth and development and can also be valuable assets in helping to rebuild the Darfur region and other parts of the country that have suffered years of conflict.  UNEP is working with Sudanese national, state and local leaders, civil society and the international community to encourage the sustainable development of the country’s natural resources – with the ultimate aim of assisting the people of Sudan to achieve peace, recovery and development on an environmentally sustainable basis.  Sudan’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Physical Development is UNEP’s government counterpart. The principal UNEP Sudan donor is UKaid from the Department for International Development. UNEP(UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME)
  • 15. THE SITUATION IN NIGERIA  Water supply and sanitation in Nigeria, the largest African country and the continent’s biggest oil exporter, is characterized by low levels of access to an improved water source and limited access to improved sanitation. Responsibility for water supply is shared between three levels of government – federal, state and local. Investments are mainly financed by foreign donors and fall short of what is needed to achieve a significant increase in access.  According to the World Bank, in 2010 water production facilities in Nigeria were “rarely operated to capacity due to broken down equipment, or lack of power or fuel for pumping.” The operating cost of water agencies is pushed up by the need to rely on diesel generators or even having to build their own power plants, since power supply is erratic. Equipment and pipes are poorly maintained, leading to intermittent supply and high levels of non-revenue water.  Water supply and sanitation are not provided efficiently in Nigeria.
  • 16. NATIONAL POLICIES AND INITIATIVES Nigeria's National Water Supply and Sanitation Policy, approved in 2000, encourages private-sector participation and policy reforms at the state level. As of 2007, only four of the 37 states - Lagos, Cross River, Kaduna and Ogun States - began to introduce public-private partnerships (PPP) in the form of service contracts, a form of PPP where the responsibility of the private sector is limited to operating infrastructure without performance incentives. The capacity of local governments to plan and carry out investments, or to operate and maintain systems, remains low despite efforts at capacity development. The national policy focuses on water supply and neglects sanitation.  In 2003 a “Presidential Water Initiative (PWI): Water for People, Water for Life” was launched by then-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The initiative had ambitious targets to increase access, including a 100 percent water access target in state capitals, 75 percent access in other urban areas, and 66 percent access in rural areas.  In 2011 the government voted in the United Nations in favor of a resolution making water and sanitation a human right. However, it has not passed legislation to enshrine the human right to water and sanitation in national law. The country is not on track to reach the Millennium Development Goal for water and sanitation.  Since 2008 community-led total sanitation has been introduced in six states, including in Cross River State, with the support of UNICEF and the EU. While not being a national policy, apparently this grass-roots initiative has met with some success. More than 17,000 latrines have been built in 836 communities, and more than 100 of these communities have attained the goal of being declared free of open defecation.
  • 17. THE SITUATION IN UAE  The United Arab Emirates is among the top water-scarce countries in the world. However the country has one of the world’s highest per capita water consumption of 550 liters per day. The country is experiencing a rapid increase in population which has in turn resulted in huge demand for water. In 2009, the total water demand in UAE was estimated at 4.5 billion m3 (BCM) which was met by groundwater (72%), desalinated water (21%) and retreated water (7%).  One of the largest contributors to water consumption is the use of air conditioning systems which is in widespread use because of high temperatures almost throughout the year.  Industries consume around 9 percent of all water consumption in the country.  Agricultural sector is responsible for two-thirds of all water consumption in the Emirates.  The government has made sufficient arrangements for supply of clean and drinkable tap water from desalination plants.
  • 18. WAYS TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM  Replace old pipelines to stop water contamination.  Enforce a law requiring landlords to clean storage tanks.  Hire professionals to assist in tank cleaning.  Hire experts to carry out surprise inspections.  Incentivize people to use tap water by increasing bottled water prices.  Educate people about the benefits of consuming tap water. Initiatives  Motivate farmers to install drip irrigation systems.  Provide subsidy for installation of drip irrigation systems.  Educate farmers on how to operate and maintain drip irrigation systems.  Educate farmers and general public about long-term effects of water scarcity on agriculture.
  • 19. CONCLUSION  The problems faced by the water sector in the country are many, acute and serious. Therefore, building of more reservoirs and an effective management strategy are the needs of time. Also implementation of the recommendations will enable the country to meet the challenges, and achieve the objectives of integrated, efficient, environmentally and financially sustainable development and management of limited water resources. At the same time it will enable us to utilize every drop of our water for our bright future.  The field of water resources management will have to continue to adapt to the current and future issues facing the allocation of water. With the growing uncertainties of global climate change and the long term impacts of management actions, the decision-making will be even more difficult. It is likely that ongoing climate change will lead to situations that have not been encountered. As a result new management strategies will have to be implemented in order to avoid setbacks in the allocation of water resources.