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Water Resources Planning and Management

Water resources policy sets goals and objectives for managing water resources at the national scale, including policies for shared water resources and inter-basin transfers. It addresses both water quantity and quality of surface and groundwater, as well as water service delivery. Effective policy is proactive rather than reactive, takes a holistic view, and clarifies roles while prioritizing key issues and engaging stakeholders. Policy should recognize water as both an economic and social resource.

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Water Resources Planning and Management

Water resources policy sets goals and objectives for managing water resources at the national scale, including policies for shared water resources and inter-basin transfers. It addresses both water quantity and quality of surface and groundwater, as well as water service delivery. Effective policy is proactive rather than reactive, takes a holistic view, and clarifies roles while prioritizing key issues and engaging stakeholders. Policy should recognize water as both an economic and social resource.

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Water Resources Planning and

Management

Water Resources Policy

by
M. Aziz Hasan
Water Resources policy

Water resources Policy sets goals and objectives for the


management of water resources at the national scale
and includes policies for regions, catchments, shared or
transboundary water resources, and inter-basin
transfers.

It addresses both the quantity and quality aspects of both


surface and groundwater resources and also deals with
delivery of water services.
Water Resources policy

Policies are more useful if they are designed proactively,


not just as a short-term response to a crisis (although a
crisis may provide an opportunity for policy change).

By failing to anticipate change, and taking a narrow


sectoral view, water resources policy development has
frequently ignored both macroeconomic and
development needs.
Water Resources policy

A national policy may include matters of


jurisdiction and delegation like:
Extent to which water management is decentralised or
consolidated,
Use of economic incentives,
Capacity building to meet institutional challenges,
Monitoring and control to reduce ecosystem degradation.
Water Resources policy

Policy reform may be incremental in recognition of


changing political and resource priorities, or

Should be able to respond to major shifts in external


circumstances, which enable comprehensive
redevelopment of water resources policies.
Water Resources policy
key points for effective water resources policy
making:
 Ensure policies clarify the roles of government and other
stakeholders in achieving overall goals
 Define the role of government as regulator, as organiser of the
participatory process and as a last resort adjudicator in cases of
conflict.
 Identify and set priorities for key water resources issues to ensure a
focused policy.
 Recognise that considering water as a social and economic good
means designing policies to allocate resources to where they offer
the greatest value to society, starting with the fulfilment of basic
needs.
Water Resources policy
key points for effective water resources policy making:
 Make explicit in the policy the links between land use and other
economic activities.

 Engage stakeholders in policy dialogue, recognising potential


conflicts and the need for tools for conflict resolution.

 Recognise the importance of subsidiarity, so that water resource


allocation decisions are taken at the lowest appropriate level.

 Take into account trade-offs between short term costs and long
term gains.

 Make functional arrangements and cost allocation explicit.

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