Transcript EUWI Developments

National IWRM plans; links with
Water Supply and Sanitation
Palle Lindgaard Jørgensen
Technical Secretariat
Yerevan, 13 December 2006
IWRM is a framework for
rational and sustainable:
• development of (infrastructure) and
management
• resource management and service delivery
• and “water efficiency” is an integral element
Managing competing uses
Cross-sectoral integration
• Enabling
environment
• Institutions
• Management
instruments
Water
for
people
Water
for
food
Water
for
nature
Water
for
other
uses
Water supply and sanitation improved
(MDG Goal 7, targets 10 and 11 being met)
Examples of linkages between
implementation of IWRM and
delivery of water supply and
sanitation services in a city
BANG!!
Environmental flow ensured
=> Salinity intrusion under control
Municipal wastewater standards enforced
Urban sewer systems installed
=> Urban water pollution reduced
Industrial water quality standards enforced
Polluter-pays principle in enforced
Use of agro-chemical regulated
=> industrial water pollution controlled
=> Agricultural water pollution controlled
(surface- and groundwater)
Deforestation halted
Watershed management
practiced
=> Soil erosion under control
Reservoir releases negotiated
with city:
BANG!
=>Max. flood releases ensured
=>Min dry season flows ensured
Groundwater extractions regulated
=> Groundwater levels stabilized
Water resources policy and law adopted and enforced
=> incl. policy and legal framework for water supply and sanitation
=> incl. financing mechanisms and tariff system for water and sanitation
River basin planning and management structures in place
Water allocation and water right systems in place
Climate adaptation measures being introduced
=> incl. measures to adapt to extreme events (floods and droughts)
Integrated Water Resources Management being implemented
IWRM planning: A cyclic
process!
Vision
Monitoring
Implementation
Situation analysis
Awareness
Participation
Commitment
Capacity
IWRM Plan
Strategy
National IWRM Plans
• IWRM 2005 Plans - adopted at the WSSD in
2002
• Globally 25% of all coutries have progressed
well, 50% have made some progress, 25 little of
no progress (4th WWF Mexico 2006)
• Armenia has progressed well, however more
needs to be done in implementation (Water
Policy, Water code, National Water Programme)
IWRM –WSS what are the links
• Water supply and sanitation is in most countries
considered as a ”sectoral water service” just like
irrigation, hydropower etc.
• IWRM provides a necessary framework for the
sectoral water services for water resources:
policies and legislation, monitoring, planning and
allocation, use permits, compliance and
enforcement, financial management
• IWRM plans are the plans to establish the
framework
IWRM –importance for water
supply and sanitation
• Water management policies, laws also
comprise water use for drinking water and
discarge of waste water
• Water quality standards as part of the
legislation
• Standards for pollution discarge
• Monitoring of surface and groundwater
and source water quality
IWRM; Importance for water supply
and sanitation
• Planning and allocation in river basinssecuring water quantity and quality, land
use planning
• Water permits- rules and procedures for
abstraction for drinking water and discarge
of waste water
• Compliance and enforcement (water
supply and sanitation sector service)
IWRM; Importance for water supply
and sanitation
• Protection of drinking water sources
• Prioritization of capital investments in river
basins
• Financing of IWRM, financing mechanisms
and integration into national budget
system
• User pay systems- cost recovery
Financial analysis of IWRM
• Costs functions: Institutional framework
including capacity building;
• investments and O&M in water resources
infrastucture (channels, weirs, monitoring
equipment, laboratories) sector water service
infrastructure (part of infrastructure to be
covered by WRM)
• Income functions: Water use permits, fees and
fines; national budgets, donor and loans
IWRM:
Managing water for society
Economic
Efficiency
Management
Instruments
 Assessment
 Information
 Allocation
Instruments
Equity
Enabling
Environment
 Policies
 Legislation
Environmental
Sustainability
Institutional
Framework
 Central Local
 River Basin
 Public Private
Balance “water for livelihood” and “water as a
resource”