iwrm – integrated water resources management 1 marco a. bruni, seecon international gmbh

IWRM – Integrated Water Resources Management


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Marco A. Bruni, seecon international gmbh


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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Idea and Definition of IWRM

3. The four Principles of IWRM (The Dublin Principles)

4. Integrating the three E’s

5. SSWM and IWRM

6. References

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The overall Problem

•Resources under pressure

•Populations under water stress

•The impact of pollution

•Water governance crisis (GWP 2008)

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1. Introduction

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The main Challenges

•Securing water for people

•Securing water for food production

•Developing other job creating activities

•Protecting vital ecosystems

•Dealing with variability of water in time and space

•Managing risks

•Creating popular awareness and understanding

•Forging the political will to act

•Ensuring collaboration across sectors and boundaries(GWP 2008)

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1. Introduction



Solutions?

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1. Introduction

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Conventional Approaches to Water Resources Management

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Unsustainably high economic, social and ecological costs on human societies and the natural environment.



What is IWRM?

“Integrated water resources management is based on the perception of water as an integral part of the ecosystem, a natural resource and a social and economic good, whose quantity and quality determine the nature of its utilization.”

(GWP 2008)

Definition of IWRM

“IWRM is a process which promotes the co-ordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems.”

(GWP 2008:22)

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IWRM as a Process

IWRM should be viewed as a process rather a one-shot approach; one that is long-term and forward-moving but iterative rather than linear in nature.

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Source: GWP (2004)



The Dublin Principles as a Guide to the Implementation of IWRM

I. Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment.

II. Water development and management should be based on a participatory approach, involving users, planners and policymakers at all levels

III. Women play a central part in the provision, management and safeguarding of water.

IV. Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognized as an economic good

(GWP 2008:13)

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3. The Four Principles of IWRM



The Dimensions of IWRM

The IWRM framework, as developed by the GWP, consists of three E’s

• Economic efficiency in water use: Because of the increasing scarcity of water and financial resources, the finite and vulnerable nature of water as a resource, and the increasing demands upon it, water must be used with maximum possible efficiency;

•(Social) Equity: The basic right for all people to have access to water of adequate quantity and quality for the sustenance of human well-being must be universally recognized;

•Environmental and ecological sustainability: The present use of the resource should be managed in a way that does not undermine the life-support system thereby compromising use by future generations of the same resource.”

(GWP 2008)

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4. Integrating the three E’s



SSWM – An integrated, holistic Approach on a local Level

NationalGovernment

SupranationalOrganisations

RegionalGovernment

Community-Based

Organisations

NGOs

SSWM

IWRM

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5. SSWM and IWRM

Businesses

Farmers

Interest Groups

Schools

Local Governments



Integrated, holistic Approach

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5. SSWM and IWRM

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GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (Editor) (2004): Catalyzing Change: Handbook for developing IWRM and water efficiency strategies. Stockholm: Global Water Partnership (GWP). http://www.gwptoolbox.org/images/stories/gwplibrary/catalyzing%20change_english.pdf [Accessed: 25.01.2012].

GWP (2008): Integrated Water Resources Management. Global Water Partnership Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), TAC Background Papers No.4, Stockholm. http://www.sswm.info/sites/default/files/reference_attachments/GWP%202000%20Integrated%20Water%20Resources%20Management.pdf [Accessed: 25.01.2012].

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6. References

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