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

Water for

people

Water for food

Water for

nature

Water for

otheruses

Cross-sectoral integration

•Enabling environment

• Institutions

•Management

instruments

BANG!!

BANG!

Industrial water quality standards enforcedPolluter-pays principle in enforced=> industrial water pollution controlled

Deforestation haltedWatershed managementpracticed=> Soil erosion under control

Use of agro-chemical regulated=> Agricultural water pollution controlled (surface- and groundwater)

Reservoir releases negotiated with city:=>Max. flood releases ensured=>Min dry season flows ensured

Environmental flow ensured=> Salinity intrusion under control

Water supply and sanitation improved(MDG Goal 7, targets 10 and 11 being met)

Integrated Water Resources Management being implemented

Groundwater extractions regulated=> Groundwater levels stabilized

Municipal wastewater standards enforcedUrban sewer systems installed=> Urban water pollution reduced

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 placeWater allocation and water right systems in placeClimate adaptation measures being introduced => incl. measures to adapt to extreme events (floods and droughts)

Examples of linkages betweenimplementation of IWRM and delivery of water supply and sanitation services in a city

IWRM planning: A cyclic process!

Vision

Strategy

Situation analysis

Implementation

Monitoring

IWRM Plan

AwarenessParticipationCommitmentCapacity

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 basins- securing 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

EconomicEfficiency Equity

EnvironmentalSustainability

Management Instruments Assessment Information Allocation

Instruments

EnablingEnvironment Policies Legislation

InstitutionalFramework Central -

Local River Basin Public -

Private

Balance “water for livelihood” and “water as a resource”