IWRM in EECCA countries

Palle Lindgaard Jørgensen Technical Secretariat

Helsinki, 24-15 May 2007

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

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)

Managing competing uses

Water for

people

Water for food

Water for

nature

Water for

otheruses

Cross-sectoral integration

•Enabling environment

• Institutions

•Management

instruments

IWRM –water supply - what are the links?

• Water supply 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

Links between IWRM, Water supply and financing

• IWRM can support planning of adequate and safe resources of water

• IWRM can link health issues into water resources planning

• IWRM needs financing to run the management of water resources and to invest in water development infrastructure

• IWRM can be paid by the government budget or the users of water- however financing should be sustainable

IWRM –importance for water supply

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Economic value of water

Global and regional progress towards IWRM 2005 Plans

GWP 95 countries

JWF 85 countries

UNEP 37 coun.

EECCA

12 coun.

Good Progress

21% 28% 8% 33%

Some progress

53% 57% 62% 50%

Limited progress

26% 15% 30% 17%

IWRM progress- EECCA

• EECCA a little better than the global average- however lagging behind EU-25

• EECCA good/some progress in policies, laws and strategies- less in institutional reforms

• EECCA much focus on transboundary water management- less on national IWRM

Main obstacles for IWRM in globally and in EECCA

• Limited capacity- human and institutional

• Low awareness at all levels

• Poor political support

• Inadequate funding- support to water sector is generally decreasing-most focus on WSS

• Plans not adapted to local conditions and lagging implementation