INGENIEUR
Table 2
Integrated Water Resources Management Guiding Principles
IWRM Guiding Principles
Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable
resource.
Details
Water is a fixed quantity in the hydrological cycle that is
required for different purposes, function and services;
therefore, should involve recognition on all the characteristics
of hydrological cycle, upstream and downstream, and the
interaction with other natural resources.
2.
Water development and
management should be based on a
participatory approach.
All stakeholders are part of the decision making process.
Participation is more than consultation to achieve the longlasting consensus and common agreement by stakeholders.
3.
Women play a central part in
the provision, management and
safeguarding of water.
Women play important role in water resources safeguarding.
The gender awareness should be promoted among decision
makers.
4.
Water has an economic value in all
its competing uses and should be
recognised as an economic good
In order to extract the maximum benefits from water
resources, there is a need to change perceptions about
water values and to recognise the opportunity costs
involved in current allocated patterns. Effective water
demand management can be achieved through economic
instruments.
1.
(Sources: GWP, 2004; GWP, 2003)
Table 3
Summary of Natural System and Human System Integration
Category
Natural System Integration
Human System Integration
Detail
Critical importance for resource availability and quality such as:
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Integration of freshwater and coastal zone management;
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Integration of land and water management;
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Integration of ‘green water’ and ‘blue water’;
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Integration of surface water and groundwater management;
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Integration of quantity and quality in water resources
management; and
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Integration of upstream and downstream water related
interests.
Fundamentally determines the resource use, waste production and
pollution of the resources and which must also set the development
priorities, including:
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Mainstreaming of water resources;
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Cross-sectoral integration in national and local policy
development;
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Macroeconomic effects of water development;
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Integration of stakeholders in the planning and decision making;
and
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Integration of water and wastewater management.
(Source: GWP, 2003)
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