scholarly journals Moving beyond water centricity? Conceptualizing integrated water resources management for implementing sustainable development goals

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 671-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Benson ◽  
Animesh K. Gain ◽  
Carlo Giupponi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Development Goals

Assessment of Local Water Resources for Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homero Castanier
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Development Goals

<p>Based on the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Targets - Indicators 2016-2030, the objective of this paper is to emphasize on water resources as a cross-cutting issue and at the center of sustainable development, presenting a specific analysis of the importance of a better knowledge of the hydrology - hydrometrics of country major and local basins as fundamental information for water resources sustainable management. This implies the review of specific indicators related to the knowledge at town level of water resources assessment and availability, fundamental to life, health, food security, energy, the environment, and human well-being.</p><p>There are limitations including the lack of accurate and complete data. Local sub-national variation in water resources and water withdrawal could be considerable, as at the level of local or individual river basins, and the lack of account of seasonal variations in water resources. Regional values may mask huge differences within regions and also within countries where people live in areas of serious water scarcity, although each country could have enough renewable water resources overall.</p><p>In order to ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and to implement integrated water resources management at all levels (targets 6.4 and 6.5 of the SDGs), a fundamental baseline is the assessment of available and exploitable water resources at local level, as well as its development feasibility. </p><p>Data on water resources availability is a key indicator that should be approached at local level, since in a majority of countries, i) most local and rural communities and towns do not count with the information regarding their water resources, ii) local information will contribute to improve the accuracy of information of renewable water resources at country level, iii) rural settlements are in general the most vulnerable, lacking services of drinking water and irrigation for food security, and iv) small variations on the estimations of available water resources would represent social, environmental and economic consequences on water resources management and sustainable development planning.</p><p>Based on the analysis of the ecohydrology of two case studies, it is demonstrated that there cannot be effective integrated water resources management (IWRM) at town level if there is a lack of information on water resources availability.</p><p>Considering the limitations described in regard to goals-targets-indicators of sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and the implementation of integrated water resources management, it is indispensable to count with adequate and reliable local hydrological - hydrometric data and monitoring systems that would contribute to partially control these limitations, assessing available water supplies for community planning.</p><p>In reference to Agenda 2030, countries must implement a complementary indicator, as the percentage of the population whose water sources are monitored by means of adequate measuring methods, providing information on surface water and ground water regimes that influence water availability.</p>

The fallacy of the water "sector" in water resources management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Herron
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Safety Zone ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Water Community

Water resources are central to the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals, and should be viewed as a crosscutting connector - not a sector. The water community should do more to get outside its safety zone and work with all water-related sectors. The SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme is assisting countries to use water as a connector between their SDG targets.

scholarly journals Monitoring Water Resources Governance Progress Globally: Experiences from Monitoring SDG Indicator 6.5.1 on Integrated Water Resources Management Implementation

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maija Bertule ◽  
Paul Glennie ◽  
Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen ◽  
Gareth James Lloyd ◽  
Marianne Kjellen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Development Goals

Improved water resources governance supports important social, economic, and environmental objectives. The 2030 Agenda recognizes improved water governance to be critical for achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and commits to monitor the progress of implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM). This paper critically reviews the approach to monitoring SDG indicator 6.5.1 on implementation of IWRM. Firstly, the paper places the indicator monitoring within the context of other initiatives to measure water governance. Secondly, it analyzes experiences of application of the SDG indicator 6.5.1 methodology to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the indicator and presents the key findings of the 2017/2018 global baseline assessment of IWRM implementation. Baseline reporting shows that degree of IWRM implementation globally is 49%, though country scores range from 10 to 100%. Disaggregating the data by country and by aspect of water resources governance provides a diagnostic tool to identify areas of high and low progress, and, therefore, where increased resources and attention are required. The article concludes by suggesting how the next iteration of SDG indicator 6.5.1 monitoring cycle can be made into a tool for advancing the IWRM implementation and improved governance practices on the ground. It also proposes how the methodology can be strengthened to address current limitations, including aspects relating to integrity, accountability and transparency.

Monitoring water availability by a multi level model to address water scarcity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homero Castanier
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Water Stress ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Development Goals

<div> <div> <p>In the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Targets - Indicators 2016-2030, the objective of this paper is to address the limitations of SDG 6 “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”, designing a model that could better approach especially target 6.4 Water use and scarcity, and among its indicators 6.4.1 Change in water use efficiency over time, and 6.4.2 “Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources”, considering as well the importance of the close linkages to target 6.5 Water resources management and indicator 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100).</p> <p> </p> <p>Data on water resources availability and demand is a key indicator that should be approached at subnational or at main basins levels and at local level, since at a global scale, this information is not known for most local and rural communities and towns, which are vulnerable and lack of services of drinking water and irrigation for food security.[1]</p> <p> </p> <p>In relation to indicator 6.4.2 (Level of water stress), it implies monitoring water resources assessment and availability, fundamental to life, health, food security, energy, the environment, and human well-being. However there are distortions of the indicator from national to local levels that may have different values, as i) high differences in the values of water stress between basins, and ii) towns suffer from water stress at different degrees.</p> <p> </p> <p>As in the case of Ecuador in South America, with 6.24% of water stress (2017), a very low value that indicates that “water does not represent a particular challenge or limiting factor for economic development and sustainability”[2], which does not reflect the actual situation of cities and towns representing an estimate of 50% (or an estimate of 8.5 million inhabitants) of the country´s population affected by water scarcity. Neither the different hydric potentials of the country[3], between the Pacific Basin with 5200 m3/year/inhab and the Amazon Basin with 82900 m3/year/inhab.</p> <p> </p> <p>To control these distortions on the indicator, fundamental for sustainable development, the model approaches hydrological - hydrometric data from national or regional level to cities and towns levels, that would help countries with fundamental data translated in the incorporation of a complementary indicator, as the percentage of the population, whose water sources are monitored by means of adequate measuring methods, providing information on surface water and ground water regimes that influence water availability.</p> <p>  </p> <p>The model contributes to assure the information on actual water availability to control water stress at all levels, from local to subnational or basin, and to national and regional levels.</p> <div><br><div> <p>[1] Castanier, H. (2020). Assessment of Local Water Resources for Sustainable Development Goals. EGU General Assembly 2020. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-899.</p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <p>[2] Biancalani, R., Frenken, K. (2016). Monitoring of SDG target 6.4. FAO.</p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <p>[3] Total renewable freshwater resources – TRWR, as the long-term average annual flow of rivers and recharge of groundwater measured as a volumetric unit.</p> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> </div>

scholarly journals Progress in Integrated Water Resources Management implementation

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Julie Ladel ◽  
◽  
Mahendra Mehta ◽  
Georges Gulemvuga ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Rio Conference ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6 ◽  
Practical Implications

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRW) has made significant strides since its definition following the Rio Conference on Sustainable Development. Part of Sustainable Development Goal 6, the implementation of IWRM is foreseen globally by 2030. Initially, planning water resources in an integrated manner was the focus of most projects/programmes; hence, nowadays most of the efforts are targeted towards its implementation with practical implications for the nations and their populations.

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