Tanzanian water policy reforms—between principles and practical applications

Water Policy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haakon Lein ◽  
Mattias Tagseth
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Main River ◽  
Water Legislation ◽  
Set Up

The paper presents and discusses different approaches to water management, termed “state centred”, “market-based” and “community-based”. Each provides different answers to how and by whom limited water resources best could and should be managed. They are based on different development ideologies and advocated by different professions. The article elaborates on the strengths, limitations and compatibility of the three models. These models provide a basis for discussing national water policy and water management reforms in Tanzania as well as the more practical implications of this in one of the main river basins in the country: the Pangani River Basin. Central to the water management problem in this basin are conflicts between communities and the water bureaucracy over what constitutes “proper” management of water. The policy and the activities of the river basin authorities continue to reflect a traditional top-down bureaucratic approach to water management, with colonial roots. The water legislation and the formal water management system seem neither to be set up to facilitate the active participation of local communities in water management, nor to facilitate the development of a water market.

scholarly journals Water accounting for water management at the river basin scale in India: approaches and gaps

Water Policy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 768-788
Author(s):  
Nitin Bassi ◽  
Guido Schmidt ◽  
Lucia De Stefano
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Past Research ◽  
River Basin Scale ◽  
The Past ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Water Accounting ◽  
Accounting Approaches ◽  
National Water

Abstract The main objective of this research paper is to assess the extent to which the concept of water accounting has been applied for water management at the river basin scale in India. For this, the study first assesses the importance given to the use of water accounting for water management in India's national water policy. It then analyses the evolution of water accounting approaches in India through a systematic review of the past research studies on the theme. Further, it looks at their contribution to decision-making concerning allocation of water resources and resolving conflicts over water sharing. Finally, it identifies the existing gaps in the methodologies for water accounting so far used in India.

EU policy on nutrients emissions: legislation and implementation

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Blöch
Keyword(s):  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Water Legislation ◽  
Emission Limit

After 25 years of EU water legislation the European Union has just thoroughly restructured its water policy. The European Parliament and the Council, following a tough conciliation procedure between the two legislators, have in summer 2000 agreed a proposal by the European Commission for a Water Framework Directive. This legislation will have the following main objectives:integrated river basin management across borders, with coordinated programmes of measuresprotection of all waters, surface waters and groundwater, in quality and quantity with a proper ecological dimensionemissions and discharges controlled by a “combined approach” of emission limit values and quality standards, plus the phasing out of particularly hazardous substancesintroducing water pricing policiesstrengthening public participation This new Water Framework Directive adopted in September 2000 will complement existing EU water legislation on nutrients reduction - the 1991 Directive on nitrates pollution from agricultural sources and the 1991 Directive on urban waste water treatment. These Directives will remain main pillars of EU water policy whilst at the same time being integrated into the river basin management in a coherent way.

Consequences of Chinese “Dams Policy” for Indo-China Countries

2012 ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
R. Khasiev
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Run Off ◽  
International Image ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Water Management Plans ◽  
Closed Water

China’s habitually closed water policy in the region of South-Еast Asia has strained its relations with the six countries of the Mekong-river basin. The Chinese government has been intentionally concealing its water management plans, which has sparked off a clash of interests between China and most SEA nations. The “dams policy” pursued by China enabled the country to take the Mekong run-off under control. At the same time, it has greatly affected the country’s international image, making China look like a regional bully.

scholarly journals Some Results of Applying DPSIR Analysis for Ulaanbaatar as Part of the Selenge River Basin Integrated Water Management System

2011 ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
D Odontsetseg ◽  
L Janchivdorj ◽  
G Udvaltsetseg ◽  
J Frieden
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Integrated Water Management ◽  
Water Management System ◽  
Main River ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Nowadays, ecological problems are being caused by economic aspects, and other hand economic issues are arising from ecological and environmental problems. Therefore, it is important to consider both social and economic factors, and take a basin approach to solving environmental problems. To find a relationship between economy and ecology, complex study of river basins is extremely important in establishing conditions for sustainable development in our country. This paper shows the results of applying DPSIR (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) analysis for Ulaanbaatar city, undertaken as part of a project on Integrated Water Management for the Selenge River Basin. The DPSIR analysis looks at the linkage between the economy and environment for the water quality and water resources of Ulaanbaatar. We used mDSS4 software to evaluate a range of management responses suggested by these issues and found that charging for pollution and measuring water use would have the largest overall impact on water quality and water resources respectively. The analysis was carried out for Ulaanbaatar, because it was identified as one of the key hotspot areas in the Selenge River Basin, which is the main river basin in Mongolia, in terms of both the economy and natural systems.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5564/pmas.v0i4.43Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences 2009 No 4 pp.22-31

Institutional change in water management collaboration: implementing the European Water Framework Directive in the German Odra river basin

Water Policy ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claas Meyer ◽  
Andreas Thiel
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Mental Models ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Cost Calculation ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
European Water ◽  
Odra River

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is in the process of restructuring the European water policy towards river basin management (RBM). The transposition of the WFD requires institutional change in order to comply with its substantive and procedural requirements. This paper investigates changes in water management collaboration in a federally organised Member State with regard to the configuration of involved actors and the spatial scale at which issues are considered. Based on qualitative methods, the paper presents a case study of the German Odra river basin and the governance of nutrient pollution whose origins are located all along the river and which specifically impacts coastal zones. We looked at actors most relevant to this management problem, that is, public administrations operating within different administrative boundaries, the agricultural sector and environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In order to capture institutional change, a conceptual framework was constructed to evaluate changes in collaboration on three interrelated levels: formal institutional change, informal institutional change and changes in actors’ mental models. We explain complex institutional change as a product of multiple dynamics, which includes the content of shared mental models and a benefit–cost calculation that takes transaction costs into consideration.

Implementing integrated river basin management in the Red River Basin, Vietnam: a solution looking for a problem?

Water Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Molle ◽  
Chu Thai Hoanh
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Red River ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Red River Basin

Several water policy principles considered to be modern and internationally sanctioned have recently been adopted by Vietnam. This article focuses on the establishment of the Red River Basin Organization but expands its analysis to the wider transformations of the water sector that impinge on the formation and effectiveness of this organization. It shows that the promotion of integrated water resource management icons such as river basin organizations (RBOs) by donors has been quite disconnected from existing institutional frameworks. If policy reforms promoted by donors and development banks have triggered changes, these changes may have come not as a result of the reforms themselves but, rather, due to the institutional confusion they have created when confronted with the emergence of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE). For the MoNRE, the river basin scale became crucial for grounding its legitimacy and asserting its role among the established layers of the administration, while for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, RBOs became a focal point where power over financial resources and political power might potentially be relocated at its expense. Institutional change is shown to result from the interaction between endogenous processes and external pressures, in ways that are hard to predict.

scholarly journals Current state and perspective of water management policy in terms of climate change

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 796-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Stojkovic Zlatanovic ◽  
Milan Stojkovic ◽  
Mihailo Mitkovic
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
European Union ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Morava River ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Morava River Basin

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to set out the policy guidelines and recommendations to harmonise the Serbian water legislation with European Union standards in the area of water system management as impacted by climate change. Design/methodology/approach The EU Water Framework Directive is analysed in the context of implementation of the integrated water management policy presented in the Serbian Water Law (2010), as well as the National Water Management Strategy (2016). It has been found that the water management legislation that deals with the impact of climate change on water resources is incomplete. Although there are numerous challenges related to research of climate change and water systems, water policy and legal aspects cannot be neglected. The so-called soft law instruments represented in a form of strategy documents could be a valuable response in terms of an adaptive and integrated water policy approach. Findings The research is applied to a case study of the Velika Morava River Basin, at Ljubicevski Most hydrological station. Long-term projections suggest a decrease in annual precipitation levels and annual flows up to the year 2100 for climatic scenarios A1B and A2, accompanied by a rapid increase in air temperatures. Originality/value This study proposes a water management policy and provides recommendations for the Velika Morava River Basin as impacted by climate change, according to the European Union legislation.

Participatory scenarios for regional water management planning: an Eastern Baltic case study

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Veidemane ◽  
Arvo Iital ◽  
Marek Gielczewski
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Regional Water ◽  
Eastern Baltic

Ambitious mid- and long-term water protection goals currently exist regionally and globally. Setting policy goals means commitments not only for the environmental sector but also for all water users. This paper aims to contribute to the enhancement of mid- (2015) and long-term (2030 and 2050) regional water policy development by addressing the role of participatory scenarios in river basin management planning. It presents selected results of a participatory scenario development process on water resources in the Eastern Baltic region and how the process relates to certain aspects of the river basin management. The paper concludes that a Fuzzy Cognitive Map containing information on the present water management issues has a strong link with the assessment of significant drivers and pressures for the characterisation of river basins according to the Water Framework Directive. As the Eastern Baltic region does not generally have water shortage problems, the quality of available water was assessed as the major issue. Surprisingly, stakeholders did not recognise climate change as an important factor affecting the present water system in the region. The paper also shows that participatory scenarios can contribute to identifying the likelihood of failure to meet the set water policy objectives.

Perencanaan Sistem Pengurangan Sampah Permukiman Bantaran Sungai Cidurian Kota Bandung

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raka Maulana ◽  
Yulianti Pratama ◽  
Lina Apriyanti
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Flow ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Inorganic Waste ◽  
Waste Bank ◽  
The City

<p>Some areas in the city of Bandung is an area that dilitasi by the flow of the river, to prevent the introduction of garbage into the river basin is necessary to note the waste management systems in residential areas along the river. Cidurian river has a length of 24.86 Km along the river flow. Consists of the city of Bandung and Bandung regency. Administrative regions Cidurian River past eight (8) districts, from the region in the District Kiaracondong precisely Village Babakan Babakan Sari and Surabaya populous and the most densely populated. Thus, there should be community-based waste management in the form of a reduction in resources to prevent potential entry of waste into the river basin. Planning waste reduction will be divided into two, namely the reduction of inorganic waste with waste bank then the reduction of organic waste with absorption holes biopori, and bio reactor mini determination of the reduction is determined by the results of the analysis of the sampling covers the composition and garbage, then the result of the measurement characteristics test and analysis results questionnaire.</p>

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