scholarly journals The basin approach for water resources management in Ukraine: the SWOT analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. P. Strokal ◽  
◽  
A. V. Kovpak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Resources Management

This review article aims to increase our understanding in the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of implementing the basin approach for water resources management in Ukraine. To this end, this article implements that SWOT analysis for discussing the transition from the administrative approach towards the basin approach. The SWOT analysis consists of the four main aspects: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Strengths and Weakness include strong and weak points of implementing the basin approach, respectively. Opportunities are windows for implementing actions to facilitate the basin approach and increase the effectiveness of this approach. Threats include risks for implementing the basin approach. In order to better understand opportunities, the main drivers and causes of water pollution are also discussed in the article. Results of the review show that climate change affects the availability of water resources strongly. Human activities namely the poultry production are important polluters of water resources. The article summarizes the correct water resources management approaches and proposes four main strategies for implementing the basin approach within the SWOT analysis. The first strategy deals with the successful transition from the administrative management towards the basin management of water resources. The second strategy deals with an increase in the access of the public to the water resources information including water quality. The third strategy deals with integrating the European Union water-related directives in the national environmental policies. The fourth strategy deals with reducing pollution levels in water systems through improved technologies. Next steps are to develop an integrated approach to account for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the four strategies. It is important to develop water indicators to facilitate an integrated assessment of water resources for different water uses while accounting for water quality. Future research can focus on future scenarios to project water quality under global change and to assess effects of the national policies on reducing future water pollution from urbanization and agricultural sectors.

scholarly journals Mutual Learning and Policy Transfer in Integrated Water Resources Management: A Research Agenda

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Fritsch ◽  
David Benson
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Mutual Learning

Integrated water resources management (IWRM) has become a global paradigm for the governance of surface, coastal and groundwater. International bodies such as the European Union, the Global Water Partnership, and the United Nations have taken the lead to promote IWRM principles, while countries worldwide have undertaken reforms to implement these principles and to restructure their domestic or regional water governance arrangements. However, the international transfer of IWRM principles raises a number of theoretical, empirical and normative questions related to its causes, processes and outcomes. These questions will be explored in our Special Issue ‘Governing IWRM: Mutual Learning and Policy Transfer’. This editorial briefly introduces IWRM and links this governance paradigm to theoretical and empirical scholarship on policy transfer. We then summarise the aims and objectives of this Special Issue, provide an overview of the articles brought together here and offer avenues for future research.

scholarly journals The River Basin Principle of Water Resources Management in the Legislation of the European Union and Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Lesia Danyliuk
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
River Basin District ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Eu

The article studies the notion of the river basin principle of water resources management, its meaning, its legal definition in the EU directives, the particular aspects of its implementation in Ukraine, and its overall importance in terms of water quality and management of water resources, including the marine environment. It is determined that the river basin principle of water resources management is one of the key matters of the EU environmental policy and is a topical issue for Ukraine in the process of European integration. Essentially, the river basin principle of water resources management is defined as integrated management within a river basin district. It is concluded that this principle is one of the main components of integrated management of water resources and is, in fact, the basis of the integrated approach to such management.

scholarly journals Analysis of the state of waterflows of the Syan river sub-basin as an object of the water cadastre

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (I) ◽  
pp. 172-177
Author(s):  
L. SAVCHUK ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
State Water

Among the existing state cadastres, an important place belongs to the water, which is the basis of state management of the water fund. According to the Water Code of Ukraine, the water fund includes all water bodies, provides for the systematic determination of reserves and quality of water resources in a particular area.Water quality is affected by a large number of factors, including location, water body category, water intake area, water mirror area, water volume, river network type, terrain parameters and properties, hydrological conditions. No less important is the influence of anthropogenic factors, which is correlated with the degree of development of the territory, land structure, population and settlements, man-made load and so on. The purpose of the work is to analyze the state of watercourses in the Syan river sub-basin and to establish the main factors that affect water quality. The quality of water resources has a great impact on public health, so a careful analysis of the state of natural water sources is one of the important components of the cadastre of water resources. Method. During the research we worked with information provided by the Lviv Hydrometeorological Service, Lviv egional Department of Water Management, research laboratories engaged in monitoring and analysis of water resources of Lviv region for the last ten years, data from the environmental passport of Lviv region for 2020. During processing of results used a combination of methods of system and structural analysis, analytical comparison, mathematical formalization, cartographic materials, which provided the ability to solve problems and achieve the goal and the reliability of conclusions [Sovhira S. V. et al., 2016]. Results. It is established that the water quality in watercourses flowing through the territory that does not carry a man-made load depends mainly on natural factors, namely: territorial location, climatic conditions, relief, hydrogeological and geomorphological conditions, etc. Due to climate change, various natural phenomena and problems with flooding are increasingly occurring, which negatively affect water resources and quality. Floods occur for various reasons and, in recent years, are characteristic of the Syan river sub-basin, especially in mountainous areas. For the territory characterized by high economic development, the water quality of rivers depends: on mining activities; soil pollution; creation and operation of artificial reservoirs; economic activity within the floodplainchannel complexes; dredging and channel-directing works; deforestation and intensive economic activity at watersheds, which is clearly confirmed by the state of water in the Shklo river and its tributaries Gnoyanets, Tereshka, etc. Data on the state of watercourses in the Syan river sub-basin were collected, systematized and analyzed using and adhering to the main provisions of the integrated approach to water resources management according to the basin principle. Scientific novelty and practical significance. It is proposed to use an integrated approach to create water resources management plans based on the basin principle on the example of the Syan river sub-basin. This approach will allow to identify all sources of influence, their nature, relationship and interaction and to fill with official, relevant data geoportal “State Water Cadastre” on the website of the State Water Agency.

scholarly journals The Influence of anthropogenic factors on water quality in the Southern Bug River basin

2020 ◽  
Vol 101-102 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 41-51
Author(s):  
Maryna Shuliakova ◽  
Valeriy Mykhaylenko
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Anthropogenic Impact ◽  
Chloride Ions ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Industrial Enterprises

The study depicts an anthropogenic impact on water quality in the Southern Bug river basin that provides water to about 8% of the population of Ukraine. The potential ecologically dangerous water bodies were identified for Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, Mykolayiv and Kirovograd regions. The cartographic data indicated water quality within the selected basin segments is presented. The quality of surface waters was assessed based on the water pollution index (IP). The multiplicity of Maximum Permissible Levels (MPL) for ammonium, sulphate and chloride ions together with the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) were determined in water samples has been taken in observation points. The preconditions of the pollution problems and their scales were indicated. The list of enterprises whose activities have the greatest impact on the deterioration of water quality, the type of industries and the main water pollution sources are also highlighted. The economic mastering of the river basin is investigated. The basin has been inclined by anthropogenic impact within the last decades, leading to continuous water resource degradation. The holistic Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) approach was applied to investigate the main causes and origins of anthropogenic pressures aiming at optimizing the measures of sustainable water resources management. The major driving forces that affect the Southern Bug river basin are non-safety industrial enterprises, intensive agriculture, and insufficient water resources management. The main pressures on water resources provided the unclean agricultural drains driving to water quality degradation. The recommended responses are based on the Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC and sum up to rationalization of water resources, an appropriate land use, municipal waste management and especially agriculture effluents. The proposed measures to optimize the water resources management in the Southern Bug River Basin will contribute to achievement of the objectives set by Goal 6 of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development SDG-2030.

scholarly journals Why isn't IWRM working in the Caribbean?

Water Policy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-600
Author(s):  
Adrian Cashman
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The Caribbean

At the global level, it appears that acceptance for integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been growing. In a status report by the United Nations in 2012, 82% of the 134 nations which responded indicated that they had embarked on reforms to achieve integrated approaches to water resources management. Over the last decade in the Caribbean there have been similar IWRM agendas. However, so far efforts to embed IWRM in the region have yielded few results. Hence it is appropriate to ask what has been the progress with adopting an integrated approach to water management in the Caribbean and are there lessons that can be learnt? The paper seeks to provide some answers to those two questions. An overview of the various national and regional IWRM initiatives over the last decade provides the basis on which the evaluation of the successes or otherwise is made. This is complemented by an assessment of the enabling conditions and the extent to which they have been able to support developments. The analysis of contributing factors uses a stakeholder characterisation typology developed by Mitchell and Agle. Finally, the need for ‘brokering’ actors as an integral part of policy reform is identified as a necessary element of success.

MANAGING WATER RESOURCES: THE EURO-INTEGRATED VECTOR

2019 ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Khvesyk ◽  
Lyudmila Levkovska
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
River Basin Management Plans ◽  
Management Plans

As a result of the research, the priority tasks of water policy regarding the formation of integrated water resources management system are grounded taking into account the eurointegration vector of Ukraineʼs development. The necessity of the development of water management forecasts and scenarios for the purpose of creating an information base for choosing the optimal variant for the formation of the concept of concrete actions of water resources management of the river basin has been proved. The theoretical and methodological approaches to the development of river basin management plans in the implementation of the basic provisions of the European Union water directives in the national legislation are proposed. The main mechanisms for implementation of river basin management plans are defined and classified.

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