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.

Managing water resources for sustainable development: the case of integrated river basin management in China

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Song ◽  
W. Ravesteijn ◽  
B. Frostell ◽  
R. Wennersten
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Huai River ◽  
Integrated River Basin Management

The emerging water crisis in China shows that the current institutional frameworks and policies with regard to water resources management are incapable of achieving an effective and satisfactory situation that includes Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM). This paper analyses this framework and related policies, examines their deficiencies in relation to all water stress problems and explores alternatives focusing on river basins. Water resources management reforms in modern China are reviewed and the main problems involved in transforming the current river management system into an IRBM-based system are analysed. The Huai River basin is used as an example of current river basin management, with quantitative data serving to show the scale and scope of the problems in the country as a whole. The institutional reforms required are discussed and a conceptual institutional framework is proposed to facilitate the implementation of IRBM in China. In particular, the roles, power and responsibilities of River Basin Commissions (RBCs) should be legally strengthened; the functions of supervising, decision-making and execution should be separated; and cross-sectoral legislation, institutional coordination and public participation at all levels should be promoted.

Improvement of the return flow allocation in the Water Resources Management Model of Alberta Environment

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nesa Ilich
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Return Flow ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Flow Algorithm

This paper describes recent developments related to a new return flow algorithm built into the Water Resources Management Model (WRMM) of Alberta Environmental Protection. An earlier return flow allocation method which was used in the WRMM did not always give satisfactory results. It was essential to fix this problem, since correct modelling of the return flows in overall river basin management is of crucial importance. The new return flow algorithm offers more reliable return flow allocation without detrimental effects on the overall model solution. This model is a major river basin planning tool in western Canada used to analyze responses of a river basin to varying operating policies or structural developments. It is a simulation model with a nested optimization subprogram. As a deterministic, steady state, and surface water allocation model, it normally relies on the estimates of natural flows and water demands throughout the river basin. The WRMM can provide quick simulations of any river basin with any number of components within a microcomputer environment. The model is used in ongoing river basin management studies in Alberta and other western provinces in Canada. Key words: water management, computer modelling, simulation, optimization, irrigation.

River basin organization performance indicators: application to the Delaware River basin commission

Water Policy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Hooper
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Delaware River ◽  
Resources Management

This paper reports the development of performance indicators of a river basin management organization's ability to undertake integrated water resources management, and applies them to a US basin organization: a river basin commission. Integrated water resources management (IWRM) and integrated river basin management (IRBM) are defined, in the context of international and US advances in IWRM and IRBM. A suite of good governance factors was assembled from the reviews of consultants' practical experiences in river basin management, peer-reviewed literature, government reports and policy statements, and reports of river basin management practice. A list of impediments to the implementation of IRBM was also assembled. These sources were used as the data set to develop 115 indicators of best practice in IRBM; these indicators were grouped into ten categories: coordinated decision-making, responsive decision-making, goals and goal shift, financial sustainability, organizational design, role of law, training and capacity building, information and research, accountability and monitoring, private and public sector roles. This paper reports the results of a facilitated workshop with the Delaware River Basin Commission's staff and stakeholders to apply the indicators to their setting. The outcome of the workshop was a self-assessment tool for performance evaluation, involving triaging the basin organization situation, checking performance against 20 performance benchmarks and using 63 performance indicators for basin commission settings. The paper concludes with a discussion of the issues surrounding the application of the performance indicators to other US basins and commissions.

Strategic Environment Assessment of River Basin Management Plans: Proposal for an Integrated Assessment

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 1550029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Vicente ◽  
Gonzalo Méndez
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Hydrological Cycle ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
River Basin Management Plans ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
International River

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) adopted an integrated approach for the management and governance of European rivers, which led Spain and Portugal to carry out coordinated hydrological planning of the international basins, considering them as unique realities from ecological, hydrological and hydrogeological perspectives. In spite of this ecosystemic basis, the Directive allowed river basin management plans (RBMPs) to cover those parts of the international river basin districts located within the territory of each member state if joint planning was not possible. Moreover, under the requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (SEA Directive), both countries are obliged to submit the RBMPs for SEA and to consult the authorities and the public in other states if a plan could affect the environment in a neighbouring state. In the case of the hydrological planning of the Miño river basin and its coastal and estuarine waters, the SEA was conducted through a split SEA at the level of national sub-basins. The present study analyses the findings of the two SEA procedures on the Miño river during the recent hydrological cycle under the requirements of WFD and SEA Directive. Thus, from an integrated approach adopted by WFD that demands interdependence and interrelationship between both assessments, the reality of two separated assessments revealed disconnections concerning the methodologies used, asymmetries in the detection of cross-border effects and an uneven national and transboundary participation. Overcoming these deficiencies and improving efficiency is a challenge for the new hydrological cycle. An elaboration of joint SEA between co-riparian states that could help respond to the European Union (EU) expectations from an integrated approach is recommended.

scholarly journals RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS AND THEIR CHALLENGES: THE CASE OF THE ALTO-TIETÊ RIVER BASIN - STATE OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMONE MENDONÇA SANTOS ◽  
MARCELO MARINI PEREIRA DE SOUZA ◽  
GUILHERME AUGUSTO CARMINATO BIRCOL ◽  
HELENE MARIKO UENO
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Water Resources Planning ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
River Basin Management Plans ◽  
Tietê River ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Resources Planning

Abstract The article proposes a set of requirements to be used in assessing the potential of the River Basin Management Plans as instruments: (i) of (vertical) articulation between river basin planning and national and state planning of water resources; (ii) of articulation (horizontal) between water resources planning and other sectorial planning; (iii) of integration between water resources planning and regional and municipal strategies for land use planning and environmental sanitation; (iv) of water safety. These requirements were applied to the Alto-Tietê River Basin Management Plan, which demonstrated low potential for horizontal articulation and water safety planning. To overcome these limitations, it is suggested, in the next plan revisions, the use of planning tools that promote the involvement of society in a complementary way to the discussions in the river basin committee, fostering shared decision-making between the different actors and user sectors.

scholarly journals Agricultural aspects in river basin management plans

2012 ◽  
pp. 149-152
Author(s):  
János Fehér
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Organic Material ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
River Basin Management Plans ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Surface Water Bodies ◽  
The Impact

In the European Region agriculture is the second largest water user after power industry cooling water use. As part of the implementation of Water Framework Directive EU Member States prepared their river basin management plans by the end of 2009 or first half of 2010, In these plans impacts of agriculture on water bodies have received attention. The detailed information elaborated in the plans by countries and river basin districts were uploaded into the WFD section of the WISE system. This database provides opportunity for multi-criteria analysis for different water types. The paper discusses the effects of agriculture on hydromorphological pressures and impacts affecting surface water bodies. It was pointed out that among the pressures affecting European surface water bodies the hydromorphological and diffuse pressures represent the highest ratios (Figure 1). Within the hydromorphological pressures affecting classified surface water bodies the ratio of pressures related to agricultural activities is low,it does not exceed 1% at European level. In case of Hungary the agriculture related river management pressures effect about 80% of the surface water bodies, which is much higher than the corresponding European average. The agricultural water abstractions affect about 10% of the Hungarian surface water bodies (Figures 2 and 3). The river and lake water bodies are impacted in significant ratio by nutrient enrichments and organic material enrichments, while in case of river water bodies the impact of organic material enrichments is also significant (Figures 4 and 5).

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