Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia

Water Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akmal Karimov ◽  
Mark Giordano ◽  
Aditi Mukherji ◽  
Vecheslav Borisov ◽  
Jamol Djumanov
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Second Best ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Bilateral Action ◽  
Hydropower Production

This paper tells the story of trade-off between hydropower and irrigation and its implications for groundwater use in Syrdarya basin in Central Asia. With the independence of the central Asian republics, this trade-off has become a transboundary issue. Efforts to coordinate bilateral action using integrated water resources management (IWRM) principles of basin-wide cooperation have not yet yielded the hoped for results. This paper shows that there could be a ‘second best’ option of solving at least part of this transboundary problem by ‘banking’ winter flows released for hydropower production in Kyrgyzstan in the underground aquifers of Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and extracting it for irrigation in the summer months.

Good water governance and IWRM in Zambia: challenges and chances

Water Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 845-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Uhlendahl ◽  
Pritam Salian ◽  
Claudia Casarotto ◽  
Jakob Doetsch
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Hydropower Production

The implementation of principles for water governance is widely accepted but challenging for the whole water sector of a developing country like Zambia, because of the legal and administrative changes and organizational requirements involved. In February 2010, a revised water policy for Zambia was approved by the Cabinet. The revised National Water Policy 2010 aims to improve water resources management by establishing institutional coordination and by defining roles as well as responsibilities for various ministries. Taking into account the previous political and administration changes, this paper points out the problems and challenges of the implementation of good water governance mechanisms in Zambia. Focusing on the Kafue River Basin, from which water is abstracted for a variety of conflicting purposes (like municipal supplies, industrial use, mining, irrigation of agricultural land, fishery activities, wetland reserves and hydropower production), the gaps in implementing good water governance and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Zambia are identified, as well as the factors causing these gaps in the Zambian water sector. The paper finishes with a overview of the opportunities given by the new water policy through Water User Associations (WUAs) at a local level.

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT UNDER CONDITION OF CLIMATE CLANGED AND ADAPTATION TO IT IN THE LEVEL OF WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION IN CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

2018 ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
S Khodzhaev
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Central Asian Countries

The studies noted that the transition of the water sector to a management system based on the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is being implemented in all countries of Central Asia. From the point of view of water resources management in the Republics of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, progress in the field of IWRM has been noted and is to some extent open to reforms. In Uzbekistan, 1503 non-governmental non-profit associations of water users (WUAs) operate today to manage water relations between farms. In Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, the proccss of reform is sluggish, in these countries the introduction of the IWRM concept, the transition to the hydrographic management principle and the creation of the WUAs as an adequate tool for implementing IWRM at the local level are envisaged

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