Water Resources Management

No AccessStand Alone Books1 Feb 2013Water Resources ManagementA World Bank Policy PaperAuthors/Editors: World BankWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-2636-8SectionsAboutPDF (0.3 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Water resources have been one of the most important areas of the Bank's lending during the past three decades. Water is an increasingly scarce resource requiring careful economic and environmental management. As the demand for water increases for human, industrial and irrigated agriculture, new challenges call for new approaches to supplying water sources. This paper proposes a new approach to managing water resources built on the lessons of experience. At the core of the approach is the adoption of a comprehensive policy framework and the treatment of water as an economic good, combined with decentralized management and delivery structures, greater reliance on pricing and fuller participation by stakeholders. The paper discusses conditions and challenges in managing water; suggests improving water resources management; and discusses the Bank's role in water resource management. It also describes the Bank policy on dealing with water resources management projects. FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byWorkshopping Water Justice: linking struggles from the Cape Flats to the rest of the ContinentGlobalisation, Societies and Education, Vol.1217 January 2023The Perception of Residential Water Tariff, Consumption, and Cost: Evidence of its Determinants Using Survey DataWater Resources Management, Vol.36, No.915 June 2022The Linkage between Climate Change Adaptation and Water15 October 2022Layering and perpetuating: the logics of conservative reforms in Morocco's irrigation policiesThe Journal of North African Studies, Vol.786 July 2021Urban water demand for manufacturing, construction and service industries: a microdata analysisJournal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua, Vol.70, No.310 February 2021Water Governance and Policies13 June 2021Community-level mechanisms and strategies for managing sustainable water supply systems: lessons from Bongo district of northern GhanaEnvironment, Development and Sustainability, Vol.22, No.412 February 2019Water Crisis in the Asian Countries: Status and Future Trends12 July 2020Groundwater Governance29 December 2019Participatory water governance between theories and practices: learning from a community-based initiative in IndiaInternational Journal of Water Resources Development, Vol.35, No.39 August 2017Urban water demand for industrial uses in SpainUrban Water Journal, Vol.16, No.27 July 2019Identifying Banking CrisesSSRN Electronic JournalTowards sustainable utilisation of water resources: a comprehensive analysis of Ghana's National Water PolicyWater Policy, Vol.19, No.317 February 2017Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Developing Countries25 October 2016The World Bank Group and Water7 April 2016On the Marketisation of Water: Evidence from the Murray-Darling Basin, AustraliaWater Resources Management, Vol.30, No.328 November 2015Introduction, Motivation and Approach13 February 2016Introduction: Underscoring Agribusiness Failures, Environmental Controversies, and Growing Food Uncertainties25 August 2016Competing Narratives of Water Resources Management in Ethiopia30 July 2016Indicators and Principles of International Water Sharing29 May 2016Water Governance Throughout History and Science9 February 2015Water Pricing Experiences in India: Emerging IssuesA Price-Based Royalty Tax?SSRN Electronic JournalWater Policy—From Panaceas Towards Embracing Complexity5 September 2015Women's Participation in Community-Level Water Governance in Urban India: The Gap Between Motivation and AbilityWorld Development, Vol.64Private Water, Public Good: Water Privatization and State Capacity in ChileStudies in Comparative International Development, Vol.49, No.213 April 2014Water Transfer Triggering Mechanism for Multi-Reservoir Operation in Inter-Basin Water Transfer-Supply ProjectWater Resources Management, Vol.28, No.522 February 2014La gestion des eaux souterraines et des steppes en Syrie : une ouverture internationale sous contrôleThe Poor and Differential Access to Water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia19 May 2014The Hyperglobalization of Trade and its FutureSSRN Electronic JournalL'exploitation des eaux souterraines en Syrie centrale : rupture rhétorique et continuité des pratiquesMéditerranée, No.119Reframing water governance: a multi-perspective study of an over-engineered catchment in ChinaJournal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol.55, No.314 December 2011Is Water Policy the New Water Law? Rethinking the Place of Law in Water Sector ReformsIDS Bulletin, Vol.43, No.221 February 2012Optimum Commodity Taxation with a Non-Renewable ResourceSSRN Electronic JournalUse of the spectral clustering to determine coherent precipitation regions in Turkey for the period 1929-2007International Journal of Climatology, Vol.31, No.1413 September 2010Services urbains et néolibéralisme. Approches théoriques et enjeux de développementCahiers d'études africaines, Vol.51, No.202-203The World Bank policy and practice for projects affecting shared aquifersWater International, Vol.36, No.5Gender and integrated water resource managementOptimum Commodity Taxation with a Non-Renewable Resource?SSRN Electronic JournalOptimum Commodity Taxation with a Non-Renewable ResourceSSRN Electronic JournalWater Governance and Water Use Efficiency: The Five Principles of WUA Management and Performance in China 1JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol.46, No.49 April 2010Water and Sanitation Utilities in the Global South: Re-centering the Debate on "Efficiency"Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol.42, No.229 April 2010Fixing and Nixing: The Politics of Water PrivatizationReview of Radical Political Economics, Vol.42, No.229 April 2010The Political Nexus between Water and Economics in Brazil: A Critique of Recent Policy ReformsReview of Radical Political Economics, Vol.42, No.229 April 2010How Widely Applicable is River Basin Management? An Analysis of Wastewater Management in an Arid Transboundary CaseEnvironmental Management, Vol.45, No.511 April 2010The Competition for Water: Striking a Balance Among Social, Environmental, and Economic NeedsSSRN Electronic JournalConsideration of Trends in Evaluating Inter-basin Water Transfer Alternatives within a Fuzzy Decision Making FrameworkWater Resources Management, Vol.23, No.1524 March 2009Spaces of Water Governance: The Case of Israel and Its NeighborsAnnals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol.99, No.44 September 2009Climate Change: Social, Economic, and Environmental SustainabilityEnvironmental Forensics, Vol.10, No.3Is water and land redistribution a driver of economic growth and poverty reduction? Lessons from ZimbabweWater International, Vol.34, No.2Cities vs. agriculture: A review of intersectoral water re-allocationNatural Resources Forum, Vol.33, No.1Limits to Water PrivatizationJournal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol.134, No.6Scale issues in the governance of water storage projectsWater Resources Research, Vol.44, No.1023 October 2008Overview: Social Policies and Private Sector Participation in Water SupplyPrivate Sector Participation and Regulatory Reform in Water Supply: The Southern Mediterranean ExperienceSSRN Electronic JournalWater Rights in South Africa: Insights from Legislative ReformSSRN Electronic JournalWhitewater: Decentralization of river basin water resource managementJournal of Policy Modeling, Vol.29, No.6Systems Approach for Water Resources DevelopmentGlobal Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Vol.8, No.44 October 2017INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN WATER UTILITY REGIMESAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol.78, No.1Struggles against Accumulation by Dispossession in BoliviaLatin American Perspectives, Vol.34, No.230 June 2016New Approaches to Flood Risk Management ? Implications for Capacity-Building20 January 2010Integrated Water Resources Management: Definitions and Conceptual MusingsJournal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, Vol.135, No.11 May 2009Incentives to managers or participation of farmers in China's irrigation systems: which matters most for water savings, farmer income, and poverty?Agricultural Economics, Vol.34, No.3References6 May 2013Mutations institutionnelles et recompositions des territoires urbains en Afrique : une analyse à travers la problématique de l'accès à l'eauDéveloppement durable et territoires, No.Dossier 610 February 2006Governance and Water Management: Progress and Tools in Mediterranean CountriesSSRN Electronic JournalReconstituting the Public-Private Divide under Global ConditionsGlobal Social Policy, Vol.5, No.224 July 2016RISK IN IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY AND THE EFFECTS ON FOOD PRODUCTIONJournal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol.41, No.3Assessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Food Security12 December 2009Integrated Lake and Reservoir ManagementImproving Fiscal Governance in Emerging Economies: Multilateral Support to Budget Oversight and Public Sector AuditingSSRN Electronic JournalThe Expanding Institutional Context for Water Resources Management: The Case of the Grand River WatershedCanadian Water Resources Journal, Vol.30, No.3An experimental study of acoustically enhanced NAPL dissolution in porous mediaAIChE Journal, Vol.50, No.121 January 2004Introduction to the special section on Institutional Arrangements and the Effects on Water ResourcesWater Resources Research, Vol.40, No.1210 November 2004POWER, NATURE AND NEOLIBERALISM: THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF WATER IN CHILESingapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Vol.25, No.3Results of Chilean water markets: Empirical research since 1990Water Resources Research, Vol.40, No.97 August 2004Formal and informal water markets: Drivers of sustainable rural communities?Water Resources Research, Vol.40, No.929 July 2004Policy, politics, and water management in the Guadalquivir River Basin, SpainWater Resources Research, Vol.40, No.816 July 2004Resolving the scale incompatibility dilemma in river basin managementWater Resources Research, Vol.40, No.828 July 2004References Part EHuman dimensions of coastal management in the Western Indian Ocean regionOcean & Coastal Management, Vol.47, No.7-8Water resources and food security: a Caribbean case studyProceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water and Maritime Engineering, Vol.156, No.4Evolving policy reforms and experiences for addressing downstream impacts in World Bank water resources projectsRiver Research and Applications, Vol.19, No.5-61 January 20034. Politics and Water Policy: A Southern Africa ExampleIDS Bulletin, Vol.34, No.32 February 2009Développement durable à l'échelle de la planète et gestion des ressources en eau et en solsComptes Rendus Geoscience, Vol.335, No.6-7The interpretation of non-homogeneous hydrometeorological time series: a case studyMeteorological Applications, Vol.10, No.1Solving Problems of 'Fit' at the Expense of Problems of 'Interplay'? The Spatial Reorganisation of Water Management Following the EU Water Framework DirectiveWater development and food production: A global perspectiveLarge Dams, Irrigation and Social Equity in SwazilandDefective institutions and their consequences: lesson from China, 1980–1993Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol.35, No.2A Retrospective ViewIssues to be ConfrontedFuture ProtocolsWater Scarcity: Institutional Change, Water Markets, and PrivatizationInstitutional development for sustainable groundwater management — an Arabian perspectiveGeological Society, London, Special Publications, Vol.193, No.17 June 2022Millennial Policies and Strategies for Promoting Household Water Security: A Southern African ExampleCanadian Water Resources Journal, Vol.27, No.3The Challenge of Global Water ManagementWater Markets, Water Rights and Strategies for Decentralizing Water ManagementMarginal Privatisation and Infrastructural Deficiencies: Anas and Lee RevisitedUrban Studies, Vol.37, No.72 July 2016Operation of the Colorado River SystemInternational Journal of Urban Sciences, Vol.4, No.126 September 2011Reviewing the Contexts of Headwater ControlNutrition, Food, and Water SecurityFood and Nutrition Bulletin, Vol.20, No.41 December 1999INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WHO SHOULD LEAD, WHO SHOULD PAY?Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol.35, No.3Criteria for equitable allocations: the heart of international water conflictNatural Resources Forum, Vol.23, No.1A new modeling approach for water resources policy analysisWater Resources Research, Vol.35, No.11 January 1999Management of water resources of the Nile BasinInternational Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, Vol.5, No.42 June 2009Water privatization and regulation in England and France: a tale of two modelsNatural Resources Forum, Vol.22, No.2A Modelling Approach to Assess Inter-Sectoral Competition for Water Resources in the Kafue Flats, ZambiaWater and Environment Journal, Vol.12, No.2Towards integration of assessments, with reference to integrated water management projects in third world countriesImpact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Vol.16, No.1Natural Resource Modeling, Vol.11, No.3Water Insecurity and the Poor: Issues and Research NeedsSSRN Electronic JournalAdapting to climate change in AfricaMitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol.2, No.1Water Institutions, Incentives, and MarketsTwo Level Negotiations in Bargaining Over WaterDo International Organizations have a Role in Addressing Caspian Environmental Issues?Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in water resources: A reviewWater Resources Management, Vol.10, No.4The 5% 'Rule': Fact or Fiction?Development Policy Review, Vol.14, No.2Managing Water Resources for Climate Change AdaptationSustainability Concerns of Irrigated AgricultureWater supply and sanitation in urban South Africa: Getting it right during the transition and beyondDevelopment Southern Africa, Vol.12, No.627 February 2008Comments on 'Financing water supply and sanitation under Agenda 21' by John Briscoe and Mike GarnNatural Resources Forum, Vol.19, No.2Financing water supply and sanitation under Agenda 21Natural Resources Forum, Vol.19, No.1WATER MARKETS AND DECENTRALIZED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIESJournal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol.31, No.1Water Resources Management: A New Policy for a Sustainable FutureWater International, Vol.20, No.122 January 2009The Role of Economics to Promote a Sustainable Use and Management of Transboundary Water ResourcesAssessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Food and Forest Resources: A View from the IPCCWater Public Agencies Agreeing to A Covenant for Water Transfers: How to Arbitrate Price–Quantity ClausesWater Markets: Transaction Costs and Institutional OptionsOpportunities and Constraints to Improved Water Markets in MexicoMeeting Water Needs in Developing Countries: Resolving Issues in Establishing Tradable Water RightsThe World Bank's Water Sector Policy Reforms View Published: September 1993ISBN: 978-0-8213-2636-7 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsAfricaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East and North AfricaRelated CountriesIndiaJordanMexicoRelated TopicsEnvironmentIndustryWater ResourcesWater Supply and Sanitation KeywordsWATER CONSERVATIONWATER MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTWATER SUPPLYWATER UTILIZATIONIRRIGATIONWATER DISTRIBUTIONPRICINGDEMAND MANAGEMENTCOST RECOVERYIRRIGATION SYSTEMSMUNICIPAL WATERMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER SCARCITYWATER SECTOR PDF DownloadLoading ...