Indicators of IWRM Success – a WWF Checklist
Indicators of IWRM Success – a WWF Checklist(
|1. Sustainable water allocation |
|Theme |Indicator(s) of success |
|Legal status of water |(i) The legal status of water and water entitlements/water rights is clear. |
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| |(ii) Existing customary (and other informal) rights of access to water resources are recognised. |
|Water allocations and flow |(i) Surveys have identified actual and future water needs for all resource user-groups and environmental |
|management |requirements and areas of significant competition/conflict between use types and/or user groups. |
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| |(ii) Water allocation/flow management plans that are environmentally and socio-economically sustainable are in |
| |place for all user groups. |
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| |(iii) Water pricing and cost recovery are being used as demand management tools, particularly among |
| |commercial-scale users. |
|2. Governance |
|Theme |Indicator(s) of success |
|Policy, laws and regulations |Policies, laws and regulations that can be used for enforcement-related actions – if required – are in place (e.g. for|
| |pollution control, land- and water-use planning controls). |
|Consultative, cross-sectoral |(i) A multi-stakeholder river basin/water management body is in place and taking a leadership role. |
|processes | |
| |(ii) Implementation of plans based on the principles of equity in participation and decision-making for all |
| |stakeholders. |
|Multi-scalar management |A ‘nested’ management framework operating simultaneously at different spatial scales (but with full coordination) is |
|framework |in place and working effectively. |
|Transboundary basins |A bi- or multi-country/state/province river-basin management body is in place to promote cooperative management. |
|Information flow and |Information and knowledge as it is gathered is being passed freely and transparently between government and civil |
|transparency |society stakeholders. |
|Training and capacity |Training and capacity-building programmes ongoing to help process of building skills base of management agencies and |
|building |key stakeholders. |
|3. Managing threats to freshwater systems |
|Theme |Indicator(s) of success Rationale |
|Impact assessments |Appropriate impact assessment procedures (including EIA, SEA, Cost Benefit Analysis, and Options Assessments) and |
| |laws are in place and implemented effectively to support management of threats to sustainable water use (e.g. |
| |infrastructure construction. over-abstraction, point-source and diffuse pollution, habitat loss/degradation). |
|4. Natural infrastructure |
|Theme |Indicator(s) of success |
|Management of significant |(i) The rehabilitation or restoration of degraded natural ‘infrastructure’ such as headwaters, wetlands, floodplain|
|natural ‘infrastructure’ |areas etc. has been identified as a priority action in any IWRM plans. |
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| |(ii) Biodiversity conservation measures built into IWRM plans at each level. |
|5. Financing IWRM |
|Theme |Indicator(s) of success |
|Government and other |(i) Sufficient financing to allow for effective IWRM implementation. |
|investments | |
| |(ii) Cost-sharing mechanisms being implemented successfully (e.g. application of the concepts of users and |
| |polluters pay; payment for environmental services) |
|6. Applying science, monitoring and assessment |
|Theme |Indicator(s) of success |
|Foundation knowledge base |Foundation knowledge base established; and shared between all stakeholders. |
|Monitoring programmes |Monitoring programme operating and providing advice on performance with IWRM implementation. |
|7. Integrating with socio-economic agendas |
|Theme |Indicator(s) of success |
|National and basin level |IWRM principles included in PRSP and other strategic socio-economic texts relating to the water management sector |
|strategies |and other key sectors (e.g. agriculture, tourism, energy, infrastructure) and listed among priority actions in |
| |implementation plans and costing schedules. |
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( Based on, Jones et. al., 2006, Applying the principles of integrated water resource and water management – an introduction.
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