Water Resources Management and Collaborative Modelling

Combining scientific & local knowledge for Water Resources planning

Ankara, 9 July 2015

Agenda

Block 1• Presentation of Water Resources Management and Collaborative

Modelling• Open discussion

Block 2• System analysis exercise: World Caffe

Identifying successes, limitations, gaps and needs of Water Resources planning in Turkey and in Buyuk Menderes

Integrated Water Resources Management

4 PRINCIPLES OF IWRM (Dublin Principles)

Principle 1: Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment.

Principle 2: Water development and management should be based on a participatory approach, involving users, planners and policy makers at all levels.

Principle 3: Women play a central part in the provision, management and safeguarding of water.

Principle 4: Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognized as an economic good as well as a social good.

IWRM is a process which promotes the co-ordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems.

GWP, 2000

Integrated Water Resources Management

IWRM is the process to get a better water management and planning. It helps achieving the bottom-up, demand-oriented approach based on a multi-disciplinary activity. Major ‘new’ developments related to IWRM

• Water Security • IWRM is the process leading to WS• WS is the end goal of improved water management

• Water-Food-Energy nexus • helps us to change our mind-setting about water

• from ‘what society can do for water’ (IWRM)• to ‘what water can do for society’

Example WS ADB – 5 key dimensions

1. Satisfy household water and sanitation needs in all communities

2. Support productive economies in agriculture and industry

3. Develop vibrant, livable cities and towns

4. Restore healthy rivers and ecosystems

5. Build resilient communities that can adapt to change.

IWRM as a process…

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2. Conceptualising

1. Recognising &identifying 4. Implementing,

monitoring & evaluating

3. Coordinating &planning

5. Recognising &identifying

IWRM as a process of adaptive management and the resulting spiral of progress

Water Framework Directive

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) sets a target to achieve at least good status in all waters and requires that there should be no deterioration in status.

Surface water status:• Good status takes account of ecology and chemistry

Groundwater status:• Good status in terms of quantity and quality

You are already familiar with the WFD in terms of content!

WFD– Stakeholder engagement

Member States shall encourage the active involvement of all interested parties in the implementation of the WFD and development of RBMP

Member States shall ensure that they publish and make available for comments to the public

Water Resources planning process

Collaborative Modelling

Why Collaborative Modelling?

Planning process

Problem complexity

Collaborative Modelling

Informed and participatory decision making

The concept of Collaborative Modelling

Collaborative Modelling is an interactive and adaptive planning process in which stakeholder participation is complemented by the use of computer-

based models and communication tools.

The Collaborative Modelling approach is a specific type of Participatory Modelling which is assumed to involve high levels of participation and cooperation.

Example

Collaborative Modelling

When can we use Collaborative Modelling?

Collaborative Modelling is an interactive and adaptive planning process in which stakeholder participation is complemented by the use of computer-

based models and communication tools.

Collaborative Modelling

For what kind of models/tools?

All computer-based models can be used

Based on the background of the stakeholders involved we need appropriate (adapted) communication tools.

Where have we used Collaborative Modelling?

Indonesia – Water allocation

Where have we used Collaborative Modelling?

India – Water allocation

Where have we used Collaborative Modelling?

Bolivia – Flood Risk Management

Where have we used Collaborative Modelling?

USA – Water Allocation and Flood Risk Management

Where have we used Collaborative Modelling?

Netherlands – Groundwater, Flood Risk Management, Water Allocation…

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Thanks

Any questions?