HOW TO APPROACH NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

WATER ACCOUNTS CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNANCE ISSUES

Only about

8%Water scarcity in Mauritius is a major issue

of water available is abstracted by the water supply industry.

50%

WATER ACT

77%of rain in Mauritius falls in the summer and the rest in winter...

while

WATER

ASSESSING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE WATER SECTOR

CONSIDERED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN ANALYSES OF

Water trends

Economic value

Future water shortages

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ASSESSED SITUATION BY ANALYZEDLack of coordination of di�erent actorsPoliticized decision-making and lack of independenceTransparency Attention to sustainability issues

and current pricing is insu�cient to �nance long-term investments in the water sector

restructure tari�s in di�erent sectors

KEY FINDINGS

$ $ $

develop performance indicators, sustainable policies and practices for better governance (SDG 6)

pass a Water Act

a shortage of water in the residential & non-residential sector persists of the year 100%

Water shortages are expected to range between

19Mm3

52Mm3

2030

Making Mauritius vulnerable to a water crisis

of water is lost due to:

Leaking pipeline network

Faulty meters

Theft

by

INFORMING POLICY

MAURITIUS

This is one of three infographics produced by GDN to illustrate approaches for easy replication and �ndings from its program on Natural Resource Management - Natural Wealth Accounting. The program supports three studies from Mauritius, Madagascar and Morocco. This infographic depicts the Mauritius study. The study is generously supported by French Ministry of Foreign A�airs and International Development and the French Agency for Development (AFD). Find out more at www.gdn.int

to

poor governance

governance issues in the water sector present further challenges

Organizing hydrological or economic information in a coherent and consistent manner, based on UN standards.

Water accounts create evidence to