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Good PracticesGood Practices – – Basin WaterBasin Water

Katsuji MatsunamiAgriculture, Environment and Natural

Resources Division

Central and West Asia Department

Asian Development Bank

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Challenge #1: Increasing Water

Scarcity

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Challenge #2:Worsening Fresh

Water Quality

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Challenge #3: Frequent Disasters

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Key Enabling Conditions

• Manage all waters in river basinin entirety – institutions forIWRM

• Manage water, on quantity andquality

• Manage risks – prevention andmanagement, using non-structural measures.

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Strategy 1:Manage All Waters in Basin in Entirety

• Involve the RBO in developing a riverbasin IWRM program and assessperformance through benchmarking andpeer review

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Strategy 1:Manage All Waters in Basin in Entirety

• Organize multi-stakeholder platform as

part of, or in conjunction with the RBO

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Strategy 1:Manage All Waters in Basin in Entirety

• Form alliances with energy sectorfor development and operation ofmultipurpose infrastructure

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• Introduce water rights reform withcare.

Strategy 1:Manage All Waters in Basin in Entirety

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• Introduce water quality monitoringand reporting

Strategy 2:Support Making of Healthy Rivers

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• Provide incentives for wastewatertreatment in cities

Strategy 2:Support Making of Healthy Rivers

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Strategy 3:

Develop Disaster RiskManagement Strategy

• Adopt a policy to introduce integratedflood management

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• Apply innovative approaches in selected

river basins

Strategy 3:

Develop Disaster RiskManagement Strategy

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Summary: Good Practices

1. Involve RBOs in IWRM

2. Organize multi-stakeholder platform

3. Introduce water rights reforms carefully4. Introduce water quality monitoring and reporting

5. Promote wastewater treatment6. Introduce integrated flood management

7. Apply innovative approaches in selected river

basins