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Title: IRRIGATION ISSUES AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT


1
IRRIGATION ISSUESANDWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
  • OAS - Water Policy in the Americas Roundtable
  • July 20, 2000
  • Jose Simas

2
CHALLENGES OF THE MILLENIUM AND DRIVING FORCES
PROMOTING GLOBAL CHANGES, WITH IMPLICATIONS ON
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT POLICIES
3
CHALLENGES OF THE MILLENIUM AND DRIVING FORCES
PROMOTING GLOBAL CHANGES, WITH IMPLICATIONS ON
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT POLICIES
4
WATER USE PER ECONOMIC SECTOR
5
LATIN AMERICA IRRIGATED AREAS
6
LAC CATEGORIES OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
  • MAJOR NETWORKS
  • (IRRIGATION DISTRICTS) 48
  • SMALL IRRIGATION 52

7
LAC CATEGORIES OF IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
  • RICE FLOODING IN TROPICAL AND
  • SUBTROPICAL AREAS 16
  • ARID ZONES IRRIGATION 56
  • COMPLEMENTARY IRRIGATION 28

8
MAIN IRRIGATION ISSUES TO ADDRESS
  • INSTITUTIONAL
  • TECHNOLOGICAL
  • ENVIRONMENTAL
  • PRIORITIES

9
IRRIGATION INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
  • Land titling/ownership
  • Users empowerment on management
  • Water rights
  • Incentives to save water
  • Users organizations
  • Transfer of A, OM to users organizations
  • Cost effectiveness of OM
  • Sustainable fees

10
IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES
  • On-farm management
  • Off-farm management
  • Appropriate technology
  • Adaptive research
  • Training and capacity building
  • Cost-effective practices
  • OM machinery mix
  • Drainage and salinity
  • Modernization

11
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
  • SALINITY
  • WATERLOGGING
  • OVERDRAFT OF AQUIFERS
  • DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS EFFLUENTS
  • USE OF CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE

12
PRIORITIES
  • FIRST THINGS FIRST
  • SUSTAINABLE OM
  • GOVERNMENT ROLE
  • STAKEHOLDERS EMPOWERMENT
  • MODERNIZATION
  • PROFITABILITY
  • WATER AND LAND RIGHTS
  • INCENTIVES TO SAVE WATER

13
KEY ROLES AND FUNCTIONS FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
14
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING - Functions
  • 1. POLICY FORMULATION AND OVERVIEW
  • 2. STRATEGIC WATER PLANNING
  • 3. DATABASE MANAGEMENT
  • 4. SUPERVISION OF RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
  • 5. SUPERVISION OF WATER RESOURCES USE (SURFACE
    AND GROUND WATER)
  • 6. ECONOMIC STUDIES
  • 7. LICENSING NEW PROJECTS
  • 8. ANALYTICAL BASE GATHERING
  • CLIMATE
  • HYDROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS
  • GROUNDWATER
  • WATER QUALITY
  • 9. SUPERVISION OF USES
  • SURFACE WATER
  • GROUNDWATER
  • BULK WATER FEES
  • DISPOSAL FEES
  • 10. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

15
WATER SERVICES - Functions
  • REGULATORY
  • PUBLIC
  • SUPERVISION/
  • REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT
  • HYDROPOWER
  • IRRIGATION
  • WATER SUPPLY SANITATION
  • NAVIGATION
  • FLOOD PROTECTION
  • LAND USE WATER PROTECTION RELATED
  • SETTING WATER SERVICE STANDARDS
  • PROVISION OF SERVICES
  • (PUBLIC PRIVATE)
  • CONSTRUCTION/
  • OPERATION/MAINTENANCE
  • HYDROPOWER GENERATION
  • IRRIGATION
  • WATER SANITATION
  • FLOOD PROTECTION
  • RURAL DRAINAGE
  • URBAN/STORM DRAINAGE
  • RIVER NAVIGATION

16
WATER ADMINISTRATION (Water Authority) - Functions
  • 1. LEGAL REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
  • 2. LAW REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT
  • 3. CONFLICT RESOLUTION
  • 4. REQUESTS PERMITS FILING
  • 5. AUTHORIZING/DENYING PERMITS TO
  • WITHDRAW WATER
  • DISPOSE OF EFFLUENTS
  • 6. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE REGISTER OF
    WATER RIGHTS AND USES
  • UPDATING DATABASE
  • CONSULTATION
  • DISSEMINATION OF USE
  • GRANTING RIGHTS
  • 7. GROUNDWATER PERMITS
  • 8. LICENSING, PERMITS, SANCTIONS
  • 9. WATER RIGHTS TRANSFERS CANCELLATIONS
  • 10. ABSTRACTION DISPOSAL FEES COLLECTION

17
ENVIRONMENTAL - Functions
  • CONSERVANCY
  • ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
  • PROTECTION OF SOURCES
  • WATERSHED MANAGEMENT EROSION CONTROL
  • SETTING WATER-RELATED STANDARDS
  • MONITORING
  • DATABASE MANAGEMENT
  • INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
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