National Strategy of Water Resources Integrated Management 2018-2027.
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Abstract
The national strategy of integrated management of water resources 2018-2027 has five strategic objectives including the sustainable use of water resources, the attainment of good water quality in all water resources by the year 2027, disaster risk reduction and management for drought and floods, increase of sound scientific knowledge on water and climate issues, and application of inclusive and sustainable water management practices that yield equitable profits to all involved stakeholders.
The strategy presents a detailed situational analysis including the challenges the sector faces as well as the policies of addressing these challenges. To this end, the efforts will be focused on the improvement and expansion of water supply, orientation of water services towards principles of cost control and recuperation, improvement of administration institutional frameworks, investing to increase sector capacity, and full approximation of domestic legislation with the EU water legislation.
Specifically, the action plans will address the rehabilitation and modernization of water supply infrastructure, review of tariff-related legal issues including their differentiation, provision of financial assistance to specific categories of consumers, cost recuperation for the service providers, and assets evaluation for the water supply systems. To make agriculture more productive efforts in the irrigation sector will focus on water protection and quality protection through plans of water management, continuous monitoring of surface water quality, rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation systems and expansion of irrigation zones for the production of the high quality crops, recuperation of up to 90% of maintenance and management costs, increase of total capacity in water gathering etc.
The Agency of Water Resources Management is the main institution responsible for the implementation of this strategy and building synergies with other line ministries. Reporting, monitoring and assessment will be done using the Matrix of Performance Evaluation that will be prepared by the Agency and will employ indicators selected among those used for the National Strategy for Development and Integration 2015-2020.
The strategy presents a detailed situational analysis including the challenges the sector faces as well as the policies of addressing these challenges. To this end, the efforts will be focused on the improvement and expansion of water supply, orientation of water services towards principles of cost control and recuperation, improvement of administration institutional frameworks, investing to increase sector capacity, and full approximation of domestic legislation with the EU water legislation.
Specifically, the action plans will address the rehabilitation and modernization of water supply infrastructure, review of tariff-related legal issues including their differentiation, provision of financial assistance to specific categories of consumers, cost recuperation for the service providers, and assets evaluation for the water supply systems. To make agriculture more productive efforts in the irrigation sector will focus on water protection and quality protection through plans of water management, continuous monitoring of surface water quality, rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation systems and expansion of irrigation zones for the production of the high quality crops, recuperation of up to 90% of maintenance and management costs, increase of total capacity in water gathering etc.
The Agency of Water Resources Management is the main institution responsible for the implementation of this strategy and building synergies with other line ministries. Reporting, monitoring and assessment will be done using the Matrix of Performance Evaluation that will be prepared by the Agency and will employ indicators selected among those used for the National Strategy for Development and Integration 2015-2020.
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After its publication in the Official Gazette.
Notes
The National Strategy of Water Resources Integrated Management 2018-2027 was approved by Regulation No. 73 dated 7 February 2018.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Official Gazette No. 52/2018 page 2973.
Source language
English
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No