This presentation by A. Gurunathan from the DHAN Tank (Vayalagam) Foundation made at the Madurai Symposium 2013 lists out the basics of ensuring stakeholder participation in water resources management. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) a process which promotes the coordinated 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.

1. INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS’
PARTICIPATION
A.GURUNATHAN
Chief Executive
DHAN Vayalagam (TANK)
Foundation

2. What is IWRM?
• It is a process that promotes coordinated
development and management of water,
land and related resources in order to
maximise equitable economic and social
welfare without compromising Vital ecosystems.

3. The Dublin-Rio principles 1992
- the underpinning of IWRM -
1.
Fresh water as a finite and vulnerable resource.
2.
Water development and management based on a participatory approach
3.
Women playing a central part
4.
Water as an economic good with an economic value in competing uses

4. IWRM: the triple top/bottom line!
Economic
Efficiency
Structure
Management
Instruments
 Assessment
 Information
 Allocation
Instruments
Equity
Enabling
Environment
 Policies
 Legislation
Environmental
Sustainability
Institutional
Framework
 Central Local
 River Basin
 Public Private
Balance “water for livelihood” and “water as a
resource”
The three “E”s
The three “pillars” of IWRM

5. Horizontal integration :
Managing competing uses, across sectors
Cross-sectoral integration
• Enabling
environment
• Institutions
• Management
tools
Water
for
people
Water
for
food
Water
for
nature
Water
for
energy
and
other
uses

6. TN - Water supply and demand (2025)
• Total water resources = 46,540 Mcm
Surface: 24,160 Mcm
Within the state: 16,769 Mcm
From neighbouring states:7,391 Mcm (30%)
Groundwater: 22,380 Mcm
• Total demand
= 57,725 Mcm
Agriculture = 49978 Mcm (86%)
Non- Agriculture = 7747 Mcm
•
Supply-Demand Gap = 11,185 Mcm (24%)

7. River Basin Organisations for Better
Governance
• Large Dam Centric Institutional structure
• Damodar Valley Authority (Tennesse Valley
Authority)
• Lack Vision to think comprehensive
governance and management aspects

8. Key Challenges
• Establishing River Basin Organisation – Bottom Up
Approach ( Interfacing new institutional frame
work with constitutional frame work)
• Active involvement of Key Stake holders (Area
Water Partnership)
• River basin level IWRM Plan
• Effective Demand side management

9. Thank you

10. Thank you