Toward Integrated Water Resources Management in Armenia

The proper management of water resources plays a key role in the socioeconomic development of Armenia. On average, Armenia has sufficient water resources. Taking into account all available water resources in the country, Armenia has sufficient resources to supply approximately 3,100 cubic meters per capita per year well above the typically cited Falkenmark water stress indicator of 1,700 cubic meters per capita per year. These water resources are not evenly divided in space and time with significant seasonal and annual variability in river runoff. In order to address temporal variations in river runoff, the country has built 87 dams with a total capacity of 1.4 billion cubic meters. Most of these dams are single purpose, mainly for irrigation. Armenia also has considerable groundwater resources, which play an important role in the overall water balance. About 96 percent of the water used for drinking purposes and about 40 percent of water abstracted in the country comes from groundwater. Irrigation remains the largest consumptive user.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Yu, Winston, Cestti, Rita A., Lee, Ju Young
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2015
Subjects:	ABSTRACTION FEES, ACCESS TO DATA, ACCESS TO WATER, AGRICULTURAL WATER, AGRICULTURAL WATER USERS, ALLOCATION OF WATER, ANNUAL RUNOFF, AQUACULTURE, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM, AQUIFERS, ARTESIAN WELLS, ARTIFICIAL WETLANDS, ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER, AVAILABILITY OF WATER, AVAILABLE WATER, AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES, AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, BASINS, BILATERAL AGENCIES, BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, BILLING, CANALS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CLIMATE CHANGE, COLLECTION EFFICIENCY, COLLECTION OF WATER, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, CONSUMERS, CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT, CONTRACT PERIOD, COOLING WATER, COST RECOVERY, CROP YIELDS, CUBIC METER, CUBIC METER OF WATER, CUBIC METERS, DAMS, DEPLETION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, DOMESTIC WATER, DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMPTION, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLIES, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE SYSTEM, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, DRIP IRRIGATION, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EVAPORATION, FISH, FISH FARMING, FISH FARMS, FISH SPECIES, FLOOD FORECASTING, FLOODING, FRESHWATER, GAS, GRAVITY, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER ISSUES, GROUNDWATER QUANTITY, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER SOURCE, GROUNDWATER USE, GROUNDWATER USERS, GROUNDWATER ZONE, HEAVY METALS, HOUSEHOLD WATER, HOUSEHOLD WATER USE, HYDROGEOLOGY, HYDROLOGY, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER GENERATION, HYDROPOWER PLANT, HYDROPOWER PLANTS, INDUSTRIAL WATER, INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS, INVESTMENT COSTS, INVESTMENT PLANNING, INVESTMENT PROJECT, IRRIGABLE LANDS, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION CANALS, IRRIGATION PURPOSES, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION WATER, IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY, LAKE LEVEL, LAKES, LARGE RESERVOIRS, LITERS PER SECOND, LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, MEASUREMENTS, NATIONAL WATER COUNCIL, NATIONAL WATER POLICY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NONREVENUE WATER, NUCLEAR POWER, OPERATOR CONTRACT, PIPE, POLLUTION, POWER GENERATION, PRESSURE, PRIVATE COMPANIES, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, PUMP IRRIGATION, PUMPING, PUMPING STATIONS, QUALITY OF WATER, QUALITY WATER, RAIN, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RECYCLED WATER, RESERVOIRS, RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER, RIPARIAN COUNTRIES, RIVER BASIN, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS, RIVER BASINS, RIVER FLOW, RIVERS, RUNOFF, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION, SANITATION SYSTEMS, SERVICE FEE, SEWERAGE COMPANY, SEWERAGE NETWORK, SNOW, SPRINGS, STORAGE CAPACITY, STREAMFLOW, SURFACE RUNOFF, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER BODIES, SURFACE WATER QUALITY, SURFACE WATER QUANTITY, SURFACE WATERS, SUSTAINABLE WATER, SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY, TELEMETRY, THERMAL POWER, TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS, TREATIES, TREATMENT PLANTS, UNACCOUNTED FOR WATER, UTILITIES, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, WASTEWATER DISCHARGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, WASTEWATER UTILITIES, WATER ABSTRACTION, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER BASIN, WATER BILLS, WATER BODIES, WATER CODE, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER CONVEYANCE, WATER DEMANDS, WATER FEES, WATER FLOWS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER INTAKE, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER METER, WATER METERING, WATER METERS, WATER MONITORING STATIONS, WATER POLICY, WATER PRICING, WATER PROTECTION, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, WATER QUANTITY, WATER RECYCLING, WATER REQUIREMENT, WATER RESERVOIR, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES PLANNING, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICE, WATER SOURCES, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, WATER SYSTEM, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TABLE, WATER TARIFFS, WATER USAGE, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS, WATER USERS, WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS, WATER USES, WATERSHEDS, WELLS, WETLANDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20307445/toward-integrated-water-resources-management-armenia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20459
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