Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects : Findings and Recommendations

The overall goal of the analysis presented in this report is to advance the understanding and integration in operational terms of environmental water allocation into integrated water resources management. The specific objectives of this report are the following: 1) document the changing understanding of environmental flows, by both water resources practitioners and by environmental experts within the Bank and in borrowing countries; 2) draw lessons from experience in implementing environmental flows by the Bank, other international development organizations with experience in this area, and a small number of developed and developing countries; 3) develop an analytical framework to support more effective integration of environmental flow considerations for informing and guiding: (a) the planning, design, and operations decision making of water resources infrastructure projects; (b) the legal, policy, institutional, and capacity development related to environmental flows; and (c) restoration programs; and 4) provide recommendations for improvements in technical guidance to better incorporate environmental flow considerations into the preparation and implementation of lending operations.

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Main Authors:	Hirji, Rafik, Davis, Richard
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2009
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER, ACCESS TO WATER, AGRICULTURE WATER, ALLOCATION OF WATER, AQUACULTURE, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AQUATIC HABITAT, AQUATIC LIFE, AQUIFER, AQUIFERS, AVAILABILITY OF WATER, BASIN MANAGEMENT, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BOREHOLES, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT, CATCHMENTS, CHANNELS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATIC REGIONS, COASTAL AREAS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION OF NATURE, COVERING, CUBIC METERS, CUT OFF, DAM PLANNING, DECISION MAKERS, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND FOR WATER, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DIKES, DISCHARGE, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMICS, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ENGINEERING, ENTITLEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES, ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, EROSION, ESTUARIES, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, FARMING, FISH, FISHERIES, FISHING, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD MANAGEMENT, FLOOD PROTECTION, FLOOD REGULATION, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLOW CAPACITY, FLOW REGIMES, FORESTRY, FRESHWATER, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, FRESHWATER SPECIES, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GRAZING, GROUND WATER, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, HIGH WATER, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT, HYDROPOWER PROJECT, IMPOUNDMENT, INTERBASIN TRANSFER, INTERBASIN TRANSFERS, INTERNATIONAL WATER, INVESTMENT PLANNING, IRRIGATION, LAKE BASINS, LAKES, LAND USE, LARGE DAMS, LEGISLATION, LEVEES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, MAJOR WATER RESOURCE, MANGROVES, MARINE WATERS, NATIONAL WATER POLICIES, NATIONAL WATER POLICY, NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, NITROGEN, NUTRIENT CYCLING, NUTRIENTS, POLICY INSTRUMENTS, POLICY MAKERS, POLLUTION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRESSURE, PRICE OF WATER, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, PUMPING, QUALITY OF WATER, QUALITY WATER, QUANTITIES OF WATER, QUANTITY OF WATER, RAINFALL, RESERVOIRS, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RIPARIAN, RIPARIAN COUNTRIES, RIVER BASIN, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASINS, RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS, RIVERS, RUNOFF, SAFE WATER, SALINE INTRUSION, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SANITATION, SCARCE WATER, SCIENCES, SEA, SEAS, SECTORAL POLICIES, STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, STORM WATER, STORM WATER RUNOFF, STREAMS, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, SUSTAINABLE WATER, TIMBER, TOWN, TOWNS, TRANSPARENCY, URBAN AREAS, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, USE OF WATER, VALVES, WASTED WATER, WASTEWATER, WATER ABSTRACTION, WATER AFFAIRS, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATIONS, WATER BODIES, WATER CYCLE, WATER DEPARTMENT, WATER ENTITLEMENTS, WATER FLOWS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGERS, WATER MARKETS, WATER NEEDS, WATER PARTNERSHIP, WATER POLICY, WATER PRESSURE, WATER QUALITY, WATER RECOVERY, WATER REQUIREMENTS, WATER RESEARCH, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES PLANNING, WATER RIGHTS, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TABLES, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USERS, WATER USES, WATERCOURSES, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHEDS, WATERWAYS, WETLANDS,
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