Berg Water Project : Communication Practices for Governance and Sustainability Improvement

The past decade has witnessed a major global shift in thinking about water, including the role that water infrastructure plays in sustainable development. This rethinking aims to better balance the social, economic, and environmental performance aspects in the development and management of large dams. Additionally, it reinforces efforts to combat poverty by ensuring more equitable access to water and energy services. There is also growing appreciation of how broad-based policy reforms come into play and influence decisions around issues related to dams. Apart from democratization of the development process itself, it is increasingly recognized that infrastructure strategies must complement strategies for water, environment, and energy security; they must also address emerging concerns to reduce vulnerability in water resource systems due to the probability of climate change. Communication comes to the forefront in modern approaches to dam planning and management in several respects. Communication is central to multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships at all levels needed to achieve sustainability and governance reform in water resource management and infrastructure provision. At the same time, communication drives the advocacy to mobilize political will and public support for beneficial change and continuous improvement in practices. This case study emphasizes that it is important not only to mobilize all opportunities to reconcile water demand and supply in river basins facing increasing levels of water stress, but also to effectively integrate governance and anticorruption reforms and sustainability improvements into all stages of the planning and project cycle-adding value for all stakeholders, not just for some of them.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Haas, Lawrence J. M., Mazzei, Leonardo, O'Leary, Donal T., Rossouw, Nigel
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012-03-19T09:34:49Z
Subjects:	ACCESS TO WATER, AESTHETICS, ALLOCATION OF WATER, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AUGMENTATION, AVAILABLE WATER, AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES, BOREHOLES, BULK SUPPLY, BULK WATER, BULK WATER SUPPLY, CAPACITY BUILDING, CATCHMENT AREA, CATCHMENT LEVEL, CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT, CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCIES, CATCHMENTS, CHANNEL, CHEMISTRY, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE, CONFLUENCE, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, COST OF WATER, CROP PRODUCTION, DAM CONSTRUCTION, DAM PLANNING, DECISION MAKERS, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND FOR WATER, DESALINATION, DIVERSION, DOMESTIC USE, DOMESTIC USERS, DOWNSTREAM FACE, DOWNSTREAM USERS, DOWNSTREAM WATER USERS, DROUGHT, EFFICIENT USE OF WATER, EFFLUENT, ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EXPORT, FARM DAMS, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMING PRACTICES, FORESTRY, FRESH WATER, FRESHWATER, GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER SOURCES, HIGH WATER, HOUSEHOLDS, IMPORTS, IMPOUNDMENT, INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION BOARDS, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION WATER, IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY, IRRIGATORS, JOINT VENTURE, LAND USE, LARGE DAMS, LEAKAGE, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL CONTRACTORS, LOCAL WATER, MANAGING WATER RESOURCES, MARGINAL COST, MONITORING PROGRAM, MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MUNICIPAL WATER, MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL WATER POLICY, NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH, NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PIPE, PIPE SYSTEM, PIPED WATER, PIPELINE, PIPELINES, PIPES, PLUMBING, POLLUTION, POPULATION GROWTH, POTABLE WATER, PRESSURE, PROGRAMS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROVINCIAL AGENCIES, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC WATER, PUMP STATION, PUMPING, PUMPING STATIONS, QUALITY STANDARDS, QUANTITY OF WATER, RAINFALL, RAW WATER, RECYCLING, REGULATORY SYSTEMS, RESERVOIRS, RETICULATION, RIPARIAN, RIPARIAN ZONES, RIVER BASIN, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASINS, RIVER CATCHMENT, RIVER FLOW, RIVER SYSTEM, RIVER WATER, RIVERS, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SAFE WATER, SALINITY, SANITATION, SANITATION SERVICES, SCARCE WATER, SCARCE WATER RESOURCES, SEAWATER, SERVICE IMPROVEMENT, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SOILS, STORAGE CAPACITY, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER RESOURCES, SUSTAINABLE USE, TAPS, TOILETS, TOWN, TOWNS, TRANSPARENCY, TREATMENT PLANTS, URBAN WATER, USAGE OF WATER, USE OF WATER, VALVES, WASTEWATER, WATER AFFAIRS, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER BOARDS, WATER BODIES, WATER CHARGES, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER DEMAND, WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT, WATER DEPARTMENT, WATER GOVERNANCE, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER LEGISLATION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MARKETS, WATER NEED, WATER PARTNERSHIP, WATER POLICY, WATER PRICING, WATER PROFESSIONALS, WATER PROJECTS, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, WATER QUALITY MONITORING, WATER QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITIES, WATER QUANTITY, WATER RECOVERY, WATER REQUIREMENTS, WATER RESEARCH, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SAVINGS, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SCHEMES, WATER SECTOR, WATER SECTOR REFORM, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICE DELIVERY, WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS, WATER SERVICE PROVISION, WATER SERVICES, WATER STORAGE, WATER STRATEGY, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT, WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS, WATER SUPPLY SCHEME, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, WATER TRANSFER, WATER TRANSFER SCHEMES, WATER TRANSFERS, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USERS, WATER USES, WATER YIELD, WATERCOURSES,
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