Why IWRM is important?
GWP meeting at UN
April 19, 2004
Jerson Kelman
Brazilian Water Agency - ANA
Why IWRM is important?
Fragmented and sectoral management results on
CONFLICTS
Upstream irrigation X
Downstream irrigation
Irrigation x
Urban Supply
Power Generation
x Navigation
Why IWRM is important?
SOLUTION..... River Basin Committee
Water Rights Enforcement Polluter pays
Why IWRM is important?
Why IWRM is important?
Example:
Power production
X
Navigation
Why IWRM is important?
LE G E N D A :
LT 500 kV LT 230 kV LT 138 kVE XIS TE N TE
R O TA S C C PE
LT 230 kV TR A N SFO R M ÁVE L E M 500 kV
S E E X IS TEN TE
U H E E XIS TE N TE
S E F U TU R A
U H E FU TU R A
Example:
Power production
X
Navigation
Why IWRM is important?
Example:
Power production
X
Navigation
Why IWRM is important?
Giving a right answer to a wrong question
can be as bad as
giving a wrong answer to a right question