Author(s): H. H. G. Savenije; P. Van Der Zaag
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Abstract: There is growing awareness that comprehensive water resources management is needed, because: 1. fresh water resources are limited; 2. those limited fresh water resources are becoming more and more polluted, rendering them unfit for human consumption and also unfit to sustain the ecosystem; 3. those limited fresh water resources have to be divided amongst competing needs and demands in society2; 4. many citizens do not as yet have access to sufficient and safe fresh water resources; 5. it is increasingly realised that there is a huge potential to increase crop production and achieve food security through more efficient use of rainfall through improved soil and water conservation and harvesting techniques; 6. structures to control water (such as dams and dikes) may often have undesirable consequences on the environment; 7. there is an intimate relationship between groundwater and surface water, between coastal water and fresh water, etc. Regulating one system and not the others may not achieve the desired results.
Year: 2005