Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects : Case Studies

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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The overall goal of this report and the accompanying report summarizing the findings and recommendations, both based on the economic and sector work (ESW), is to advance the understanding and integration in operational terms of environmental water allocation into integrated water resources management. The specific objectives of the reports are the following: 1) document the changing understanding of environmental flows, both by 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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ACCESS TO WATER, AGRICULTURE WATER, ALLOCATION OF WATER, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT, AQUATIC LIFE, AQUIFERS, BASIN MANAGEMENT, BASIN TRANSFER, BORDER WATER, CANALS, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT AREA, CATCHMENTS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, COASTAL AREAS, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION OF NATURE, CONSUMPTIVE USE, CONSUMPTIVE USES, COVERING, DAM CONSTRUCTION, DECISION MAKERS, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND FOR WATER, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS, ENGINEERING, ENTITLEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS, ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS, ENVIRONMENTAL USE, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, ESTUARIES, EVALUATION CRITERIA, FARM DAMS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISH, FISHERIES, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD PROTECTION, FLOODS, FLOW CAPACITY, FLOW REGIMES, FORESTRY, FRESHWATER, FRESHWATER SYSTEMS, GRAZING, GROUND WATER, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER BASINS, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, GROUNDWATER USE, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT, HYDROPOWER PROJECT, INTERBASIN TRANSFERS, INTERNATIONAL WATER, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATORS, LAKES, LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE, LARGE DAMS, LEGISLATION, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, NATIONAL WATER POLICY, NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, POLLUTION, POPULATION DENSITIES, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRECIPITATION, PRESSURE, PROGRAMS, PROVISION OF WATER, PUMPING, QUALITY OF WATER, RAINFALL, RESERVOIRS, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER, RIVER BASIN, RIVER BASINS, RIVER MANAGEMENT, RIVER WATER, RIVERS, RUNOFF, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SEA, SEAS, SECTORAL POLICIES, SOURCE PROTECTION, STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TOWN, TRANSPARENCY, URBAN AREAS, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, WASTEWATER, WATER ABSTRACTION, WATER AFFAIRS, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATIONS, WATER ASSESSMENTS, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER BODIES, WATER CYCLE, WATER DEMAND, WATER DEPARTMENT, WATER ENTITLEMENTS, WATER EXTRACTION, WATER FLOWS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER LEGISLATION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT AREAS, WATER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES, WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY, WATER MANAGERS, WATER MARKET, WATER MARKETS, WATER NEEDS, WATER PARTNERSHIP, WATER POLICIES, WATER PRICING, WATER QUALITY, WATER RECOVERY, WATER REGIMES, WATER REQUIREMENTS, WATER RESEARCH, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES PLANNING, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICE DELIVERY, WATER SHARING, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SOURCE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, WATER SYSTEM, WATER TRANSFER, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USER ASSOCIATION, WATER USERS, WATER USES, WATERCOURSES, WATERS, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHEDS, WETLANDS

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