integrated water resource management
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ɪnˈtɛɡreɪtɪd ˈwɔːtər rɪˈzɔːrs ˈmænɪdʒməntListen
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a process that promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources to maximise economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems; integrated water resource management challenges the siloed, sector-by-sector management of water that historically separated irrigation, urban supply, hydropower, environment, and flood control into separate institutional domains with conflicting objectives; it advocates for catchment-based governance, stakeholder participation, the consideration of ecological water requirements, demand management alongside supply augmentation, and the integration of groundwater and surface water management; adopted as a guiding framework by the Global Water Partnership and endorsed in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation in 2002
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