As good quality fresh water resources are becoming increasingly
scarce, they need to be managed carefully and in an integrated way.
Many countries have a history of managing water as a commodity
rather than as a resource. Integrated water resource management is
necessary to safeguard the sustainable use of water resources,
balance and optimize the various uses, and cast a wide net of
supporting interventions and measures. Integrated water resource
management requires new institutions and new financing mechanisms.
It also requires new techniques and capacity building. In all these
areas, Euroconsult Mott MacDonald has an extensive track
record.
Euroconsult Mott MacDonald provides a range of services in
integrated water resource management:
- Supporting national and local water resource planning
- Capacity building and institutional strengthening
- Process management, for instance, making transboundary water
management work
- IWRM management tools - remote sensing applications, monitoring
systems, operational water plans, data management and GIS
- Managing coordination among stakeholders
- Development of financial instruments
- Adaptation of legislation
- Implementation of EU Water Framework Directive
- Introduction of River Basin Management
