Slide1: Water Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region Katoomba V Meeting Tokyo, 5 November 2002 Wouter Lincklaen Arriëns Lead Water Resources Specialist Asian Development Bank


Slide2: Stark Realities 1 in 3 Asians does not have access to safe drinking water 1 in 2 Asians does not have adequate sanitation facilities


Slide3: A Water Crisis? Competition for scarce water Increasing water pollution More floods and droughts Degraded watersheds Depleted groundwater Disappearing ecosystems


Slide4: Will our rivers... keep flowing into the sea?


Slide5: Presentation Outline


Slide6: Policy and institutional framework Water as a resource Water as a service ADB’s Water Policy ‘Water for All’ Valuation of ecosystem services, watershed markets, and private sector participation Discussion


Slide7: Policy and Institutional Framework


Slide8: Stakeholder participation Water sector coordination Effective national water policy Updated water legislation National water action agenda Capable institutions


Slide9: Water as a Resource


Slide10: Decentralization to river basin Planning and management Water rights Water quality control Conserve watersheds and ecosystems Vulnerability to disasters


Slide11: Water as a Service


Slide12: Autonomous and accountable service providers Community and private sector participation Regulatory framework and cost recovery Public awareness


Slide13: To invest in better water management... focus on people and governance first!


Slide14: ADB’s Policy ‘Water for All’


Slide15: Socially vital economic good that needs careful management to sustain equitable economic growth and reduce poverty Participatory approach needed to meet the challenges of water conservation and protection Principles


Slide16: Focus Improve water governance Manage water resources Deliver water services Investing to


Slide17: Sector Approach Policy and institutional reform River basin management Improving water services Catalyzing investments Capacity building Regional cooperation


Slide18: Ecosystems, Markets, Private Sector


Slide19: Valuing Ecosystems Part of river basin approach to water resource management Lack of practical examples Muthurajawela wetlands in Sri Lanka Hai river basin study in PRC


Slide20: Watershed Management Investing in watershed management: India, PRC, Sri Lanka, Laos, Viet Nam Nam Ngum watershed in Laos: link to poverty reduction Cost sharing needed: by users downstream or from hydropower revenues


Slide21: Watershed Markets Downstream water users pay for watershed protection and land management upstream IIED study reviewed 61 efforts in 22 countries Intermediaries mostly NGOs and government, little PSP


Slide22: Watershed Market Study Watershed Markets – Linking Land Managers and Water Users to Raise Welfare Paper presented by Natasha Landell-Mills of IIED at the International Water Conference 14-16 October 2002 Hanoi, Viet Nam


Slide23: Private Sector Participation Concern: is water ‘privatized’? More $ and higher efficiencies Needs policy, regulation, cost recovery, and public awareness Roles: WRM versus WSD ‘Water for All’ needs better water governance


Slide24: www.adb.org/water