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Why Worry About the Health of Transboundary Water Resources? — Water Quality Management by Another Name
ASCE Conf. Proc. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40737(2004)363
Critical Transitions in Water and Environmental Resources Management
Proceedings of World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2004
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Add to FacebookThis paper considers the management of water quality in transboundary basins, in which 145 countries are riparians to the worlds 261 international river basins — an issue highlighted in the Agenda 21, Chapter 18, but still neglected in some parts of the world. It is based on the precept that over the last decade the focus of international water policy discussion has been directed to quantity and not enough on quality. The 1997 UN Convention on international waters, the ILA rules and the UN ECE Convention largely focus on quantity of water in rivers. Considerable debate has taken place on the fair allocation of water volumes, with the implicit assumption that water quality is assured if volumes are appropriate. This is not necessarily so for the continued sustainable operation of aquatic ecosystems and ensuring livelihoods of the poor. The paper will seek to show that in international policy development the quality of international water resources should receive as much attention as quantity. Thus the discussion here is of the ‘health’ of transboundary water resources, be it river system or aquifers.
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