Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Tailor-Made Information in Transboundary Water
Management
Jos G. Timmerman
International Water Assessment Centre (IWAC)Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste
Water Treatment (RIZA)
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2Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation
8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Outline
• What is tailor-made information?• How to produce tailor-made information?
– Specification of information needs: how?– Function-issue table: explanation and
examples– DPSIR: explanation and examples– Examples from River pilots
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What is tailor-made information?
• Tailor-made information is information that is effective: – the information product is tailored to the
questions,
• and efficient: – the information is provided at a reasonable
and affordable price (Adriaanse 1997)
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How to produce tailor-made information?
Information utilisationInformation needs
Data collection
Information strategy Data analysis
Water management
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Specification of information needs: how?• Water management analysis
– Policy / water management objectives– Legal obligations– Inventory of water resources use / land use
• Function-issue table• Cause-effect relationship for each
function-issue combination• Define DPSIR indicators• Define parameters for each indicator
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Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Function-issue table: explanation and examples
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Cause-effect relationship
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Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Driving forces
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Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Driving forces
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Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Driving forces
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Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Pressure
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State
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Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Impact
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Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Impact
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Information Management and Public Participation in Transboundary Water Cooperation8-10 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Response
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Responses
ResponsesDriving forces
ImpactPressures
State
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Some examples from River pilots
UNECE guidelines on monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers
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Defining indicatorsEcological functioning
Driving force Pressure State Impact Response Number of individual households Amount of water consumption for municipal purposes
The load of P and N from WWTP´s discharged into the river and its tributaries from point sources
Concentrations of P and N in groundwater Concentration of chlorophyll Water consumption index per capita
Changes in diversity, abundance and distribution of species, number of species of flora and fauna Number and area of algae blooming (blue-green algae, diatoms, green algae), including the algae toxic for the water fauna, for cattle and people
Number of sewage systems Number of new sewage treatment plants constructed Costs of removing N and P from the sewage
Eutrophication
Agricultural land use area and distribution in the basin Amount of artificial and natural fertilisers used in agriculture
Amount of nutrients washed off into the river
N and P concentrations, O2 concentration
Turbidity, changes in diversity and abundance in fish populations, timing and number of fish kills, timing and number water bloom
Investment into good agriculture practices in € per year
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Indicators -> parameters
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Parameters