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Water Law & Policy: A Brief Introduction

Mohamad Mova Al ‘Afghani

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Keywords

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Water Resources

IWRMAbstractionDischargeRiver Basin OrganizationIrrigationAllocationPlanning

GroundwaterSurface WaterStakeholdersWater QualityTransboundary WaterWater ZoningRegime interface:

forestry, mining, coastal, land-use

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Water Services

UtilitiesNatural MonopolyEconomic RegulationCompetitionPublic ServiceSupplySewerage

Service LevelsCustomer ServiceInvestmentNetwork ExpansionRegulatorDrinking Water QualityCorporatization

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Corresponding Issues: HR

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Corresponding issue: PSP

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Interdisciplinary Approach

• Sanitation & Hygiene (Education, Religion)• Sprawl (Urban Planning)• Tarriffication (Economics, Public Policy)• Privatisation (Political Economy)• Conservation (Ecology/Policy)• Piping (Engineering/Hydraulics)

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Water Footprints (and nexuses)

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IELRC Seminar

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Expert Consultation on PSP

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World Water Week

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Latest Publications

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UNESCO CWLPS-GWP-UNDP Workshop

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