A Guidebook for Local Catchment Management in Cities

Over the years, the pressure on the limited freshwater resources has considerably increased due to growing demand and abuse of the catchment areas The imperatives for an integrated approach, linking water management, land use, the environment and human activities  and involving cooperative governance by local authorities and other stakeholders, is now recognised as the logical way forward. To translate this approach into action, it is necessary to develop enduring partnerships among the participating institutions and organisations in the catchment area. Along side, the policies, laws and regulations shoould be geared to provide the enabling framework as needed for formulation and implementation of action plans at the local level.
 
This guidebook provides basic information on how cities can protect their fresh water resources through proper management of the local catchments. It is for achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) which have set a target for halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, by 2015. The guidebook deals with the principles and practices for better management of water resources which, in turn, will lead to general improvement in the health of the local population, food security, environmental protection and sustainable development.

Contents:

Executive Summary

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Situation Analysis
1.2 Land Use and Associated Pollution Problems
1.3 Impacts of Pollution and Associated Risks
1.4 Community Action for Problem Solving

2.0 Catchment Management: Lesson Learnt
2.1 Past Approaches to Urban catchment Management: Case Studies
2.2 Integrated Approach to Urban Catchment Management: Case Studies
2.3 Prerequisites for Integrated Catchment Management
2.4 Catchment Management Agency
2.5 Catchment Management Strategy and its Imperative
2.6 Key Issues related to Legislation and water Resources Management in a Catchment

3.0 Framework for Development of Catchment Strategy
3.1 Situation Assessment
- Physical Features
- Natural Resources Inventory
- Water Resources Utilisation and Demand
- Social Inventory
- Economic Overview
- Land use, Pollution Sources and Environmental Degradation
- Other Relevant Issues in Situation Assessment
3.2 Institutional Framework
- Modalities for Participatory Urban Catchment Management
- Coordinated Environmental Management Activities

4.0 Monitoring and Data Management
4.1 Water Quality Monitoring System
4.2 General Guidelines on Surface Water Quality
4.3 Biological Monitoring
4.4 Rapid Bio-Assessment Method
4.5 Data Management
4.6 Categories of Datasets
4.7 Mapping of the Catchment

5.0 Strategies for Water Resources Management in Urban Catchments
5.1 Water Resources Protection
5.2 Water Use
5.3 Water Resources Development Strategy
5.4 Water Resources Conservation Strategy
5.5 Water Resources Control Strategy
5.6 Establishing a Catchment Management Plan
5.7 Institutiola;ising Coopeartive Governance of the catchment
5.8 Devising a Management Plan for Stressed Catchment
5.9 Strategies for Pollution Control in Urban Catchments

6.0 Expected Outputs and Specific Interventions
6.1 Enhanced Public Awareness and Education
6.2 Incorporation of Environmental Education in School Curricula
6.3 Regulation of Water Quality
6.4 Measures for Conservation of Ecologically Sensitive Habitats
6.5 Degraded Sites Restored and uffer Zones Established
6.6 Significant Reduction of water Pollution by Sewerage Effluents
6.7 Improved Access to Basic Water and Sanitation for the Slum Dwellers
6.8 Improved Capacity for Solid Waste Management
6.9 Safety Measures in Medical Waste Management
6.10 Minimised Pollution by the Transport Sector
6.11 Minimised Pollution by Manufacturing Industries
6.12 Management of Natural Sources of Pollution
6.13 Institutionalised Environmental Impact Assessment and Monitoring
6.14 Coordinated and Integrated Institutional Mechanism
6.15 Strengthened Land Use Controls
6.16 Inproved Availability of water in the Catchment
6.17 Regulation of Water Abstraction in the Catchment
6.18 A Catchment Information Management System
6.19 Institutional Reforms in Public water Sector
6.20 Financing Water Quality Improvement Programme
6.21 Periodic Reviews of the Performance of the Catchment Management Plan

7.0 Glossary

8.0 References

9.0 Appendix
 

Pustaka ini tersedia di ISSDP (Indonesia Sanitation Sector Development Program),
Jl. Cianjur No.4 Menteng, Jakarta 10310. Telp. 021-31903909