Allocate water sustainably and equitably
River basin organisations need to set criteria to allocate water sustainably and equitably to sustainable manage available water resources.
Need characteristics
- Water security
- River Basin Organisations (RBOs)
- Sustainable water management
- Integrated water resources management (IWRM)
- Decrease in water quality and quantity
- Efficient water allocation criteria
- Increasing sustainability and equitability of water management
- Dryer
- Wetter & Dryer
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