The Needs for Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Implementation Progress Assessment in Malaysia

Sukereman, Anis Syazwani; Suratman, Robiah

doi:10.7763/ijimt.2014.v5.563

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“…For the most part so far, IWRM has not been able to achieve its intended benefits of ensuring multi-sector coordination and coherence in policy objectives, especially in developing and transition countries (Biswas, 2004;Muller, 2015;Suhardiman, Clement, & Bharati, 2015). Nonetheless, coordination and coherence are the key aspects of IWRM that are required for successfully addressing the complex problems of water resources management (Foster & Ait-Kadi, 2012;Sukereman & Suratman, 2014).…”

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Integrated water resources management : A systems perspective of water governance and hydrological conditions

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The research shows that despite policy and institutional reforms and recognition of river basins as the domains of water management, the IWRM process in the Awash Basin suffers in its key implementation phases. Continued efforts to translate the principles and policies into practice have been faced with a number of interdependent challenges and gaps. These relate to the three pillars of IWRM implementation, namely the enabling environment, the institutional arrangements and management instruments. Among the challenges that have contributed to the overall difficulties in IWRM implementation are: the inherent gaps in the water policy in providing a proper mechanism of cross-sectoral coordination and progressive system of multi-stakeholder participation; limitations in the basic legal and regulatory frameworks; and underdefined inter-institutional power relations. These are evident from the existence of unclear institutional mandates, overlapping functions and competencies, and hence limited institutional collaboration. These have further led to the lack of policy coordination across multiple sectors and scales throughout the whole process of water management decision making, planning and actions.The scenario-based quantitative analysis has indicated that the current IWRM based system in the basin is increasingly far from achieving water security goals for various socio-economic sectors and the environment. Despite the intense competition for water between sectors and users, a comprehensive management information system and an upto-date basin development plan are lacking. Therefore, knowledge and awareness on long-term impacts of the existing water use and future development needs are limited. Development scenarios with planned irrigation expansions and estimated population growth point to a widening gap in demand satisfaction to nearly double the current amount in the next couple of decades, even with the incorporation of IWRM demand management measures. The Awash basin exemplifies the situation of an increasing need to expand irrigation to meet food security targets. Nonetheless, water resources in the current state are insufficient to serve the increasing demands of development sectors, even when realistic demand management options are explored. The demand and supply gap will further widen with the introduction of the minimum environmental flows required for ecosystems maintenance. ix 6.4 Discussion .

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Potential Of Best Management Practices (Bmps) Projects For Effective Integrated Water Resource Management

Sukereman

Suratman

2016

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Nowadays, water pollution was viewed as a crucial issue and if not properly managed, it can threaten human health along with environment. Being so, various efforts have been taken by the government of Malaysia to ensure the Integrated Water Resource Management can be effectively implemented. In supporting the effective implementation of this approach, a Best Management Practices (BMPs) projects were carried out. Unfortunately, the implementation of these projects still remains in doubt and was unfamiliar by many parties. Therefore, this paper examined the outcome of BMPs Projects in the perspective of river water quality in Malaysia. By using content analysis technique towards 12 year period of data from the Malaysia Environmental Quality Report, starting from year 2002 to the year 2014, four projects were selected in order to identify is there any difference, especially on the river water quality status before and after BMPs Project have been carried out. The result of the studies revealed that, the BMPs projects have a potential in improving water quality status and there is a need to actively promote this project to the various stakeholders involved so that it can minimize Integrated Water Resource Management issues as well as enhancing the implementation.

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Framing a social network analysis approach to understanding reputational power in the water governance of Johor, Malaysia

Wan Ahmad Tajuddin,

Zainon Noor,

Weng Wai

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Journal of Water and Climate Change

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The challenge of collaborative water governance often lies in the complexity of the networks involved in its processes, particularly in understanding the location of power and how the reputational power can be executed for policy decisions. A case study of the state of Johor, Malaysia, was done with the goal of figuring out a method for mapping out reputational powers in the network of actors involved in the water governance of the state. To achieve this goal, this study deconstructs the different facets of the state’s water governance system by outlining the spatial, operational, and legal boundaries of various agencies. The fundamental issues identified through this step are the complexity that leads to fragmented water governance. A research framework is thus proposed, derived from a qualitative approach whereby through in-depth interviews, respondents are asked to rank the water-related agencies based on their perceived influence. These rankings derived from qualitative interviews are given weights and subsequently measured using parameters such as density and in-degree centrality to provide quantitative evidence of the reputational powers held by actors in the water governance network. The study supports the future use of the reputational power research framework to achieve collaborative water governance solutions.

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The Needs for Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Implementation Progress Assessment in Malaysia

Abstract: She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in land administration and development at the same university. Her research interests include environmental studies, water resources management, land use policies and regulation and water governance.

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Integrated water resources management : A systems perspective of water governance and hydrological conditions

Integrated water resources management : A systems perspective of water governance and hydrological conditions

Potential Of Best Management Practices (Bmps) Projects For Effective Integrated Water Resource Management

Framing a social network analysis approach to understanding reputational power in the water governance of Johor, Malaysia

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