Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Jaguaribe River Basin, Ceará, Brazil

The authors describe and analyze water resources reform and decentralization of river basin management in the state of Ceara, Northeast Brazil, the poorest part of the country. The Jaguaribe river basin is located entirely within the state of Ceara. With a drainage area of 72,560 square kilometers,...

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Main Authors: Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga, Kemper, Karin Erika
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5866161/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-jaguaribe-river-basin-ceara-brazil
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topic ADEQUATE SANITATION
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
ALLOCATION PROCESS
ARID REGIONS
BASIN AREA
BASIN LEVEL
BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
BASIN MANAGEMENT ISSUES
BASIN MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANTS
BASIN ORGANIZATIONS
BASIN POPULATION
BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
BULK WATER
CATTLE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CIVIL SOCIETY
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COAST
COLLECTION OF WATER
CONSTRUCTION
CONSUMPTIVE USE
CONSUMPTIVE USES
CUBIC METERS
DEMAND ESTIMATES
DEMAND FOR WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
DIVERSION
DROUGHT
DROUGHT EXPOSURE
DRY SEASON
DRY YEARS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
FARMERS
FARMING
FRESHWATER RESOURCES
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
HOUSEHOLDS
INDUSTRIAL WATER
INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT
INTER-BASIN TRANSFERS
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND USE
LARGE DAMS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS
LOCAL-LEVEL BASIN GOVERNANCE
MAIN WATER SOURCES
MAINTENANCE OF WATER
MANAGING WATER RESOURCES
METEOROLOGY
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
MUNICIPAL WATER
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PERMITS
POINT SOURCE POLLUTION
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
PRECIPITATION
PROGRAMS
PROTECTION AGAINST DROUGHT
RAINFALL
RESERVOIRS
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS
RIVER BASINS
RIVERS
SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
SANITATION SERVICES
SERVICE PROVISION
SEWAGE COLLECTION
SOUTH AMERICA
STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION
STORAGE CAPACITY
SUB-BASIN
SURFACE WATER
URBAN AREAS
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER SUPPLY
WASTEWATER COLLECTION
WATER AGENCIES
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CHARGES
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DEMAND
WATER FEES
WATER FLOWS
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
WATER LAW
WATER LEGISLATION
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
WATER POLICY
WATER PRICING
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY CONTROL
WATER QUANTITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SANITATION
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECURITY
WATER STORAGE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
WATER TRANSFER
WATER USE
WATER USER
WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS
WATER USERS
WATER USES
WATERS
WATERWAYS
spellingShingle ADEQUATE SANITATION
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
ALLOCATION PROCESS
ARID REGIONS
BASIN AREA
BASIN LEVEL
BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
BASIN MANAGEMENT ISSUES
BASIN MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANTS
BASIN ORGANIZATIONS
BASIN POPULATION
BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
BULK WATER
CATTLE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CIVIL SOCIETY
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COAST
COLLECTION OF WATER
CONSTRUCTION
CONSUMPTIVE USE
CONSUMPTIVE USES
CUBIC METERS
DEMAND ESTIMATES
DEMAND FOR WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
DIVERSION
DROUGHT
DROUGHT EXPOSURE
DRY SEASON
DRY YEARS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
FARMERS
FARMING
FRESHWATER RESOURCES
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
HOUSEHOLDS
INDUSTRIAL WATER
INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT
INTER-BASIN TRANSFERS
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND USE
LARGE DAMS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS
LOCAL-LEVEL BASIN GOVERNANCE
MAIN WATER SOURCES
MAINTENANCE OF WATER
MANAGING WATER RESOURCES
METEOROLOGY
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
MUNICIPAL WATER
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PERMITS
POINT SOURCE POLLUTION
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
PRECIPITATION
PROGRAMS
PROTECTION AGAINST DROUGHT
RAINFALL
RESERVOIRS
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS
RIVER BASINS
RIVERS
SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
SANITATION SERVICES
SERVICE PROVISION
SEWAGE COLLECTION
SOUTH AMERICA
STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION
STORAGE CAPACITY
SUB-BASIN
SURFACE WATER
URBAN AREAS
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER SUPPLY
WASTEWATER COLLECTION
WATER AGENCIES
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CHARGES
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DEMAND
WATER FEES
WATER FLOWS
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
WATER LAW
WATER LEGISLATION
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
WATER POLICY
WATER PRICING
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY CONTROL
WATER QUANTITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SANITATION
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECURITY
WATER STORAGE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
WATER TRANSFER
WATER USE
WATER USER
WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS
WATER USERS
WATER USES
WATERS
WATERWAYS
Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga
Kemper, Karin Erika
Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Jaguaribe River Basin, Ceará, Brazil
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3649
description The authors describe and analyze water resources reform and decentralization of river basin management in the state of Ceara, Northeast Brazil, the poorest part of the country. The Jaguaribe river basin is located entirely within the state of Ceara. With a drainage area of 72,560 square kilometers, it covers almost half of the state's territory. The basin has 80 municipalities and more than 2 million people, about half rural and half urban, in primarily small towns, representing about a third of Ceara's population. Precipitation in the basin is highly variable, ranging from 400 mm in the hinterland to 1,200 mm along the coast. Rivers in the basin are ephemeral and only flow during the rainy season. The key water management challenge is to capture the water in reservoirs in rainy years and to manage it such that it will last for several years, in case the following years are drought years. The other important challenge is the increasing dependence of the state capital Fortaleza, located in a different basin, on water from the Jaguaribe basin. Decentralization of decisionmaking has taken place at two levels. Devolution from the federal to the state level in the past 15 years was highly successful. The state has created its own Water Resources Management Company (COGERH) which is responsible for water resources management throughout the state. Decentralization from state to local level has been more partial. Although COGERH has decentralized the allocation of strategic reservoir waters to local institutions, many traditional water management attributions continue under its and the state's purview, such as water permits, bulk water pricing, planning, operation and maintenance of hydraulic infrastructure, groundwater management, and control. The creation of sub-basin committees and user commissions has increased stakeholder participation of all types. Although so far stakeholder involvement has been limited largely to the negotiated allocation of water and to conflict resolution, these experiences represent a radical transformation in management practices, transforming water users from uninformed takers of water management decisions to informed and aware participants in the management process. That said, local stakeholders still have no say in some decisionmaking processes that affect them directly, such as bulk water pricing or inter-basin transfers to Greater Fortaleza, which continue solely under the control of state government agencies. The case of the Jaguaribe basin shows that (1) long-standing political support is of major importance in the development and implementation of water resources management reform, (2) that institutional arrangements for water resources management can successfully be adapted to local conditions to achieve positive outcomes, and (3) that even with initial conditions that seem to not favor change, decentralization can be achieved.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga
Kemper, Karin Erika
author_facet Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga
Kemper, Karin Erika
author_sort Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga
title Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Jaguaribe River Basin, Ceará, Brazil
title_short Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Jaguaribe River Basin, Ceará, Brazil
title_full Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Jaguaribe River Basin, Ceará, Brazil
title_fullStr Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Jaguaribe River Basin, Ceará, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Jaguaribe River Basin, Ceará, Brazil
title_sort institutional and policy analysis of river basin management : the jaguaribe river basin, ceará, brazil
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5866161/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-jaguaribe-river-basin-ceara-brazil
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spelling okr-10986-82982021-04-23T14:02:43Z Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Jaguaribe River Basin, Ceará, Brazil Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga Kemper, Karin Erika ADEQUATE SANITATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ALLOCATION PROCESS ARID REGIONS BASIN AREA BASIN LEVEL BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES BASIN MANAGEMENT ISSUES BASIN MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANTS BASIN ORGANIZATIONS BASIN POPULATION BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BULK WATER CATTLE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COAST COLLECTION OF WATER CONSTRUCTION CONSUMPTIVE USE CONSUMPTIVE USES CUBIC METERS DEMAND ESTIMATES DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DIVERSION DROUGHT DROUGHT EXPOSURE DRY SEASON DRY YEARS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FARMERS FARMING FRESHWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL WATER INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT INTER-BASIN TRANSFERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LARGE DAMS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS LOCAL-LEVEL BASIN GOVERNANCE MAIN WATER SOURCES MAINTENANCE OF WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES METEOROLOGY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PERMITS POINT SOURCE POLLUTION POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH PRECIPITATION PROGRAMS PROTECTION AGAINST DROUGHT RAINFALL RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS RIVER BASINS RIVERS SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE PROVISION SEWAGE COLLECTION SOUTH AMERICA STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STORAGE CAPACITY SUB-BASIN SURFACE WATER URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTEWATER COLLECTION WATER AGENCIES WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CHARGES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER FEES WATER FLOWS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LAW WATER LEGISLATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WATER POLICY WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY CONTROL WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RIGHTS WATER SANITATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SECURITY WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER TRANSFER WATER USE WATER USER WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS WATER USERS WATER USES WATERS WATERWAYS The authors describe and analyze water resources reform and decentralization of river basin management in the state of Ceara, Northeast Brazil, the poorest part of the country. The Jaguaribe river basin is located entirely within the state of Ceara. With a drainage area of 72,560 square kilometers, it covers almost half of the state's territory. The basin has 80 municipalities and more than 2 million people, about half rural and half urban, in primarily small towns, representing about a third of Ceara's population. Precipitation in the basin is highly variable, ranging from 400 mm in the hinterland to 1,200 mm along the coast. Rivers in the basin are ephemeral and only flow during the rainy season. The key water management challenge is to capture the water in reservoirs in rainy years and to manage it such that it will last for several years, in case the following years are drought years. The other important challenge is the increasing dependence of the state capital Fortaleza, located in a different basin, on water from the Jaguaribe basin. Decentralization of decisionmaking has taken place at two levels. Devolution from the federal to the state level in the past 15 years was highly successful. The state has created its own Water Resources Management Company (COGERH) which is responsible for water resources management throughout the state. Decentralization from state to local level has been more partial. Although COGERH has decentralized the allocation of strategic reservoir waters to local institutions, many traditional water management attributions continue under its and the state's purview, such as water permits, bulk water pricing, planning, operation and maintenance of hydraulic infrastructure, groundwater management, and control. The creation of sub-basin committees and user commissions has increased stakeholder participation of all types. Although so far stakeholder involvement has been limited largely to the negotiated allocation of water and to conflict resolution, these experiences represent a radical transformation in management practices, transforming water users from uninformed takers of water management decisions to informed and aware participants in the management process. That said, local stakeholders still have no say in some decisionmaking processes that affect them directly, such as bulk water pricing or inter-basin transfers to Greater Fortaleza, which continue solely under the control of state government agencies. The case of the Jaguaribe basin shows that (1) long-standing political support is of major importance in the development and implementation of water resources management reform, (2) that institutional arrangements for water resources management can successfully be adapted to local conditions to achieve positive outcomes, and (3) that even with initial conditions that seem to not favor change, decentralization can be achieved. 2012-06-18T18:08:51Z 2012-06-18T18:08:51Z 2005-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5866161/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-jaguaribe-river-basin-ceara-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8298 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3649 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil