InfoDay

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• Info-Day
• WB6 Dissemination Seminar
• Cagliari, 7 October 2005
• Building of a common logic of intervention on
  water stress in Sardinias test site
• C. Bogliotti, L. Diliberto, C. Morini
• CIHEAM - Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo of
  Bari, Italy
• HYDROCONTROL -Centro di Ricerca e Formazione
  per il Controllo dei Sistemi Idrici, Cagliari,
  Italy

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Targets of presentation

• Initiate and support stakeholders discussion and
  dialogue on water stress in the test site
• Suggest a practical method to systematise the
  complex frame of problems regarding water stress
  in the test site
• Develop a process of shared knowledge on water
  stress in the test site to contribute to building
  sustainable development
• A common frame of problems and a consensus on a
  common logic of intervention oriented towards the
  main criteria of sustainable development

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Targeting sustainable development

• Criteria or imperatives of Sustainable
  Development (1,2) as main target reference
• Sustainability
• - social dimension improve cohesion
• - economic dimension competitiveness
• - environmental dimension limit throughout
• Governance
• - critical mass (CM)
• - knowledge (KN)
• - capacity (CA)
• (1) Valentin Spangenberg, 2000, (2) Bogliotti
  Spangenberg (2005)

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• Interlinkages among criteria or imperatives
• Sustainability
• - socio-economic burden sharing
• - socio-environment access
• - economic-environment eco-efficiency
• Governance
• - CM-CA diversity of planning
• - CM-KN preventive planning (system
  perturbation)
• - CM-KN diversity of notions in
  communication

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• Working steps
• 1. Consultation with stakeholders
• 2. Systematisation using variables or
  imperatives of sustainability and governance
• 3. Analysis of common problem
• 4. Translate problem analysis into objective
  analysis the Logic of Intervention (LoI)
• 5. Discussion in plenary session (Cagliari,
  October 7th 2005)

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1. Preliminary Consultation with Stakeholders

• Consultation with 18 local stakeholders through
  the project regional partner (Hydrocontrol)
• Outcomes a random list of problems
• Post-consultation work organisation of problems
  in a frame of cause-effect relationships

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STAKEHOLDERs OUTCOMES

• Small scale farmer Citrus orchard cooperative of
  Muravera (low Flumendosa basin) problems due to
  water scarcity, saline water intrusion in
  Muravera plain, difficulty of aquifer recharge,
  possible increasing of recharge problems
  following the construction of low Flumendosa dam
  with consequent loss of fertile soils, wastewater
  reuse and good quality of the treated effluent
• Consumer group (Movement for citizen defence)
  safety and conservation of drinking water,
  necessity to win consumer diffidence on potable
  tap water
• Volunteer (Luciano Atzori , biologist expert of
  water quality problems) safety and conservation
  of drinking water, necessity to win consumer
  diffidence on tap water
• Consortium for the irrigation of Southern
  Sardinia (CBSM) water tariff, planning of the
  best irrigation practises and crop patterns
  during drought, wastewater reuse in agriculture
• Tourist Agency of Muravera (low Flumendosa basin
  ) problems due to water scarcity, difficulty of
  aquifer recharge and saline intrusion in Muravera
  plain
• Industries Consortium (TECNOCASIC) waste water
  reuse for industrial purposes, disinfection
  treatment and disinfection by product
  productions, best practises of water saving in
  industry, setting of efficient tertiary
  treatments
• Ministry of Environment implementation of WFD

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• Regional Authority (Committee for public work)
  water service re-organisation
• Regional Authority (Committee for the
  environment) implementation of WFD, setting of
  water safeguard plan
• Regional Authority (Committee for the
  agriculture) waste water reuse
• EAF (Regional Agency for management of Flumendosa
  Campidano hydraulic system) saline water
  intrusion in Muravera plain, necessity to solve
  conflict due to the dam construction in low
  Flumendosa basin, eutrophication problems, algal
  bloom
• Municipality of Cagliari (Wastewater Utility)
  water service re-organisation and water tariff ,
  water losses from aqueducts
• ESAF (Wastewater Utility) water service
  re-organisation and water tariff, integrated
  water service management, water losses
• ARPA (Regional Agency for the environment
  protection) vital flow, implementation of WFD,
  safeguard planning , monitoring of water quality
• NGO Legambiente Sardegna safety and conservation
  of drinking water, environmental sustainability
  in water management
• ERSAT (Regional Agency for the technical
  assistance to farmers) saline intrusion and
  difficulty of recharge in aquifers , wastewater
  reuse in agriculture
• District Authority institutional problems, water
  tariff for potable use, water losses
• AMNISTANTZIA (Union of women) improve water
  services and tariffs

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2. Systematisation using variables or imperatives
of sustainability and governance

• Graphical devices encompassing variables

Care (Environment) Democracy (Social) Equity
(Economic)
Environmental Limit throughout
Knowledge
Improve access
Eco-efficiency
Space of Sustainability
Diversity in communication
Preventive planning
Space of Governance
Economic Competitiveness
Social Cohesion
Burden sharing
Diversity inplanning
Critical mass
Capacity
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3. Problem analysis

• Sytematisation and organisation of problems in
  four problem trees accounting respectively for
  the social, economic, environmental and
  governance concerns.

at each dimension or imperative of sustainable
development ..
1st level
Effect
2nd level
2nd level
Cause
3rd level
2nd level
2nd level
2nd level
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..continuation Problem tree

• Social dimension
• Imperative improve cohesion, access
  (social-governance)

Problems of cohesion at territorial level due to
difficulties of water management during drought
Inadequate societal access to water
(interlinkage socio-governance dimensions)
Consumer diffidence on quality of drinking water
Exacerbation of conflicts to water allocation
Lack of awareness campaigns and lack of dialogue
towards the society
Conflicts for the construction of low Flumendosa
dam
Lack of efficient policies and actions in
conflicts management
High water demand for agricultural uses penalised
in favour of civil uses
Bad taste of water due to the presence of
chlorine
Possible formation of disinfection by products
Need of seminars, training
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• Environmental dimension
• Imperative limit throughout

Risk of non resiliance of degraded systems ? non
recoverability of water systems (environmental
dimension)
Low eco-efficiency (resources productivity)
(interlinkage economic-environmental dimensions)
Difficulty of aquifer recharge and possible loss
of fertile soils with consequent environmental
problems
Decrease of quality and quantity of water
resources and ecosystems
Lacking of efficient water safeguard plan
Saline water intrusion in aquifers
1)Eutrophication during drought 2) Flood 3)
Minimum Vital Flow
Groundwater over-exploitation
Lack of private and public awareness of
environmental protection
Low Flumendosa dam construction and operation
Water loss from Aqueducts (gt40)
Difficulty of management during drought
Need of multi-stakeholder workshop
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• Economic dimension
• Imperative improve competitiveness

Low system (territorial) competitiveness due to
low water yields
Lower potential water yield available for farmers
and consequent impact on produced biomass
Problems of maintaining productivity in
industrial processes during dry season
Need of training
Need of training
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• Governance dimension
• Imperative mass-knowledge-capacity integration

Problems of care (infrastr.) and equity (price)
(interlinkages governance vs. environment and
economic
Difficulty in water system management, poor
innovation in water infrastructure development
and water conflict control
Lack of water saving practises at household level
Inadequate water tariff for irrigation purposes
Poor OM of water infrastructures, particularly
regarding water losses
Lack of critical mass in dialogue reducing
acceptance number of choices
Inadequate water tariff for civil purposes
Lack of integrated water service based on
different uses/users and sustainability
Delay of reorganization of water services and
regulatory framework in Sardinia problem of
system capacity
Poor shared knowledge due to poor
collaboration/exchange between stakeholders of
high and low level
Need of schooling. Training and Workshops for
stakeholders and professionals
Need of training for stakeholders and
professionals
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4. Translate problem analysis into objective
analysis the Logic of Intervention (LoI)
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5. Discussion in plenary session

• Deepening problem analysis and LoI
• Identify common indicators
• Identify operational interlinkages with the
  AQUASTRESS project