OPTIMA Optimisation for Sustainable Water Management

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OPTIMAOptimisation for Sustainable Water
Management

• corridoio.zero
• Multidisciplinary Lab for Exchanges
• with the Balkans and the Mediterranean Region

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Analysis of stakeholder preferences - index
1. Involving stakeholders why public
participation in Optima?
2. Who are Optima SHs the Stakeholders Analysis
procedure
3. SHs preferences and OPTIMA WaterWare DSS
procedure methodology and tools
4. SHs preferences activities and
results Phase 0 Issues Questionnaires SHs
interviews Phase I SHs involvement activities,
1st round Phase II SHs involvement activities,
2nd round
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Involving Stakeholders why public participation
in Optima?
Allowing SHs to influence the outcome of plans
and working processes
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Involving stakeholders Opportunities limits

• helps to define the framework of the process and
  gives commitment and support to the model
• improves decision-making (open, trasparent and
  inclusive process)
• increases the quality of management plans and
  ensures their effective implementation and
  achievement of WRM objectives
• gives community acceptance to the processes
• increases social learning and public awareness

Limits local constraints, time, resources, SHs
missing, effective influence on DM
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Who are Optima SHs the Stakeholders Analysis
procedure
Stakeholders any person, group or organisation
with an interest or stake in an issue

• Authorities and public administration (government
  departments, statutory agencies, municipalities,)

• Private sector organisations and individual

• Local Groups and NGOs (social, economic,
  environmental)

• Experts and researchers

• Citizens

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Stakeholders Analysis the Water Institution
database
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Stakeholders Analysis the Water Institutions
database
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W.I. topics and water related SHs categories
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W.I. database - analysis
Topic drinking 15 (5,2) - public health 4
(1,5) - environmental 54 (18,8) watershed 1
(0,5) - coastal 3 (1,1) - recreational 1 (0,5)
- tourism 4 (1,5) - educational 10 (3,5) -
development 33 (11,5) - agricultural 38 (12,8)
- specific 3 (1,1) - water re 62 (21,7) w.
quality, wetlands, biodiversity, standard 0 -
undefined 58 (20,3)
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SHs preferences and OPTIMA WaterWare DSS
procedure methodology and tools
STEP 0. Understanding of the real system and
problem definition
STEP 1. Model Identification River Basin WRM
Baseline Scenario
Participative activities
STEP 2. Identification of Objectives, criteria
and constraints
STEP 3. Identification of Instruments (actions
according to the problem goal)
STEP 4. River Basin WRM Future Scenarios
modelisation
STEP 5. WRM Optimisation run and design a set of
feasible/ non dominated Alternatives
STEP 6. Evaluation of Alternatives (DMC)
STEP 7. Identification of the best compromise
solution
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SHs preferences and OPTIMA WaterWare DSS
procedure methodology and tools
Issues questionnaire and SHs interviews
SHs involvement activities 1st round
SHs involvement activities 2nd round
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SHs preferences and OPTIMA WaterWare DSS
procedure methodology and tools
three levels Information Consultation Active
Involvement

• letters and posters

• Water Issues questionnaire

• one-to-one Interviews

• Constraints and Instruments questionnaires

• Steering committee meetings

• Multi stakeholders workshops

• Public conferences

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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
0, the Issues Questionnaires
Aim collect and document the priority ranking of
water related issues as perceived by Stakeholders

• Results (main factors underlying SHs
  preferences)
• Pressure and impact on water demand and quality
  (non-agricultural driving forces)
• Deficiencies in regulatory and institutional
  response (agricultural)
• Techno-economical barriers and (industrial)
  impact on water quality
• Subventioned water price (agriculture and
  household)

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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
0, the Issues Questionnaires
MP management and production RC regulation and
control WU water use EU environmental use
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round

• Aim
• collecting stakeholder suggestions and
  perspectives in order
• to get structured and debated opinions on the
  river basin, the
• Model configuration and the framework for water
• management optimisation (objectives, constraints,
  instruments).
• Multistakeholder workshops (with 30/57 SHs -
  17-41 women)
• organised in
• Lebanon
• Jordan
• Turkey
• Tunisia
• Israel/Palestine (presentations by OPTIMA
  partners followed by a response session)

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Litany River 1st stakeholders WS 21 September
2005
SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Welcome map to introduce participants and to
share perception of the workshop domain
Preliminary speech the Optima Project the
Participatory Process the Optimization
Process the Lower Litani River Basin Case Study
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Working Session I - Individual work on
Perception of strengths and weaknesses of the
Litany River basin system... Comparison of
individual priorities and clustering in
macro-categories Input and parameters for the
model Criteria, Indicators, and a first rought
estimate of stakeholders Priorities
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Working Session I results
Weaknesses 1. Lack of infrastructure for water
quality 2. Loss of water because of ineffective
water management 3. Tough topology (many areas
inaccessible) 4. Under exploitation of the river
water 5. Lack of plans for the Lower Litani
River 6. Numerous violations - domestic
wastewater discharges  Strengths 1. Source of
pollution still limited 2. High eco-tourism
potential 3. Advantageous physical
characteristics (water flow) 4. Water used for
different purposes (domestic, irrigation and
recreational) 5. Several socio economic benefits
existing 7. High level of environmental awareness
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Working Session II Analysis of the model and
adjustment/ addition/deletion of items
Results 1. Deir Mimess waste water discharge
pipe 2. Return flow from touristic nodes to the
river 3. Irrigation Demand node in Zrariye 4.
Additional subcatchments nodes (springs near the
coast) 5. Ain El Hemma in Kfar Sir subcatchment
importance 6. Geometric (diversion) node near the
area of Tair Falsay
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Working Session III Participants are asked to
propose Opportunities Threats and possible
Actions that define future scenarios for the model
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Working Session III results
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Zarqa river 1st stakeholders WS 16 May 2006
SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Welcome activity to introduce participants and to
share expectation and SHs possible contribution
to the workshop

• Preliminary speech
• the Optima Project
• the Participatory Process
• the Optimization Process
• the Zarqa River Basin Case Study

• Working Session I  
• Sharing and understanding the baseline scenario
• Planned actions and expected changes

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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round

• Working Session II Visioning the study area in
  20 years
• Problems, Issues gt Optimisation Objectives
• Actions/Interventions

Working Session III common vision and
objectives weights
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Results Issues and problems
Results - Objectives
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Results Actions and Interventions

• A. Planned actions (Ministry of Water and
  Irrigation)
• Additional Waste Water Treatment Plants at
  Zarqa, west of Jarash and other sites
• Upgrade and expansion of existing WWTPs
•  Reduction in groundwater extraction for
  irrigation and municipal use (by law)
•  Reallocation of water to high value products
  (industry and Municipal)
•  Conveyance of Disi water to Amman
•  Desalinization of Zara-Ma'een and Abu Zighan
  water
•  Red Sea- Dead Sea Canal (after 2020)
• B. Proposed actions
• Consideration of possible socio-economic changes
  through a bottom-up approach
• Optimization of water at farm level through
  improvement of irrigation systems
• Water environmental protection (no mixing water
  from WWTP/fresh resources)
•  Construction of dams to utilise surface water
•  Implementation of law by force (Police of
  Environment)
• Encouragement of water harvesting projects at
  household and farm levels
• Improving cropping patterns (organic farming,
  market,)
• Defining a drought mitigation and
  desertification strategy

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Gediz River 1st stakeholders WS 19-20 April
2006
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round

• Questionnaire I Water Issues Questionnaire
  (repeated to update Turkeys issues questionnaire
  database) to be filled in the forms individually
• Questionnaire II intended to identify the key
  issues in the Gediz Basin, that should be
  addressed in future scenario development.
  Participants contibuted to group work, using
  their individual responses. The questionnaire was
  filled out by 5 different groups of stakeholders
  to determine priorities and trends with regard to
  water issues.
• Overall results for the Issues Questionnaire

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I, SHs involvement activities 1st round

• Questionnaire III specifies the constraints on
  the optimization procedure

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• Questionnaire IV specifies the instruments to
  be used for each scenario within the optimization
  procedure to modify and improve system
  performance

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Melian Basin 1st SHs Workshop 3rd May 2006
SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Results review of Sectoral Water demand
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
Results the new topological model
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
I, SHs involvement activities 1st round
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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
II, SHs involvement activities 2ndround

• Aim
• presenting, validating and discussing the
  optimisation results
• facilitate consensus on a preferred alternative
  or, at least, share the vision of each
  Stakeholders sectoral preferences.
• Stakeholders can be asked to
• explore the Alternatives space (both at global
  and sectoral level)
• explore and analyse for each Alternative the
  corresponding level of Instruments usage and the
  values of each Global and Sectoral Criteria
• share Criteria priorities and select or deselect
  Criteria from consideration
• propose and reach consensus on additional
  Criteria
• define a set of secondary constraints, to limit
  the subset of feasible alternatives
• set a Reference Point different from Utopia
• identify, going back to the sectoral details for
  each Alternative, a Preferred Solution
• Case Study Litany River 2nd SHs workshop, 14 May
  2007

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SHs preferences activities and results - Phase
II, SHs involvement activities 2ndround
will be presented tomorrow within the session
from alternative scenario to optimal decision
-comparative analysis
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Bibliography

• Common Implementation Strategy for the WFD
  (2000/60/EC) Guidance Document n.8 Public
  Participation in relation to the Water Framework
  Directive
• EU INCO Water Research from FP4 to FP6 a
  critical review
• EU Water Initiative Directing the Flow a new
  approach to integrated WRM
• Facilitating Complex Multi-Stakeholders
  Processes (Woodhill)
• PIP a participatory and integrated planning
  procedure for decision making in water resource
  systems (Castelletti, Soncini Sessa)
• HarmoniCOP, Learning together to manage together
  improving participation in water management
  (Ridder, Mostert, Wolters)
• Co-management of natural resources organising,
  negotiating and learning by doing
  (Borrini-Feyerabend, Taghi Farvard, Nguiguiri
  J.C., Awa Ndahgang)
• Nostrum-Dss Guidelines (Depietri, Giupponi)
• Schémas d'Aménagement et de Gestion des Eaux
  (SAGE) Guide Methodologique
• The Community planning handbook (Wates)
• Multi-Stakeholders processes for governance and
  sustainability beyond deadlocj and conflict
  (Hemmati)

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Thank you for your attention
Contacts Giuliana Gemini giuliana.gemini_at_corr
idoiozero.org Marco Parolin marco.parolin_at_corrid
oiozero.org Valentina Sachero valentina.sachero_at_c
orridoiozero.org
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