Diane VanDe Hei

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Integrated Water Resource Management
Diane VanDe Hei Executive Director
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
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Integrated Water Resource Management
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
AMWA Members are

• Chief Executives of the Nations largest,
  municipal water systems
• Leaders and Innovators in the Drinking Water
  Field
• Long involved with the various aspects of IWRM
• Among the first to integrate supply and demand
  side activities

AMWA, through publications, meetings and other
information channels, provides a forum for peer
to peer interaction and sharing of ideas,
innovative approaches, and best practices.
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Integrated Water Resource Management
Progress to Date and Future Opportunities

• The majority of progress has been in areas
  water executives have unilateral control.
• Opportunities in these areas can quickly become
  exhausted.
• Continued success depends upon involving others.

Leadership Group Local leaders Regional
leaders State leaders Federal leaders
Stakeholder Group Environmental groups
Bureaucrats Business leaders
Technocrats Manufacturers
Economists Policy-makers
Agricultural groups Administrators
Academia
THE OPPORTUNITY Insure an Integrated Stakeholder
Involvement Program
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Observations on Cited Obstacles to IWRM

• Gaps in available knowledge and technology
• Lack of adequate and reliable data
• Lack of skills, and expertise

Not perfect but we have more than enough
information and skill to proceed

• Lack of reference projects

Reference Projects and Best Practices will come
from this conference

• Lack of awareness

Reinforces the need for forums such as this

• The perceived complexity of the IWRM concept

The concept itself is not complex Take it one
step at a time
THE OPPORTUNITY Take a first step. Then take
the next step.
CIFAL Mega City Water Forum May 1 3 Atlanta,
Georgia