Accounting for Water Quality - Insights for Operational Task Teams

doi:https://doi.org/10.1596/41957

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Accounting for Water Quality - Insights for Operational Task Teams

dc.contributor.author	Chapman, Deborah V.
dc.contributor.author	Karimi, Poolad
dc.contributor.author	Valieva, Svetlana
dc.contributor.author	Li, Ruyi
dc.contributor.author	Talbi, Amal
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-25T21:22:40Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-25T21:22:40Z
dc.date.issued	2024-07-25
dc.description.abstract	For centuries, management of freshwater resources has focused on monitoring and managing water quantity to ensure supplies for domestic, agricultural, and industrial use and to mitigate the potential effects of floods and droughts. However, the quantity of water is inextricably linked to its quality, yet much less attention has been paid to the latter. Every human use of water, and the aquatic ecosystem itself, has minimum requirements for water quality. At a national scale, managing water quantity and water quality have often been the remit of different government agencies with limited sharing of information. This report summarizes key aspects and presents a framework to assist water accounting teams to evaluate the needs for incorporating water quality monitoring into their operations. The framework presented in this report introduces a step-by-step approach to defining scope and objectives and to identifying data needs and monitoring approaches for data collection and computation of loads. Data analysis and presentation options are also explored. Implementation of the framework is illustrated with three different scenarios of different scope and scale of water accounting activities: an irrigation scheme, a river basin, and a reservoir. The scenarios illustrate suggested locations for monitoring, relevant water quality parameters for inclusion, the time frame for data collection, and interpretation of the results.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099071224112532824/P181140179528600b196df1ae3e417d71ce
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41957
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41957
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	WATER MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES
dc.subject	WATER ALLOCATION AND WATER ECONOMICS
dc.subject	WATER ALLOCATION AND WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESILIENCE
dc.subject	WATER AND MULTI-UTILITIES
dc.subject	WATER AND ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	CLIMATE ACTION
dc.subject	SDG 13
dc.subject	CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
dc.subject	SDG 6
dc.title	Accounting for Water Quality - Insights for Operational Task Teams	en
dc.type	Report
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Accounting for Water Quality - Insights for Operational Task Teams
okr.date.disclosure	2024-07-25
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-07-12T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Working Papers::Water Papers
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099071224112532824/P181140179528600b196df1ae3e417d71ce
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okr.identifier.docmid	P181140-79528687-7b88-4b0b-96df-ae3e417d71ce
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/41957
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	34363903
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okr.identifier.report	192560
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okr.region.geographical	World
okr.sector	Irrigation and Drainage,Other Water Supply, Sanitation and Waste Management
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation::Monitoring and Evaluation in Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic	Water Resources::Freshwater Resources
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Resources Assessment
okr.topic	Environment::Climate Change and Environment
okr.unit	Global Solutions Water (SWAGL)