Overview
The Directorate: Water Resource Management Planning (D: WRMP) evaluates water resource management challenges and develops corresponding solutions in terms of operating rules, strategies, guidelines, procedures and decision support systems (DSS) among others for water resource system operation, modelling analysis, water quality planning, groundwater planning and economic-environmental solutions. This is in order to balance water availability with requirements to achieve socio-economic development objectives, including environmental water requirements and international obligations.
The D: WRMP consists of five sub-directorates, namely: Systems Analysis (SA), Systems Operation (SO), Economic Environmental Studies (EES), Water Quality Planning, (WQP), and Groundwater Planning (GP), as described below.
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Sub-directorate: Systems Analysis (SA)
Aim: To develop, enhance and maintain water resource planning models and database for integrated water resource planning.
Functions
1. The development and maintenance of water resource planning tools for the analysis of integrated water resource planning.
2. The provision of assistance in the application of the water resource planning tools for reviewing proposed development / management measures.
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Sub-directorate: Systems Operation (SO)
Aim: To develop operating rules and decision support systems for determining and reconciling water availability annually against water requirements in order to supply water at the required assurance levels, minimize system losses, meet international obligations and mitigate risks of failure due to droughts and floods.
Functions
1. The development of operating rules for water supply systems and dams.
2. The provision of assistance in the application of the water resource planning tools for reviewing proposed development / management measures.
3. The minimizing of transmission losses to meet allocation requirements.
4. Capacity building and technical assistance.
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Economic and Environmental Studies (EES)
Aim: To provide economic and environmental services relating to water resource planning and management.
Functions
1. The developing of plans for water resource related environmental management.
2. The developing of policies, strategies and plans for wetland management.
3. The evaluating of macro socio economic scenarios to support integrated water resource planning.
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Sub-directorate: Water Quality Planning (WQP)
Aim: To develop management plans for the reconciliation of water quality in order to meet water resource quality objectives.
Functions
1. The developing of integrated water quality management strategies, programmes, and plans.
2. The evaluating of long-term strategic water quality planning challenges.
3. The developing of water quality decision support systems for management of water quality.
4. The developing of resource quality planning for capacity building and technical assistance.
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Sub-directorate: Groundwater Planning (GP)
Aim: To develop policies, strategies, guidelines and plans on groundwater management to promote conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources.
Functions
1. The evaluating of integrated hydrological system.
2. The managing of groundwater planning.
3. The assessing of catchment hydrological support systems.
4. The building of capacity for surface and groundwater planning.
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