Improving governance of water resources

Proper management of existing water supplies entails sufficient quantities of clean water to support both human needs and essential ecosystem functions. Good governance will require careful consideration of the institutions in place to manage water supply and sanitation systems, including the role that might be played by the private sector.

• Improving Water Management: Recent OECD experience (Policy Brief, 2006)
• Improving Water Management: Recent OECD experience (2003)
• Inland Waterways and Environmental Protection (2006)
• OECD Environmental Performance Reviews - Water: The Experience in OECD countries (2006) 
  (read also the previous edition published in 2003)
• Public-Private Partnerships in the Urban Water Sector
• The Potential role of public-private-partnerships in the water sector of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 
• Financial Reforms and Social Implications in the Water Supply And Sanitation Sector in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
• Guidelines for performance-based contracts between Municipalities and Water Utilities in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (2005)
• OECD Territorial Reviews: Mexico 
  (Chapter 1, pp 76-81, on natural resources: water)
• OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform - Mexico: Progress in Implementing Regulatory Reform
  (Chapter 4, pp 102- 108, on water sector reform in Mexico)
• Water Management and Investment in the New Independent States (2001)
  

=> More information on OECD work on natural resources management