Farmer with irrigated crop,
ChinaLongstanding involvement in China has allowed Mott
MacDonald to demonstrate a wide range of development services
connected with water, poverty and health.
China has 20% of the world’s people but just 7% of the world’s
water – a recipe for fierce compet- ition where no coherent
framework has existed for governing rights and allocations. We were
appointed in 2005 to the Ministry of Water Resources to promote the
far-reaching institutional reforms under the 2002 Water Law – whose
goal is
‘improved livelihoods through equitable access and
sustainable use of water resources, particularly for poor women and
men’. Advisory services are being provided – through regional
case studies – in: integrated water resources management (IWRM);
users' association development (water saving societies); water
abstraction and distribution, wastewater treatment and water
economics and finance (tariff reforms).
Water Resources Demand Management Project,
ChinaSpecific urban water issues have been tackled by us in
Zheijang Province – the project involved wide-ranging stakeholder
consultation, working with three city authorities on institutional
and financial reform and providing advice and training for project
implementing and operating entities. Physical development included
upgrading collection, treatment and disposal of wastewater and
solid waste and improving urban infrastructure such as inner
waterways, lakes and roads. In the light of this experience, we
expect the demand for services to continue to rise steadily,
particularly in: safe water and sanitation; water sector reform;
water resources management, community participation and watershed
management.
Water Resources Demand Management, China
Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Bangladesh ›
