Water Resources Management Project

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The general objectives of the Water Resources Management Project are to: 1) promote conditions for environmentally sustainable, economically efficient and equitably allocated use of water resources in Mexico; 2) support the integrated comprehensive management of water resources; and 3) increase the benefits and reduce the risk related to existing hydraulic infrastructure. Secondary project objectives are to: 1) support groundwater conservation by reducing overexploitation and contamination; 2) promote the restoration of surface water quality; 3) improve meteorological services for improved water management and for the society and economy as a whole; 4) reduce flood damages downstream of reservoirs; 5) improve dam safety; 6) improve allocation of water as an economic good; 7) promote decentralization of water resources management through the establishment and strengthening of river basin councils; 8) improve water resources planning through the development of the hydrographic region plans with river basin council participation; and 9) improve water rights administration through registry of water rights users and improved fee collection. The project will comprise the following components: 1) institutional development, technological support and training; 2) water quantity and quality monitoring improvement and assessment; 3) reservoir operation, dam safety and aquifer management improvement; 4) water rights administration; and 5) water resources planning and river basin council support.