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A review on water governance in Sri Lanka: the lessons learnt for future water policy formulation

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Title A review on water governance in Sri Lanka: the lessons learnt for future water policy formulation
 
Creator Chandrasekara, S. S. K.
Chandrasekara, S. K.
Gamini, P. H. S.
Obeysekera, J.
Manthrithilake, Herath
Kwon, H.-H.
Vithanage, Meththika
 
Subject water governance
water policies
institutional development
coordination
administrative structures
history
integrated management
water resources
water management
regulations
irrigation management
irrigation water
water scarcity
water institutions
government agencies
committees
donors
decision making
participatory approaches
political aspects
 
Description Sri Lanka has no water scarcity within the country, and per capita, water availability is adequate to cater for the country’s estimated peak population. Nevertheless, the frequent variability of spatial and temporal water availability and extreme events have built up a water scarcity in Sri Lanka, which has been observed during the last two to three decades. Therefore, effective and efficient water governance is most important in today’s context, and regular review and amendment of policies, laws, and regulations are crucial to mitigate water scarcity. Although a few attempts were initiated, none of them succeeded. In this study, historical and present water governance mechanisms, including coordinating mechanisms and implementing water management agencies in Sri Lanka, were comprehensively reviewed. Further, the previously proposed water policies, their status and reasons for the failures of policies were discussed. Finally, the formulation of a novel institutional arrangement or altering the existing institutional arrangement with shared data and allocating non-shared responsibilities to each institution is suggested for better water governance in Sri Lanka.
 
Date 2021-04-01
2021-04-30T03:57:46Z
2021-04-30T03:57:46Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Chandrasekara, S. S. K.; Chandrasekara, S. K.; Gamini, P. H. S.; Obeysekera, J.; Manthrithilake, Herath; Kwon, H.-H.; Vithanage, M. 2021. A review on water governance in Sri Lanka: the lessons learnt for future water policy formulation. Water Policy, 23(2):255-273. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.152]
1366-7017
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113609
https://iwaponline.com/wp/article-pdf/23/2/255/878970/023020255.pdf
https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.152
H050376
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 255-273
 
Publisher IWA Publishing
 
Source Water Policy