Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
1 preparation of a draft concept statement
2 consultation on draft concept statement
3 finalisation of concept statement
4 conduct of investigations
5 preparation of draft WAP
6 consultation on draft WAP
7 adoption of WAP by the Minister.
The concept statement sets out the proposed content of the WAP, the
matters that will be investigated prior to the drafting of the WAP, and
how consultation will occur.
The Act requires the WAP to include:
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assessment of the needs of dependent ecosystems
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assessment of the effects on other water resources
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assessment of the capacity of the resource to meet demands
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water allocation criteria
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transfer criteria for water allocations
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matters to be considered in granting permits, for example, for wells
or dams
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provision for monitoring of the resource.
A logical framework for water resource plans
Water resource plans have at their core a series of actions that are intended
to achieve objectives. Inherent in these are assumed causal relationships
between the resources to be applied (inputs), the implementation of the
actions (outputs) and the achievement of the objectives. This can be called the
'programme logic', 'logic model' or 'logic map' of the plan.
Logic modelling or mapping has been used for many years in the field of
program evaluation (McLaughlin and Jordan 1999). It is commonly used
for evaluation of government programmes - to understand whether the
programmes are achieving what was intended and are delivering value for
money. A programme logic model shows how the programme will work
showing the chain of relationships between resources, activities, outputs,
outcomes and external influences. Associated with these is a set of perfor-
mance indicators that can be used to evaluate the programme. Terminologies
vary (e.g. goals, purposes, objectives, outcomes, etc.) but the underlying
concepts are the same.
The Logical Framework Approach, originally developed for USAID during
the late 1960s (see Coleman 1987, Team Technologies 2005) is a version of
logic modelling that has been adopted by many international aid agencies
