Integrated Water Planning Training Course

Participants can assemble a credible planning baseline from water, service, demographic and spatial data.

• River-basin water accounts structured by source, use, return flow and storage
• Water balance equations reconcile rainfall, abstractions, consumptive use and recharge
• Data-quality assessment records completeness, temporal resolution, uncertainty and bias
• GIS layers combine catchments, infrastructure, population, land use and hazards
• Indicator baselines disaggregated by sex, income, location and service level
• Data gaps prioritised using decision relevance and collection feasibility

Participants can forecast water requirements and assess whether supplies meet demand over planning horizons.

• Demand forecasts segment domestic, industrial, irrigation and institutional water uses
• Population projections apply cohort-component assumptions and settlement growth scenarios
• Per-capita consumption estimates separate metered demand, losses and suppressed demand
• Non-revenue water quantified through input-volume, billed-authorised-consumption and loss balances
• Supply yields assessed under seasonal variability, drought and abstraction constraints
• Thirteen-year planning horizons compare annual volumes, peak demand and firm yield

Participants can incorporate climate uncertainty, ecosystem needs and source-water risks into planning choices.

• Environmental flow requirements incorporated into allocation rules and reservoir operations
• Climate scenarios test rainfall, temperature, evapotranspiration and drought assumptions
• Source-water vulnerability assessed using hazard pathways and receptor exposure
• Catchment interventions compare recharge, erosion control, wetland and watershed benefits
• Groundwater safe yield distinguishes renewable recharge from depletion mining
• Adaptation pathways sequence no-regret, contingent and long-lead interventions

Participants can design inclusive engagement and decision arrangements for contested water planning issues.

• Stakeholder mapping identifies influence, interests, rights holders and affected groups
• Power-interest grids guide engagement priorities, representation and conflict management
• Participatory planning protocols include women, marginalised groups and informal settlements
• Transboundary allocation principles examine prior use, equity and no-harm obligations
• RACI matrices assign planning decisions, approvals, consultation and implementation duties
• Grievance mechanisms define access channels, response times and escalation routes

Participants can use scenario and spatial analysis outputs to test competing water planning interventions.

• WEAP schematics represent demand sites, sources, transmission links and return flows
• Model calibration compares simulated flows against observed records and residual patterns
• Scenario narratives specify drivers, assumptions, interventions and decision questions
• QGIS suitability analysis screens infrastructure options using spatial exclusion criteria
• Uncertainty ranges tested through sensitivity analysis and stress-test scenarios
• Dashboard outputs communicate trade-offs, deficits, costs and environmental indicators

Participants can compare water planning options using financial, environmental, social and operational criteria.

• Long lists distinguish supply augmentation, demand management and nature-based options
• Multi-criteria decision analysis weights reliability, affordability, equity, carbon and ecology
• Cost-benefit analysis separates capital costs, operating costs, benefits and externalities
• Life-cycle costing compares asset alternatives over design life and replacement cycles
• Distributional analysis identifies winners, losers, tariff impacts and compensation needs
• Option portfolios tested against budget ceilings, implementation capacity and sequencing

Participants can connect integrated water planning with safe, equitable drinking-water and sanitation services.

• Service ladders classify drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene service levels
• Water Safety Plan hazards linked to control measures and verification monitoring
• Citywide inclusive sanitation maps containment, emptying, transport, treatment and reuse
• Fecal sludge flow diagrams quantify containment failures and environmental releases
• Emergency water-supply scenarios define minimum quantities, quality controls and logistics
• Public-health risk matrices prioritise interventions for cholera, flooding and contamination

Participants can structure implementation, financing and performance management for an integrated water plan.

• Results chains link interventions, outputs, outcomes and water-security impacts
• Logical frameworks specify indicators, baselines, targets, assumptions and data sources
• Capital investment plans phase projects by readiness, dependencies and funding source
• Tariff and subsidy scenarios assess affordability, cost recovery and fiscal exposure
• Monitoring plans set indicator definitions, collection frequency, ownership and reporting
• Adaptive management triggers prescribe reviews when thresholds or assumptions change

Participants can present an actionable integrated water planning recommendation for approval and implementation.

• Decision briefs state the problem, evidence, options, recommendation and residual risks
• Investment roadmaps sequence enabling actions, procurement, construction and commissioning
• Implementation risk registers assign owners, mitigation actions and review dates
• Planning dashboards present allocation, service, finance, equity and ecosystem indicators
• Executive presentations defend recommendations against competing objectives and uncertainty
• Personal application plans identify decisions, stakeholders, data needs and first actions