The report demonstrates how effective water resources management can support sustainable economic development in sectors such as tourism, health, agriculture and industry while at the same time restoring ecosystem services in accordance with the Russian Water Act and the EU Water Framework Directive.

The construction of dams produces a number of social benefits. But, in producing these benefits, dams also alter the natural balance of sediment flow in rivers by impounding sediment within and upstream of the reservoir and discharging clean water downstream...

When the Ebro River Basin Authority (Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro – CHE) was established in 1926. It incorporated two elements which were radically innovative at the time: the natural watershed boundaries as the scale for water governance and water users’ opinions as part of the decision making process.