River Basin Management Planning in Indonesia: Policy and Practice

By Asian Development Bank

This publication summarizes the strengths, challenges, opportunities, and risks characterizing the prospects for integrated water resources management in Indonesia. Integrated water resources management planning is essential for sustainable growth. Indonesia’s rapid economic growth, increasing populations, and trends in developing and urbanizing environments are leading to potential conflicts as more users claim the same water resources. Understanding these conditions may provide decision makers with more insight to optimize the country’s water resources potential using available and state-of-the-art methodologies and tools for river basin planning. The report discusses all aspects of basin planning based on experiences from one of Indonesia’s most complex and strategic river basins.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Asian Development Bank
• Release date: Jun 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9789292573881

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RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANNING IN INDONESIA

POLICY AND PRACTICE

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van Nes, Aart.

                  River basin management planning in Indonesia: Policy and practice.

Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2016.

1. River basin management planning.      2. Indonesian policy and practice.      I. Asian Development Bank.

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Contents

Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Maps

Tables

Figures

Boxes

Maps

Acknowledgments

This publication is based on the technical assistance (TA) project of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that was implemented by the Ministry of Public Works, Directorate General of Water Resources in Indonesia. The TA project was financed by the Government of the Netherlands, the Multi-Donor Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility, and ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund under the project TA 7189-INO: Institutional Strengthening for Integrated Water Resources Management in the 6 Cis River Basin Territory (Package B). The publication describes the experience of the river basin planning process in Indonesia, including the formulation of the basin plans (Pola and Rencana). It comprises both the ideal conditions of a river basin plan and the actual steps and processes needed for analysis, formulation, and implementation of the plans. The publication is intended to disseminate the TA output and lessons learned for water resources practitioners in Indonesia and in the region. We thank the people mentioned below for their contributions to this publication.

The main contributor and editor is Aart van Nes.

Contributors for the various chapters in the publication are Eelco van Beek, Jos Dijkman, Hendarti, Bart Teeuwen (legal aspects), Rudolf van Ommen (institutional aspects), Poul Grashoff and Robert Verhaeghe (methodologies and tools), Sjoerd Kerstens (water quality), and Jan Jaap Brinkman (flood management).

Peer reviewers are Roestam Sjarief and Mochammad Amron (Former Director General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works), Tadasinghe Kawasaki (Network of Asian River Basin Organizations), Wouter Lincklaen Arriens (Water Resources Expert and Former Lead Water Resources Specialist, ADB), Eric Quincieu, and Helena Lawira (ADB). James Hutchins provided editing services.

Other contributors are M. Donny Azdan (Director of Water and Irrigation, National Planning Development Agency [BAPPENAS]); Arie Setiadi Moerwanto (Director of Water Resources Management, Ministry of Public Works); Imam Anshori, Budhi Santoso, and Ni Made Sumiarsih (Directorate of Water Resources Management, Ministry of Public Works); Yunita Chandra (Ministry of Public Works); Iwan Kurniawan (Ministry of Home Affairs); and Nidhom Ashari, Nico Darismanto, and Willem van Diest (independent consultants).

Photo Credits:

Diella Dachlan, Deden Iman, Deni Sambas, and Ng Swan Ti.

Abbreviations

Weights and Measures

In this report, $ refers to US dollars.

Executive Summary

Basin Water Resources Management Planning (BWRMP) is essential for sustainable growth. Rapidly increasing populations and related trends in developing and urbanizing environments, particularly in Indonesia, are leading to potential conflicts as more users are claiming the same water resources. A framework for basin management planning already exists in Indonesia, which aims to