This document provides information about an upcoming annual UN Water Conference in Zaragoza, Spain from January 8-10, 2013. It discusses ambitious goals for countries in Africa to achieve growth, alleviate poverty, and ensure sustainable development through food, energy, water, and climate resilience plans. Some countries' specific targets are mentioned, such as Laos wanting to exit least developed country status by 2020 and Ethiopia aiming for 11% annual economic growth. The document also outlines opportunities for cooperation across borders and river basins in Africa to optimize resources, access markets, and jointly address threats through regional approaches rather than just national ones.

1. J.B. Collier
Operations Officer
Africa Natural Resources and
Water Management Group
Annual International UN Water Conference
Zaragoza, Spain
January 8-10, 2013
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2.  Ambitious goals to  “Laos wants to pull
achieve itself out of least-
growth, poverty developed country
status by 2020”
alleviation, sustain
able development.
 “By maintaining at
 Food, energy, least an 11 percent
annual average
water, security and economic growth
climate resilience and by addressing
plans. emerging
development
bottlenecks, meet
the MDG target.”
(Ethiopia)
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3.  Optimize
regionally
rather than
nationally
 Economies of
scale
 Balance
 Access to
each
markets
other’s
 Postpone
needs
investments
 Jointly face a
common
threat
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4. 276 River Basins in Few River
the world. basin
agreements.
> 60% of have no
treaty provisions Mostly
covering them. bilateral.
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5. What’s holding the countries back?
Perceived Risks
INTERNAL EXTERNAL
DRIVERS COUNTRY DRIVERS
CONSIDERATIONS
Security
Benefits and
Costs (Economic) Global Dialogue
Economic
Development Regional
Perceived Risks Geopolitics
Needs
(Political)
Rights Climate Risks
(and few
Opportunities)
(Political)
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6. There is a need to catch up quickly
in a global context …
90
80 2009 Data from The World Bank
Life Expectancy (years)
70
60
50
40
30
100 1000 10000 100000
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GNI per capita (US$/yr)

7. Growing Population
Growing Cities
Urban Areas: Cities with Population greater than 1 million Areas that contributeEconomies
Growing to Africa’s GDP
Cairo
15 Gross Cell Product
million in 2005
Lagos (1995 US$, billions)
Dakar
8.7 million Khartoum Growing Cities
5.6 million
Kinshasa Dar-
es-
Salaam
2025
2010
Population in 2000 on UN
Sources: FAO based
Cape Town Source: The World Bank AFR Water Resources in a Changing Climate, 2010
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Data Source: UN Agglomerations Population Data
Statistics Division, 2008 based on data from GECON GDP Dataset, Yale University 2010

8. New Visualizations building on better Global Datasets
Interactive Documents
Innovative Hardware
(e.g. Tablets)
Online Portals 8

9. Shared Regional
“Top-down” Systems
Real-time
Hydromet
Systems
Precipitation (rain & snow)
Data Transmission
(e.g. Satellite, Fixed-
line/ Cellphone, Radio
Reservoir Levels
Telemetry)
Internet/
Intranet
Flow, ET, Soil
Sediment, Moisture, Biom
Floods, GW, … ass…
“Bottom-up” Systems
Data Management
(Visualization, Forecasts, Storage, Archival, 9

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11. Ganges Strategic Basin Assessment
Complex System Scenario Analysis
Pancheshwar Dam Chisapani (Karnali) Dam
Implications: Floodin
(proposed) (proposed)
UTTARKHAND
Implications: Hydropower
INF1 0 0 _ 3
INF205_3
INF2 0 7 _ 5
INF209_3
DAM209_4 DAM209 _3
Upper Arun
INF209_4
INF100_4 INF207_1 INF209_2
INF1 0 0 _ 1 INF205_2
INF2 0 5 _ 4 INF207_4
INF205_1
Kosi High Dam
Kaliganghaki I
DAM209_6
Saptakosi River
DAM207 _1
INF207_3
Tamur
Trisuli Reservoir
Yamuna River INF205_5 NEPAL
Arun III
DAM207_7
Pancheswar dam
Burhi Gangaki
DAM207_5
DAM207_4
DAM207_6
(proposed)
Marsyandi
INF101_1 DAM205_1
DAM209_ 2
DAM209_5
Lower Arun
Sunkosi II
HIMACHAL
Seti
Purnagiri dam
PRADESH
Lakhwar Dam DAM2 0 5 _ 2 INF207_2
Kaligandhaki ii
DAM101_1
DAM207_2
Ban b h asa Head wo rk s
INF1 0 0 _ 2 DAM2 0 5 _ 3
Vyasi Dam Chisapani (kamali) Dam
Mah ak ali (Sarad a)
IT05_1 Andhi Khola Dam INF2 0 9 _ 1
Kotti Behl Reservoir DAM205_8 INF2 0 9 _ 5
DAM1 0 1_ 2 DAM207_3 Sapta Ganghaki Dam
Upper Ganga Canal DAM100_6 IRR205_1 INF205_6 Kosi Hhogh Dam
Riv er
East Ganga Canal INF2 0 5 _ 8 DAM207_8 INF210_1
IRR100_1 IT00_1 IRR205_3 DAM209_7
INF1 0 1 _ 2 IRR100_2 INF208_1 INF2 0 9 _ 6
INF207_6 IT07_1
INF100_5 Kamala Dam
Gomti river Rapti Dam BANGLADESH
IT05_3 INF205_7 DAM209_1 IT09_2
IT03_1 DAM205_ 9 IT05_6 Kulekhani
Karnali (Ghagra)
INF1 0 3 _ 1
Mech i Riv er
IRR2 0 7 _ 1 IT0 9 _ 1
Babai (Surya)
DAM208_1
Yamuna West Canal Yamuna East Canal
river
river
IRR101_1 IRR101_2 Lucknow City Supply Rapti Nepal IRR209_2
Madhya West Ganga Madhya East Ganga INF100_6 INF208_2 IRR2 0 9 _ 1
WS103_1 IRR205_5
IRR100 _3 FL5
IRR100 _4 IT05_2
IT01_1 IT0 7 _ 2
IT05_7
IT00_2
IT05_4 IT0 5 _ 5 IT08_1
INF1 0 0 _ 7
FL1
Sarda Sahayak Western Gandhak IT09_3
INF1 0 1 _ 3 Kosi western canal INF314_1
IRR105_2 IRR107_2 Kosi Eastern canal
IRR109_3
Hinden R. Girija B IT0 5 _ 9 IRR1 0 9 _ 4 IT1 0 _ 1
Agra Canal IT00_3
Banganga River
IRR101_3 Rapti B Eastern Gandhak INF1 1 0 _ 2
Kamala River
IRR1 0 7 _ 3 FL7 INF313_1
INF101_4 FL2 IRR105_6
Surya B
IT01_2 Lower Ganga Canal FL4
IRR1 0 5 _ 4 FL6
Mohananda River
IRR100_5 FL3
IT00_4 UTTAR PRADESH
(Bangladesh)
INF105_10
INF100_8
Upper Meghna River
INF105_9
Mohananda River
IT05_8
Gandhak River
Jamuna River
Kanpur city Supply
(India)
Ghagara River
Bagmati River
IT0 1 _ 3 INF1 0 1 _ 5 WS100_1
Rapti River
Delhi Water Supply IT0 0 _ 5 INF1 0 0 _ 9 INF105_11 INF312_1
WS1 0 1 _ 1
Kosi River
Development Scenarios
Agra City Supply INF1 0 0 _ 1 7
WS101_2
INF100_10 INF100_11
INF101_12 INF1 0 1 _ 1 8 INF100_14 BIHAR Ganges Barrage
IT01_4 INF101_9 INF100_12
INF1 0 0 _ 1 3 (planned)
IT00_8 IT00_19 IT00_16 Padma River
IT00_6 IT00_18
INF101_16 IT00_10 IT00_11 IT00_12 IT00_14 IT0 0_1 5 FL8
IT00_7 IT00_9 Ganges River IT0 0_1 3 Ganges River IT00_17
IT0 1 _ 9
Lower Meghna River
IT01_12
Parwan Irrigation Farakka
IRR101_4 IT01_5 IT0 1 _ 1 1 INF100_15 INF100_16
IT01_14 Musakhand Dam
IRR101_12
IT0 1 _ 1 6 DAM104_2 IT1 1 _ 4
IRR101_10 IT01_15
IRR101_11 Rangwan Dam INF111_1
IRR102_2 Adhuara Municipal area
DAM101_11
RAJASTHAN IT0 4 _ 1 WS104_1 Mayurakshi River
IT01_6 INF101_11 Massanjore Dam IRR3 0 0 _ 6
IT02_2
Banghirathi / Hoogly
Daudhan Dam Maithan DAM111_1
INF101_8
Dhaolpur municipal area DAM1 0 1 _ 1 0 DAM1 1 1 _ 2
WS101_3 INF102_2 Naugarh Dam INF111_2
DAM104_1
INF1 0 1_ 1 0 INF101_17 IT11_2 IT11_3
END2
Keolari Ken River INF111_3
Climate Scenarios
INF104_1
IT0 1 _ 7 IRR101_7 END3
IT01_10 Damodar River
IT0 2 _ 1 Panchet Resevoir
Chambal left bank
Chambal right bank Son left Son Right Bank DAM111_3 Kangshabati
IRR101_5 INF101_15 Karman asa Riv er
IRR1 0 1 _ 6 IRR106_1 IRR106_2 DAM111_4
IT06_1 IT11_ 1
Kota Dam IT0 1 _ 1 3 INF106_3 INF111_4
IT06_3
DAM1 0 1 _ 5
Haldia River
IT06_2
INF101_7 INF1 0 2 _ 1
Ranapratapsagar
IRR1 0 6 _ 3 JHARKHAND
North Kael River
DAM101_4 IT01_8 Tons River WEST BENGAL
INF1 0 1 _ 1 4
END1
INF1 0 6 _ 4
Gandhisagar Dam INF101_13 MADHYA PRADESH
DAM1 0 1 _ 3 INF1 0 6 _ 2
IRR101_8 INF1 0 6 _ 1
INF101_6 CHHATTISGARH
Pardkh
Chambal River IRR101_9
River Dam (Existing)
Irrigation
Diversion
International
Boundary
Dam (Planned)
State Boundary
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Implications: Irrigatio