“goalposts”) from the responsible authorities. In some cases there may be the
requirement for authorities to take a somewhat stronger role. There would also
seem to be room for a heightened role for authorities in controlling the
on-the-ground implementation of its regulations.
5. Develop strategies to maintain in, and add actors to, the planning processes
Strategies could be developed to maintain in, and add actors to, the planning
processes. Municipalities in particular seem to be finding it very hard to participate in water management, as many are facing extremely significant resource
bottlenecks. Particularly, the financing possibilities of any possible measures
addressing drought should be given thorough attention. Other actors can be
addressed by demonstrating the benefits of particular initiatives, e.g. by local
showcasing of the implementation of certain measures.
6. Increase synergies with farmers
Farmers are a stakeholder group of relevance in the downstream area of
Eifel-Rur and that seem to be in a position to impose their own agenda to a
significant extent. There seems to be a reluctance to collaborate with water
management objectives (e.g. when measures do not coincide with agriculture
aims). For instance, municipalities with strong farming presence would resist
repurposing some areas of land for WFD Programmes of Measures, although the
legal basis is clearly against them. It could be relevant to try to evaluate how to
make the relationship with farmers more productive when it comes to drought
preparedness so as to avoid this kind of deadlocks in drought planning. An
option would be to explore the additional synergies between the waterboard and
farmers on water quantity (with a special focus on possible bottlenecks during
the summer season), water quality, or on unrelated topics.
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requirement for authorities to take a somewhat stronger role. There would also
seem to be room for a heightened role for authorities in controlling the
on-the-ground implementation of its regulations.
5. Develop strategies to maintain in, and add actors to, the planning processes
Strategies could be developed to maintain in, and add actors to, the planning
processes. Municipalities in particular seem to be finding it very hard to participate in water management, as many are facing extremely significant resource
bottlenecks. Particularly, the financing possibilities of any possible measures
addressing drought should be given thorough attention. Other actors can be
addressed by demonstrating the benefits of particular initiatives, e.g. by local
showcasing of the implementation of certain measures.
6. Increase synergies with farmers
Farmers are a stakeholder group of relevance in the downstream area of
Eifel-Rur and that seem to be in a position to impose their own agenda to a
significant extent. There seems to be a reluctance to collaborate with water
management objectives (e.g. when measures do not coincide with agriculture
aims). For instance, municipalities with strong farming presence would resist
repurposing some areas of land for WFD Programmes of Measures, although the
legal basis is clearly against them. It could be relevant to try to evaluate how to
make the relationship with farmers more productive when it comes to drought
preparedness so as to avoid this kind of deadlocks in drought planning. An
option would be to explore the additional synergies between the waterboard and
farmers on water quantity (with a special focus on possible bottlenecks during
the summer season), water quality, or on unrelated topics.
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/), which
permits any noncommercial use, duplication, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any
medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, a
link is provided to the Creative Commons license, and any changes made are indicated.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the work’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if such material is not included in
the work’s Creative Commons license and the respective action is not permitted by statutory
regulation, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to duplicate, adapt, or
reproduce the material.
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