Key results for SpainExamples, Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan

1. Key results for Spain
Examples
• Irrigation modernisation: water tenure helps understand role of WUAs,
collective water rights, water savings and “blockages” for investment (e.g.
land/water rights)
• Water re-use: establishment of a water re-use WUA with formal water
rights for re-used water, and how this reduced water scarcity risk and lack
of tenure
• Informal/Illegal water use: help undertand where the law was too rigid,
how to make the system more flexible, but also how to ensure control
WITH farmer pro-active support for control (nirvana of water
management….)
• Competition between uses/Nexus: how through water tenure turn a loselose to a win-win. E.g. the example of thermosolar plans; e.g. the example
of modernisation and nature protection. Also vulnerable situations e.g.
villages customary use vs fracking as new kid in the block
• Water productivity: need for more adaptable systems within the sector
(investment) and across sectors (water/energy; urban/rural); water
markets and water trading- learn from reality