An Investigation of National Water Resources Database, Bangladesh
Journal Title: Asian Journal of Applied Science and Engineering - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
The Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) is a statutory organization (Water Resources Planning Act, 1992) under the Ministry of Water Resources, which deals with water resources strategic planning and management in Bangladesh. One of the core functions of WARPO is to update and maintain the National Water Resources Database (NWRD). According to National Water Policy (NWPo, 1999) article 5.d.iv., WARPO will set up and update the National Water Resources Database (NWRD) and Information Management System. According to this direction, WARPO has prepared the NWRD while preparing the NWMP in 2001. Now-a-days, the NWRD is used for national and regional level planning, research and study by governmental, non-governmental organizations and others. For national or regional level planning and management, all data should be authentic or reliable and readily accessible. Planners in Bangladesh need access to a wide range of data to assess resources, demands and constraints, evaluate options and formulate alternative strategies. The NWRD is the largest geo-spatial database in the country, which contains more than 450 layers of spatial and temporal datasets. After creation of NWRD, it is being updated with the project activities. Few updated tasks had been done with Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZMP) project in 2005. Recently few updated tasks are being continued with Water management Improvement Project (WMIP) project, but it is not enough for proper maintaining of NWRD. This study has shown the details analysis of NWRD, the existing gaps of NWRD and has recommended the common implementation strategy for proper maintaining of NWRD.
Authors and Affiliations
Md. Alam
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP152819
- DOI -
- Views 45
- Downloads 0
An Investigation of National Water Resources Database, Bangladesh
The Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) is a statutory organization (Water Resources Planning Act, 1992) under the Ministry of Water Resources, which deals with water resources strategic planning and mana...