BOTSWANA WATER - ACCOUNTING REPORT 2014/15 -

In addition, four (4) policy briefs have been prepared on the following topics: findings of the Botswana water accounts, mining and water resources in Botswana, irrigation and water resources in Botswana and Botswana’s agriculture and water resources. [...] The framework describes the hydrological system (assets or stocks) in terms of a country’s water resources existing at a certain point in time, the exchanges between water resources, flows of water from the environment and within the economy in physical and monetary terms and also captures water quality issues. [...] Although not directly involved in the production of the Botswana WA, the MFDP plays a Botswana Water Accounting Report 2014/15 9 | P a g e significant role in the process as it provides overall coordination of the WAVES programme in the country and is one of the main users of the results together with the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources (MMEWR). [...] The returns to the environment by the water supply industry are shown and these are the water losses (e.g. [...] The key policy issues are capturing more of the TRWR and IRWR, increasing the safe yields of Botswana’s water infrastructure and making the water resources accessible and affordable to the population.