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An Investigation of National Water Resources Database, Bangladesh

Md. Masud Alam
WARPO, Ministry of Water Resources, BANGLADESH

Md. Ataur Rahman
Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka, BANGLADESH

Md. Shahabul Alam
Bangladesh Water Development Board, BANGLADESH

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

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 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.

Keywords: Data base, Update, Planning, Water resources, Management

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Program Area: Resource Development and Management

Non-commodity: Data collection and collation

Objectives:

The objective of this study is to analyze the existing database, to identify its laps and gaps. However the specific objectives include:
1. Review of existing National Water Resources Database
2. Set up questionnaire survey to the National Water Expert
3. Establishing the Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat (SWOT) analysis for the existing database
4. Implementing the Common Strategy for proper maintaining the database.

Methodology:

In principle, an analytical framework process has been followed to understand the NWRD. An extensive consultation with questionnaire survey has been done to the national Water Expertise and WARPO professional for getting more appropriate knowledge about the NWRD to strengthen this work. Various documents and reports have been studied for getting updating information about the database and their recommendation. SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threat) analysis has been done for better establishing the Common strategy for maintaining the existing Database.

Source of Information: Asian Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Volume 3, No 2 (2014), ISSN 2305-915X

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Achievement/Findings:

NWRD is a planning tool and management instrument for effective implementation of IWRM in Bangladesh. Therefore data should be updated and authentic in NWRD. It is the largest geospatial database in the country. After creation of NWRD, this database is playing vital role for water resources planning, development and management in Bangladesh. Not only in water sector, but also in other sector such as in agriculture, fisheries, environment, this database is contributing a lot. Still there is a lot gaps in this database. For proper functioning of NWRD, these drawbacks have to be removed. As WARPO is the ownership of NWRD, therefore he has to take decision for its maintenance and update. Government (such as NWRC) has to take vital role in this regard. Although the gaps in NWRD, by containing more than 450 layers, it is the central database in Water Sector Bangladesh and a asset not only for WARPO but also in other sector who deals in Water Resources project in Bangladesh.

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