Auditing Water Issues

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INTOSAI General Secretariat - RECHNUNGSHOF

2004

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Contents

Foreword 4

Executive summary 6

1 Introduction 10

Water issues and public involvement

2 Global overview of water issues 14

2.1 Introduction 14

2.2 Geography of water 14

2.3 Functions of water 16

2.4 Water issues in world regions 18

2.5 Conclusions 20

3 Public involvement in water issues 22

3.1 Introduction 22

3.2 Key players in public water management 22

3.3 Water policy instruments 23

3.4 Conclusions 26

4 International agreements and organizations dealing with water 28

4.1 Introduction 28

4.2 Environmental agreements 28

4.3 International organizations and programmes 31

4.4 Conclusions 33

SAIs’ practices in auditing water programmes and policies

5 Overview of water audits by SAIs 38

5.1 Introduction 38

5.2 Facts and figures 38

5.3 Conclusions 43