East Java Water Resources Services Agency (Dinas PUP) has primary responsibility on water resources development and management at the provincial level. The Agency provides the Provincial Governor with technical assistance in water resources management policy, infrastructure development, operation and management of irrigation facilities, issues abstraction permits and related activities, with focus on activities that transcend Kabupaten/Kotamadya (district) boundaries.

Other Ministries of the Central Government have a key regulatory role in the Brantas basin: • The Ministry of Finance provides fiscal oversight of basin management for strategic basins. • The Ministry of Mining and Energy is responsible for the administration of groundwater resources. • The Ministry of Forestry has regulatory responsibility for issues concerning deforestation; and • The State Ministry of Environment has a regulatory responsibility in matters of pollution control and water quality management. Nevertheless, these responsibilities are devolved to the provincial government and its various sector dinas. **Water Resources Operators** **_1.1.1.1.6 PJT I_** PJT I’s activities are financed through fees from industry and hydropower sectors and municipal water suppliers. PJT I’s mandate is to manage water quantity, water quality, conservation, and maintenance of water resources infrastructure. PJT I provides bulk water supply for irrigation systems, raw water for municipal and industrial use, water supply for hydropower plants, manages sand mining services, develops and operates tourism facilities on land and reservoirs under its control in its working area, and carries out consulting services. _Regional Offices of Water Resources Management (Balai PSDA)_ Balai PSDA were established in all of the river basin territory (SWS) within the East Java PWRS in 1998 as part of GoI efforts to decentralize water resources management to operate, maintain and manage the infrastructure and the water resources in the rivers that are not under the jurisdiction of PJT I. These rivers include the 2<sup>nd</sup> , 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> order rivers in the Brantas basin without major infrastructure or major water benefits with the exception of irrigation. There are 3 (three) Balai PSDAs in the Brantas river basin. Decentralization policies maintain that irrigation systems within district jurisdictions are managed by districts, so Balai PSDA manage the inter-district irrigation system and serve as the field regulatory arm of the Dinas PUP. All major infrastructure in the Brantas basin is managed by the PJT I, so the Balai PSDA manage the smaller size irrigation infrastructure. These agencies are the lowest level provincial agency for advice and implementation of regulatory decisions (abstraction licensing, effluent discharge licensing, flood plain use, etc.). _Irrigation Water User Associations (WUA)_ Irrigation water users were empowered to make decisions concerning operations at the irrigation system level through Government Regulation (PP) No. 77/2001 on Irrigation. In accordance with this regulation, district level administrators (Regents or Mayors) are required to establish District Irrigation Commissions to oversee allocation and distribution of irrigation water for agricultural and other users at the district level. It is the Provincial and District Government’s responsibility to develop WUAs. Since 2001, East Java has implemented the Irrigation Management and Transfer program (IMT) on a pilot basis. Through IMT, management and associated decision-making is transferred to Federations of WUA (WUAF). The WUAF have in some cases taken on small maintenance works. The objective of the IMT program is for decentralization of irrigation management in order to involve farmer organizations as partners with district level water agencies regarding investment, O&M, and management decisions. This also helps increase farmers’ contributions towards O&M costs of irrigation systems. However, the new Water Resources Law is interpreted as not allowing delegation of irrigation management responsibility to WUAFs outside tertiary blocks and PP 77/01 is under revision. (Note: As a consequence of issue of the new Water Law #7/2004 the IMT program will be replaced by a Participatory Approach Program or PPP through revision of PP #77/2001).

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