# **TABLE OF CONTENTS**

|**THE WARTA RIVER BASIN MAP1. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION... 4**|
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|**1. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION................................................................. 5**|
|**2. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK................................................................................. 5**|
|**3. METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 6**|
|**4. WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE WARTA**|
|**RIVER BASIN .................................................................................................................. 7**|
|4.1 PHYSICALCHARACTERISTICS OF THEBASIN.............................................................. 7|
|4.2 PRINCIPALWATERRESOURCEMANAGEMENTISSUES............................................... 7|
|_4.2.1 Water Quality..................................................................................................... 8_|
|_4.2.2 Water Supply Availability and Reliability.......................................................... 9_|
|_4.2.3 Flood Control................................................................................................... 10_|
|_4.2.4 Major Stakeholders.......................................................................................... 10_|
|**5. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE**|
|**WARTA RIVER BASIN................................................................................................ 11**|
|5.1 THEREGIONALWATERMANAGEMENTAUTHORITY INPOZNAŃ(RWMA POZNAŃ)<br>|
|....................................................................................................................................... 11|
|5.2 INTEGRATEDWATERRESOURCEMANAGEMENT(IWRM)ANDPOLISHWATER<br>POLICY........................................................................................................................... 15|
|5.3 OTHERORGANIZATIONS ANDMANAGEMENTRESPONSIBILITIES IN THEWARTA<br>BASIN............................................................................................................................ 20|
|**6. PARTICIPANTS’ MOTIVATIONS, INCENTIVES, AND ACTIONS................ 22**|
|**7. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT............................................................................ 24**|
|7.1 WATERQUALITY..................................................................................................... 24|
|7.2 WATERSUPPLYAVAILABILITY ANDRELIABILITY................................................... 27|
|7.3 FLOODCONTROL..................................................................................................... 28|
|**8. APPLYING THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK................................................ 29**|
|8.1 INITIALCONDITIONS ANDCONTEXTUALFACTORS.................................................. 29|
|8.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THEDECENTRALIZATIONPROCESS....................................... 29|
|8.3 CENTRAL-LOCALRELATIONSHIPS ANDCAPACITIES................................................ 29|
|8.4 INTERNALBASIN-LEVELINSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTS..................................... 30|
|**9. CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................... 31**|
|**ABBREVIATIONS......................................................................................................... 33**|
|**REFERENCES................................................................................................................ 34**|
|**APPENDIX: VARIABLES IN THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK..................... 36**|
|CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND INITIAL CONDITIONS......................................................... 36|
|CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS.............................................. 36|

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