Lessons on cooperation building to manage water conflicts in the Aral Sea Basin; Technical documents in hydrology: pc-cp series; Vol.: 11; 2003

4.1. At the National Level 
● 
Reversion to powerful inter-sectoral structures of water management at the state 
level, responsible for strict enforcement of the water protection and water use 
policy of the state. 
● Extensive and all-round implementation of integrated water resource 
management, free from the administrative influence of local authorities, in which 
all interested provinces and districts will be represented and enjoy equal rights to 
participate in basin, sub-basin, and system organizations of water management. 
● 
Participation of water users, alongside the state, in management and funding of 
operational activity (as land profitability increases, the state share is to be 
reduced). 
● 
Facilitating the establishment of WUAs in agriculture and WUOs in other branches 
of economy. 
● 
Establishment of consultancy services in water management and agriculture, 
with a network of training centers and field demonstrations as a major tool for 
water saving and conservation. 
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● 
Introduction of water use charges in accordance with increasing block rate 
tariffs: minimum payment for water use within the limits of crop biological water 
demand (technological demands of production), which increases within the limit 
and multiplies iteratively in the event of overuse. 
● 
Payment for pollution of water sources. 
● Implementation of mandatory water accounting at all levels of the water 
hierarchy. 
● 
Mandatory introduction of water recycling. 
● 
Development of legislation that promotes water conservation and environmental 
protection. 
● Establishment of extensive transparent information practices and access to 
information systems, databases and the knowledge base.