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Sri Lanka: Water accounting and auditing

KnoWat: Knowing water better - Towards a more equitable and sustainable access to natural resources to achieve food security

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) The project Knowing water better - Towards a more equitable and sustainable access to natural resources to achieve food security (KnoWat) carried out a water accounting and auditing assessment in Sri Lanka. Water accounting and auditing are an essential aspect of managing water resources: water accounting is the systematic examination of status and trends in the availability, demand, accessibility and usage of water, and water auditing puts trends in water supply, demand, accessibility, and usage into a broader framework of governance, institutions, public and private expenditure, law and the political economy of water. When combined, water accounting and auditing facilitate policy development and decision-making.

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