A review of the water resources management for the Brantas River basin: challenges in the transition to an integrated water resources management

This paper reviews an integrated approach involving the representative stakeholders in the development and management of water available in the Brantas River basin and provides new insights into the future water management practices toward the implementation of integrated water resources management. Overall process of governing the availability of water at the Brantas River basin level by sequencing updating master plan can have a significant achievement. The institutional arrangements support good water governance as a long-term process of the Brantas River basin development and management. Challenges of managing the optimum use of water resources in the Brantas River to fulfil the needs of various stakeholders related to technical issues, institutional frameworks, and regulatory instruments were construed as being rooted in the participation of stakeholders. This review may contribute to the incremental improvements in water management practices to gain better understanding of the future direction of water resources management at river basin level.