Salado Integrated River Basin Management Support Project

The objective of the Salado Integrated River Basin Management Support Project for Argentina is to enhance flood protection and strengthen the capacity of the responsible institutions for integrated water resources monitoring and management in the Salado River Basin. The project has 3 components. (1) Integrated water resources management component will strengthen institutional capacity for water resources management and environmental and hydrological monitoring at different levels, through the implementation of non‐structural measures of the PMI, contributing to a holistic and sustainable management approach. (2) River training works and upgrading associated infrastructure component will allow completion of the river training works on the lower Salado River (223 km in Sections I, II and III), and continue to expand the structural measures to reduce the impact of the increased trend in precipitation in the basin. (3) Project implementation, supervision and communication component will support the Project Works Coordination and ExecutionUnit (UCEPO) in project management, including the carrying out of the project audits, and Provincial Department of Hydraulic Works (DPOH) in the supervision of the river works. It will finance communication activities, a technical assistance to support a Users’ Oversight Committee. It will also support the development of a Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM).