Institutional capacity for implementing integrated water management should be reviewed and developed when there is a clear demand.Existing administrative structures will often be quite capable of achieving local water resources management,but the need may arise for new institutions based upon the perspective,for example,of river catchment areas,district development councils and local community committees.Although water is managed at various levels in the socio-political system,demand-driven management requires the development of water-related institutions at appropriate levels,taking into account the need for integration with land-use management.Institutional capacity for implementing integrated water management should be reviewed and developed when there is a clear demand. Existing administrative structures will often be quite capable of achieving local water resources management, but the need may arise for new institutions based upon the perspective, for example, of river catchment areas, district development councils and local community committees. Although water is managed at various levels in the socio-political system, demand-driven management requires the development of water-related institutions at appropriate levels, taking into account the need for integration with land-use management