the water agenda endeavours to put more attention on demand management and on exploiting potential efficiency gains for example to achieve the goal of balanced basins the water agenda projects that of the water gap will be closed by reductions in water demand and by supply increase the role of economic instruments on achieving demand reductions is unclear however as the reductions in water demand are expected to be achieved through investments in infrastructure in particular on waterefficient irrigation systems supported by subsidies and is linked neither to water pricing reforms nor to more efficient allocation of water resources