in many countries water governance is still in a state of confusion in both developing and developed nations water policy to a greater or lesser degree intrinsically raises governance challenges these include fragmented institutional structures a lack of clarity on roles and responsibilities and questionable resource allocation meanwhile inadequate financial management low capacity of the implementing organisations and unpredictability in the investment climate for private sector actors are also typical moreover accountability of politicians policy makers and implementing agencies is often lacking in situations where the regulatory environment can be unclear or nonexistent many of these problems are rooted in a general lack of knowledge and awareness of rights and responsibilities and are broadly related to poor governance