SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WATER SECURITY AS ONE OF ITS FACTORS: GLOBAL PRACTICES AND DOMESTIC POTENTIAL

Abstract

The paper is about water security and related management issues currently at work in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The country is constantly reforming the water management legal environment. There are many laws and normative acts being enacted, nowadays. Water infrastructure is one of the most vital fields. 
Azerbaijan acknowledges this and after gaining independence many legislative act have been enforced to make better use of the water resources of the country. There is a traditional agriculture that uses water in 
large quantities. Gulf countries have made a decision to minimize the agricultural products that drink more water. The author believes that this should also be the case in Azerbaijan. On the other hand, there needs to be a substitution of water-using plants by buying them from outside world. There is also a growing field 
that makes drinking water from sea water. Although there are several plants in Azerbaijan, author maintains that there is a potential to use sea for some water needs. The paper talks about the ecological and water problems in the broader region and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is the country with lowest amount of per capital water in South Caucasus. So, there is a need to take actions before it is late. The paper proposes several 
recommendation to solve the water issues in agriculture and beyond. laws and normative acts being enacted, nowadays. Water infrastructure is one of the most vital fields. Azerbaijan acknowledges this and after gaining independence many legislative act have been enforced to make better use of the water resources of the country. There is a traditional agriculture that uses water in 
large quantities. Gulf countries have made a decision to minimize the agricultural products that drink more water. The author believes that this should also be the case in Azerbaijan. On the other hand, there needs to be a substitution of water-using plants by buying them from outside world. There is also a growing field that makes drinking water from sea water. Although there are several plants in Azerbaijan, author maintains that there is a potential to use sea for some water needs. The paper talks about the ecological and water problems in the broader region and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is the country with lowest amount of per capital water in South Caucasus. So, there is a need to take actions before it is late. The paper proposes several 
recommendation to solve the water issues in agriculture and beyond.