More specifically, the recommended assessment should identify the occurrence (in space and time) of both surface and groundwater quantity and their associated water quality, together with a tentative assessment of trends in water requirements and water resources development (see Box ). The assessment should be based, as far as possible, on existing data and knowledge in order to avoid unnecessary delays in the process of management improvement. The objective of the assessment is not to solve the problems but to identify and list the problems, and to identify priority areas within which more detailed investigations should be carried out. As.
