The purpose of Comprehensive Transboundary International
Water Quality Management Agreement is to provide a model
for comprehensive water quality planning and management
of shared water resources. This model agreement is based
on the concept of shared sovereignty and is appropriate only
for those situations in which the Parties are prepared to relinquish
a significant degree of sovereignty over their portion of
the shared water resource.
The agreement is extensive and considers most aspects of
planning and management of water resources. The objective
of this comprehensive, integrated agreement is to achieve allocation
based on equitable utilization. The intent of this
agreement is to be sufficiently flexible for use on an international
scale and in a variety of geopolitical settings.