WATER SECTOR MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF BULGARIAN REGIONS

When speaking about facilitating normal conditions for living and working, in the modern world, water resources are significant. We need to maintain water safety according to the specific environment and particular territory demands. Water resources are renewable natural resources, but they are unevenly distributed in the world territory. This fact turns water resources into priceless valued property. In the future, most conflicts will occur because of the limited amount of water resources and their unbalanced distribution in the world. That is why water resources and water sector management become the most dominant activities in the sustainable development of regions. This research is to outline the role of water sector management in the context of sustainable and regional development. The author uses systemic, and territory approaches and systemic, descriptive, analytic, comparison, and other methods for purpose achievement. The specific aim of this research is to point out the problems and challenges of Bulgarian water resources management through an analyze the system of water sector management. The null hypothesis of the author is that there is a strong connection between water resources and water sector management and sustainable development of the regions, concerning regional development. The author fulfills the research aim using systemic and territorial approaches and different scientific methods as descriptive, comparison, analytical, expert opinion citation, and others.