Delving into the Divisive Waters of River Basin Planning in Bolivia: A Case Study in the Cochabamba Valley

River basin planning in Bolivia is a relatively new endeavor that primed for innovation and learning. One important learning opportunity relates to connecting watershed processes within other units (e.g., municipalities) have water management implications. A second integrating management, with focus on land-based interventions, resources the use control of surface groundwater resources. Bolivia’s Basin Policy its primary instrument, Master Plan (PDC Spanish), provide relevant context. Official guidance related PDC development lacks explicit instructions analytical tools, definition spatially temporally dis-aggregated indicators evaluate specific description exact way stakeholders engage evaluation process. This paper describes an effort adapt tenets novel support practice, Robust Decision Support (RDS), official guidelines development. The work enabled discern positive negative interactions among interventions overall system performance, hydrologic risk ecosystem functions; across varying spatial temporal reference frames; identify strategies improve outcomes mitigate cross-regional or inter-sectorial conflicts.