This module will cover differrent topics and at the end of htis module the learner will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of socio-economic, legal and administrative aspects of integrated water resources management (IWRM), to understand and apply ethical values to planning and management of water resources, to establish current challenges in achieving ethically equitable access to/distribution of water; to demonstrate the role of gender-sensitivity in water supply services and water conservation; to develop and explain water-related laws (different legal and administrative arrangements) and how they related with sustainable water management, to explain and demonstrate the role of indigenous knowledge in watershed planning and management.