Good/strong, 5. In order of importance from the assessment, these were: policy coherence (Principle 3), financing (Principle 6), managing trade-offs across users, rural and urban areas, and generations (Principle 11), and integrity and transparency (Principle 9). To strengthen a comprehensive approach to water management, some Principles can be considered simultaneously (e.g. Principles 2, 3, 5, 9 and 11) in order to develop a clearer and broader understanding of the problems and the solutions. The paper concludes that the Principles are a good example of how the complexity of w'ater problems demands holistic approaches and actions, including considerations of territorial, temporal and intergenerational continuity.