Institutional Structures and Management

According to the International Water Management Institute, institutions evolve depending on the nature of water resource issues that a river basin faces and, in that sense, are not static systems but adaptive and dynamic systems. IWRM’s potential contribution to increasing water productivity lies in its ability to approach natural resource management problems in an integrated fashion. Resources available in this sub-theme include models and evaluations of water management systems, examples of institutional frameworks and others that support managing integrated water resources.

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Institutional Structures and Management Resources

Developing Sustainable Community Water Supply Systems: Key Questions for African Development Foundation Applicants

Published: 
November 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to provide information to groups applying to the African Development Foundation (ADF) about the factors to consider as they design a new community water supply system that will be both sustainable and successful in meeting the established needs of their community. This...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Audit of Cash Advances to Projects in Rwanda

Published: 
March 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
This audit report provides a complete audit of cash advances to projects in Rwanda in 1988.Read more
Regional focus: 
RwandaSub-Saharan Africa

African Irrigation Overview: Main Report

Published: 
December 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The key objective of this study was to provide services in irrigated regions of the world for improving water management practices in the design and operation of existing and future irrigation projects and give guidance for USAID for selecting and implementing development options and investment...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Users Manual for the Pascal Version of the Usu Main Hydraulic Model

Published: 
October 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The key objective of this study was to provide services in irrigated regions of the world for improving water management practices in the design and operation of existing and future irrigation projects and give guidance to USAID for selecting and implementing development options and investment...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Privatization Study of the Village Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Lesotho)

Published: 
September 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The project installed new water systems in Lesotho, leaving the Government of Lesotho with additional systems to maintain. This study led to USAID exploring options concerning how best to assure continued serviceability of the rural systems. The approach explored in this study involves the transfer...Read more
Regional focus: 
LesothoSub-Saharan Africa

Niger River Basin Planning River Systems Analysis - After Action Report

Published: 
July 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
This report summarizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' experience in West Africa, addresses current and future uses of the Niger River, and provides the principles for continuation of water resources planning in the Niger River Basin.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Emergency Rehabilitation of Ouagadougou Dam No. 2 - Burkina Faso

Published: 
October 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides a brief review of the project to rehabilitate dam no. 2 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and, based on lessons learned, to develop recommendation for undertaking similar projects in the future.Read more
Regional focus: 
Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa

Preparation of a National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Plan in Zaire

Published: 
May 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
A Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) consultant team visited Zaire in April 1986 to review the draft plan for the rural water and sanitation (WS) subsector prepared by a subcommittee of the National Action Committee for Water and Sanitation (CNAEA). The team concluded that: (1) although the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-Saharan Africa

Design of a National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Plan in Zaire

Published: 
February 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
A Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) team visited Zaire in January 1986 to help the National Action Committee for Water and Sanitation (CNAEA) develop the first draft of a national rural water supply/sanitation (WS/S) plan. The team recommended that CNAEA: (1) encourage full participation by...Read more
Regional focus: 
Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural Research Corporation Western Sudan Agricultural Research Project

Published: 
October 1, 1985
U.S. Agency for International Development
A trip was taken from July 3-17 1985 to Sudan to study the El Obeid compartmented reservoir system. This system supplies most of the domestic water to the city of El Obeid which has a population of 200,000 to 250,000 people. This water supply was exhausted in March 1985 and the town was out of...Read more
Regional focus: 
SudanSub-Saharan Africa

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