Monitoring and Evaluation

According to the Global Water Partnership, a strong monitoring and evaluation system has the potential to ensure that an IWRM strategy meets its main objective of fostering positive change, and also that the strategy can adapt to evolving needs and conditions. Resources available in this sub-theme include examples of performance indicators, technical methods of hydraulic monitoring, handbooks for appraisal of management systems, and other resources that support the wide variety of approaches for monitoring and evaluating water resources.

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Monitoring and Evaluation Resources

Climate Change Indicators in the United States

Published: 
December 1, 2012
The National Institutes for Water Resources
EPA's Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2012, presents compelling evidence that many fundamental measures of climate in the United States are changing. Temperatures are rising, snow and rainfall patterns are shifting, and more extreme climate events'like heavy rainstorms and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Performance Indicators for Selected Water Supply and Sanitation Utilities in Ecuador

Published: 
November 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this study was to develop performance indicators for 13 selected water, wastewater, and combined water and wastewater utilities in Ecuador from data supplied by the utilities themselves. The performance indicators cover operational, financial, and personnel activities. Of the 13...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Final Report: Environmental Information Service's Consultation to Assist the Peruvian National Office for the Evaluation of Natural Resources (ONERN), Lima, Peru, July 21 to August 4, 1989

Published: 
January 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report presents the results of a consultation conducted by the Environmental Information Service of The Conservation Foundation, to assist the Office of Evaluation of Natural Resources (ONERN) of the Peruvian Government with their surface water data needs; assess existing water quality...Read more
Regional focus: 
PeruLatin America and the Caribbean

The Use of Stationary Hydro acoustic Transducers to Study Diel and Tidal Influences on Fish Behavior

Published: 
October 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Diel and tiday conditions are two important factors that influence fish behavior. Many fisheries, such as the Corvina fishery in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, take advantage of these influences. This study applied stationary transducer arrays that allowed complete coverage of the water column...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Belize: Increased Productivity through Better Health Project: Final Report of the Water Quality Lab Consultant, February 11-March 19, 1987

Published: 
January 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is organized into a brief discussion of activities and recommendations, with operational protocols governing testing procedures, sampling runs and other technical notes presented in the Appendices.Read more
Regional focus: 
BelizeLatin America and the Caribbean

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