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
Senegal River Basin Monitoring Activity, Hydrological Issues, Part II: A Report based on Discussions and Bibliographical Work in Senegal, Fieldwork around Matam and Subsequent Data Analysis
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November 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
This brief study involved literature review, discussions, field work and analysis. Thirty-two recommendations are made. The most important is that Manantali's long term operation should be changed to include the release of water to augment the natural flood in the valley. A new real time...Read more
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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaSenegal River Basin Monitoring Activity, Hydrological Issues: Part I
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August 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
This review is organized into four sections. The review of the status of the hydrological documentation concentrates heavily on the data that is available for the existing and future studies. The two main sections of the report discuss, first the issues that can be accepted from literature, and...Read more
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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaAn Annotated Bibliography of Factors Affecting Pumping and Irrigation in Africa
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October 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This bibliographic search was started in order to provide the background documents for the development of a methodology of economic analysis of water pumping projects, particularly the energy trade-offs in water pumping.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaFlood Risk Mapping, Water Bodies Monitoring, and Climate Information for Disaster Management and Detecting Risk Areas of Mosquito-borne Disease Transmission
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May 1, 2013National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This project report provides information on a project of the SERVIR Applied Sciences Team, which is developing a tool for forecasting flood risks and assessing vector-borne disease risk for SERVIR-Africa in support of infectious disease monitoring and outbreak prediction. Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaEast Africa Drought and Agricultural Productivity Assessment and Prediction
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May 1, 2013National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This resource includes: Water, food and drought monitoring using remote sensing and modeling; remote sensing and modeling for crop forecasting; and provides from near real-time to seasonal forecasts.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaAfrican Drought Monitor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The African Drought Monitor has been installed in Niamey, Niger (Feb 1 2012.) at AGRHYMET. NASA plans on adding weather and seasonal hydrological forecasting over the next 6 months and SMOS-based soil moisture through collaboration with CESBIO and crop water requirements and actual ET over the next...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaEvaluation of Baseline Ground-Water Conditions in the Mosteiros, Ribeira Paul, and Ribeira Fajã Basins, Republic of Cape Verde, West Africa, 2005-06
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January 1, 2006U.S. Geological Survey
This report documents current (2005-06) baseline ground-water conditions in three basins within the West African Republic of Cape Verde (Mosteiros on Fogo, Ribeira Paul on Santo Antão, and Ribeira Fajã on São Nicolau) based on existing data and additional data collected during this study. Ground-...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaEnvironmental Stratification Framework and Water Quality Monitoring Design Strategy for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa
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January 1, 2008U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
Mauritania anticipates an increase in mining activities throughout the country and into the foreseeable future. Because mining-induced changes in the landscape are likely to affect theirlimited ground-water resources and sensitive aquatic ecosystems, a water-quality assessment program was designed...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaData and Applications for Study of the Water Cycle in Africa
U.S. Geological Survey
http://earlywarning.usgs.gov/adds/pubs/verdin-isrse.pdfRead more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaUsing Monitoring Data to Identify Water and Sanitation Service Delivery Improvement Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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June 25, 2021Universal access to basic sanitation and water services and their progressive improvement are important for human development, health, and human rights; and are recognized in program, national, and international policies such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Monitoring data are...Read more
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