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.

Monitoring and Evaluation Resources

USGS Water Alert

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The U.S. Geological Survey WaterAlert service sends e-mail or text (SMS) messages when certain parameters, as measured by a USGS real-time data-collection station, exceed user-definable thresholds.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

USGS Flood History

Publication date:
October 5, 2016
U.S. Geological Survey
This website allows users to click on an event name to access news, data, and resources for regional flood events that involved a national coordinated USGS response.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
North America
United States

USGS National Water Information System (NWIS)

Publication date:
November 2, 2016
U.S. Geological Survey
Provides access to water-resources data collected at over 1.5 million sites in the 50 States and selected other areas. Data are organized by: o Current conditions—sites with real-time or recent surface-water, groundwater, or water-quality data. o Site information—descriptive site information for...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
North America
United States

Precipitation Frequency Data Server (PFDS)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Precipitation Frequency Data Server (PFDS) is a point-and-click interface developed to deliver NOAA Atlas 14 precipitation frequency estimates and associated information. Upon clicking a state on the map, an interactive map of that state will be displayed. From there, a user can identify a...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

United States Interagency Elevation Inventory

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This catalog of publicly available, high-accuracy elevation data for the United States and its territories is collaboratively maintained by six federal agencies. The inventory provides an important central location for information about elevation data sets and decreases duplicate data collection...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping is defined as the practice of planning, acquiring, integrating, and disseminating ocean and coastal geospatial data and derivative products in a manner that permits easy access to and use by the greatest range of users.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

NOAA Shoreline Data

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The NOAA Shoreline Data Explorer provides high-resolution digital shoreline from multi-temporal surveys of our nation's coastline. It provides the following capabilities: view available shoreline project boundaries; view vector shoreline data; view and download FGDC compliant metadata; make...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

National Flood Insurance Program: Flood Hazard Mapping

Publication date:
September 19, 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Through FEMA's flood hazard mapping program, Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (MAP), FEMA identifies flood hazards, assesses flood risks and partners with states and communities to provide accurate flood hazard and risk data to guide them to mitigation actions.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Publication date:
June 29, 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This page provides general information on hazard mitigation and the Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Testing Water Quality: When Labs Don't Work

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
This blog post describes the reasons why inadequate lab facilities are often cited as a challenge to water quality monitoring. A lack of laboratory capacity, unreliable technologies, or poor quality control can compromise the reliability of lab results. The blog posts cites emerging technologies as...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

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