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

Water Quality Management in Pond Fish Culture

Publication date:
January 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
Presents a study of the variables in waste quality as they affect the survival, reproduction, growth, production, or management of fish. An attempt is made to define 'good' water quality. Information is presented which will be of help in: determining the potential of a body of water for...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Width Constrictions in Open Channels

Publication date:
November 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
The purpose of this study is to compare the existing methods of calculating the backwater due to, or discharge through, a constriction in an open channel, and to show how these methods are but particular expressions of a more general submerged flow equation. An extensive literature review has been...Read more

Installation and Field Use of Cutthroat Flumes for Water Measurement

Publication date:
March 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
The cutthroat flume has been developed for operation under both free flow and submerged flow conditions. The flume has a flat bottom and vertical walls. Its most obvious advantage is economy, since fabrication is facilitated by the flat bottom and removal of the throat section. Also, any particular...Read more

Cutthroat Flume Discharge Relations

Publication date:
March 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
The purpose of this study is to rate a group of cutthroat flumes which have the same geometric shape. Because of geometric similarity, the behavior of all flumes which are dimensionally similar to those tested should be capable of being predicted within a degree of accuracy suited for field use...Read more

Culverts as Flow Measuring Devices

Publication date:
February 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
Culverts are encountered throughout irrigation systems. Many of these culverts operate under free surface flow conditions. Usually, the flow depths in the culvert are governed by downstream flow conditions. This particular flow condition can be described as free surface outlet control. Only an...Read more

Armenia - Water to Market Farmer Training

Publication date:
March 26, 2014
Millennium Challenge Corporation
The Farming Practices Survey (FPS) was commissioned by MCC to evaluate the impact of Water-to-Market (WtM) activities, particularly farmer training, on rural farmers in Armenia. Fielded by a consortium of AREG, an Armenia-based NGO, and Jen Consult, the FPS is a longitudinal survey of farming...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Armenia

National Drought Mitigation Center

Publication date:
January 1, 2014
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
Several DWFI faculty fellows work for the National Drought Mitigation Center, located at the University of Nebraska-LincolnRead more

U.S. National Aquatic Resource Surveys

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. EPA has developed approaches for implementing a statistically valid survey for assessing the nation's waters. These resources are specific to states but provide a framework approach to help build national monitoring program. The National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) use randomized...Read more

Water Quality Exchange

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Water Quality Exchange (WQX) provides a standard format for exchanging water quality monitoring data. Even though it's designed for data sharing within the U.S., the data exchange schema could be reused by any country to establish a data exchange.Read more

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