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

University of Michigan Water Center-Supported Large Research Grants

Graham Sustainability Institute at the University of Michigan
The Water Center has awarded over $4.6 million in large grants to bolster freshwater research and restoration and protection efforts throughout the Great Lakes region and beyond. This site includes factsheets for all Water Center large grants.Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

University of Michigan Water Center-Supported Leveraging Resource Grants

Graham Sustainability Institute at the University of Michigan
The Water Center has awarded over $1 million in grants to support projects that leverage ongoing freshwater research and restoration and protection efforts in order to take them a step further. This site includes factsheets for all Water Center leveraging grants.Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

The U.S. Drought Portal

National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.S. Department of Agriculture
The website provides information about regional, state and local sources of drought information as well as information on planning, education, research and recovery. The website provides static maps and information related to the current state of drought, drought impacts, and drought forecasts.Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Water Risks on the Rise for Three Global Energy Production Hot Spots

World Resources Institute
This document highlights key findings from Wood Mackenzie's report on the interdependence of water and energy production. The report found that three energy sectors face particularly high water risks: shale gas in the United States, coal production and coal-fired power in China, and crude oil...Read more

Partnering for Water and Energy Savings Webinar

Published: 
November 1, 2013
Alliance for Water Efficiency
This webinar explores the options for water and energy utilities to work together, and provides guidance as well as specific examples of successful programs in the field.�Featured in the webinar�are two research reports that address the opportunities for partnership and the current barriers...Read more

Conflicting Reporting Systems May Hinder Companies' Water Risk Strategies

World Resources Institute
This blog analyzes how a lack of consistent definitions of water stress and scarcity can impede companies ability to properly measure water risks.Read more

Cyber-Physical Networking Lab

Published: 
January 1, 2012
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
DWFI faculty fellow Mehmet Can Vuran's research website on wireless underground sensor networks, etc.Read more

The Issues and Challenges of Reducing Non-Revenue Water

Published: 
January 1, 2010
Alliance for Water Efficiency
One of the major challenges facing water utilities is the high level of water loss in distribution networks. If a large proportion of water that is supplied is lost, meeting consumer demands is much more difficult. Since this water yields no revenue, heavy losses also make it harder to keep water...Read more

Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Third Edition

Published: 
January 1, 2009
Alliance for Water Efficiency
AWWA manual M36 provides complete operating guidance on water audits, leak detection, and water loss control programs for drinking water systems.The third edition is significantly expanded with important new information has been added on a major advancement in water-auditing methodology...Read more

National Pollutant Removal Performance Database

National Water Research Institute
This report provides an overview of the National Pollutant Removal Database, which consists of 139 individual best management practices performance studies.Read more

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