Productivity and Efficiency

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources through water-saving technologies and simple steps. Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Topics addressed in this theme provide insights, lessons, and guidance on how diverse stakeholders are working to improve water management and reduce water use.

Productivity and Efficiency Resources

Handbook of Water Use and Conservation

Publication date:
January 1, 2001
Alliance for Water Efficiency
As drought, pollution, and sprawl make water increasingly scarce, many are seeking new and sustainable solutions to water supply problems. This book is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and state-of-the-art reference ever published on water use, conservation, and the growing array of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Water Harvesting/Aquaculture Project (WHAP): Final Evaluation Report

U.S. Agency for International Development
This evaluation was conducted primarily for the information of WHAP participants: Auburn University, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Church World Service, Heifer Project International, Lutheran World Relief, and Save the Children. The results of this evaluation are also expected to provide general...Read more

Coastal Resources Management Project

U.S. Agency for International Development
Experience in developed nations has shown that integrated coastal resources management (CRM) programs can be effective means of understanding the causes and linkages among problems such as these, and forming institutions to help resolve them. In the United States, CRM projects have been initiated...Read more

Irrigation and Human Welfare: a Workshop Report

U.S. Agency for International Development
The three specific objectives of the workshop were: (1) to examine ways in which concerns about complex relationships between water and human welfare could be integrated in the planning, design, operation and evaluation of irrigation and related water supply and sanitation projects; (2) to identify...Read more

Optimum Control of Irrigation Water Application

U.S. Agency for International Development
The problem of controlling soil water within the root zone of irrigated crops to minimize the expected loss is examined. Control is obtained by the amount and timing of irrigations to replenish the soil water reservoir depleted by the crop's water consumption. Actual evapotranspiration rates...Read more

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