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

Water and Sustainbility (Volume1): Research Plan

Publication date:
January 1, 2002
Electric Power Research Institute
The objective of this study was to determine the likelihood, magnitude, and timing of water shortages, and the degree of electric supply and demand dependency on water -- and to develop a research plan to address the water and sustainability issue before it becomes critical. This research plan...Read more

Water and Sustainability (Volume2): An Assessment of Water Demand, Supply, and Quality in the U.S. -- The Next Half Century

Publication date:
January 1, 2002
Electric Power Research Institute
The objective of this study was to characterize the probable magnitude of the quantity of water demanded and supplied, as well as the quality of such water, in the United States for the next half-century -- from 2000 to 2050 -- and identify regional deficits (if any). This study also identifies...Read more

Ghana - Water and Sanitation

Publication date:
October 6, 2014
Millennium Challenge Corporation
The Ghana Community Services Activity was designed to complement the Agriculture Project by providing educational, water and sanitation and rural electrification infrastructure in the Intervention Zones and by enhancing the capacity of local governments to deliver the related services. These...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ghana

Armenia - Irrigation Infrastructure

Publication date:
October 14, 2014
Millennium Challenge Corporation
This study evaluates irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation in Armenia. The study separately examines the impacts of tertiary canals and other large infrastructure such as main canals and pumping stations. The study also explores the similarities that these types of infrastructure share as well...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Armenia

Urban Water Blueprint: Mapping Conservation Solutions to the Global Water Challenge

Publication date:
November 18, 2014
The Nature Conservancy
The Urban Water Blueprint report and accompanying interactive website provide a resource for decision-makers in evaluating water quantity and quality risk across the world's largest cities, the steps some cities have taken to overcome water stress, and the cost-benefits of incorporating...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

USGS and USAID Partner to Conserve Forests, Water in Africa

U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource offers an overview of the partnership between USAID and USGS working to conserve forests in Guinea. One of the many reasons that this project is critical is that Guinea's forest reserves replenish many of West Africa's life-sustaining waterways.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

A Project Completion Report for Harnessing Solar Power for Multi-Use Water Systems (SOLAR MUS) in Six Remote Hillside Villages in Nepal

Publication date:
April 1, 2013
iDE
This project brings together iDE-N's experience in MUS, irrigation, water management and appropriate sustainable business models with Renewable World’s experience in renewable energy and business models for income generation in extremely isolated communities. Solar-powered water pumps, as a...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
South East Asia

MUS Video (Gravity MUS)

iDE
This Gravity MUS video is about the MUS programs that were designed and implemented by iDE in different districts in Nepal. Video production credited to Bimala Rai Colavito (a volunteer at iDE).Read more
Regional/Country focus:
South East Asia

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