Water Supply and Scarcity

According to the United Nations, water scarcity is defined as the point at which the aggregate impact of all users impinges on the supply or quality of water. Water scarcity is a relative concept and can occur at any level of supply or demand. Scarcity may be socially-constructed or the consequence of altered supply patterns stemming from climate change. Resources available in this sub-theme include U.S. drought monitoring data, workshops for rural water supply systems, among other resources that support water supply and scarcity.

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Water Supply and Scarcity Resources

Operations Research Study of Water Resources: Pt. 1, Methodology and Problems in an Urbanized Arid Environment

Published: 
October 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The methodology of operations research is judged in relation to its utility to water resource management in an urbanized arid environment and to the study of worth of data for such management. Conditions for existence of a managerial problem are reviewed as is the multilevel structure of the...Read more

Water Resources Survey - Progress Report #48

Published: 
June 30, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (BUREC) PROJ MANAGER DETAILS USAID ACTIVITIES FROM 10/01/69-6/30/70 TO IMPROVE PLNNG & DEVLPMNT OF WATER RESOURCES ON A NATIONWIDE BASIS IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE 4-MAN BUREC TEAM(PROJ MANAGER, HYDROLOGIST, SOILS SCIENTIST & GROUNDWATER ENGINEER) WORKED PRIMARILY WITH...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Preliminary Assessment of Some Problems of the Hydrogeology of the Dry Pampas in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Trip Report

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report describes a preliminary assessment of some problems of the hydrogeology of an area of the dry Pampas of western Buenos Aires Province, Argentina made by the authors in September 1970.Read more
Regional focus: 
ArgentinaLatin America and the Caribbean

Current Research in the U.S. Applicable to Systems Analysis of Watershed Management

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this compilation is to summarize current research projects being carried out by federal and state agencies and universities in the US that may be pertinent to the objectives of AID Institutional Grant 211d. Systems analysis of watershed management implies integrating hydrologic,...Read more

Village Technology Handbook: Developing Water Resources

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Village Technology Handbook is aimed at helping villagers to master the resources available to them: to improve their own lives and to bring their villages more fully into the lives of the nations of which they form a basic and important part. Technical information is a basic factor in the...Read more

Report on Water Demand Study

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
A scope of services for the study was proposed by IPSED, and these included: (1) consultation with members of the Sanitary Engineering staff at San Carlos University regarding the study, (2) assistance with collection and analysis of water usage and other data, (3) continual liaison and...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Water Resources Survey - Progress Report

Published: 
December 31, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
EVALUATES USAID ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVT OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM 7/1/67-12/31/67 TO UNDERTAKE SURVEYS AND STUDIES PREPARATORY TO THE FORMULATION OF COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE NATION'S SEVEN MAJOR RIVER BASINS. ALL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE SEVEN RIVER BASINS UNDERTAKEN IN THE INITIAL...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Manual on Water Desalination: Economics, Appendices

Published: 
April 1, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS APPENDIX TO VOLUMES I AND II OF THE MANUAL LISTS EXISTING DESALINATION PLANTS, TECHNICAL DATA ON PROPERTIES OF SEAWATER AND BRACKISH WATER, AND OUTLINES SAMPLE SURVEY QUESTIONNARIES FOR BOTH TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDIES. IT INCLUDES ESTIMATING AIDS AND NOMOGRAPHS FOR DETERMINING...Read more

Manual on Water Desalination: Technology, Chaps. 5-7

Published: 
April 1, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
PART TWO OF VOLUME 1 (WHICH COVERS DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY) DESCRIBES TYPICAL DESALINATION PLANTS USING DISTILLATION, FREEZING, VACUUM FREEZING, AND MEMBRANE OSMOSIS PROCESSES. IT DISCUSSES THE FEASIBILITY OF COMBINING DESALINATION PLANTS WITH ELECTRIC POWER OR OF COMBINING DESALINATION WITH THE...Read more

Manual on Water Desalination: Economics, Chaps. 8-11

Published: 
April 1, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
VOLUME 2 OF THIS DESALINATION MANUAL CONCERNS THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF DESALINATION PROJECTS. IT PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THE INITIATION OF A PROGRAM FOR DEFINING AND SOLVING THE WATER SHORTAGE PROBLEMS OF A PARTICULAR REGION OR NATION. THIS VOLUME TELLS HOW TO DRAW UP A WATER DEVELOPMENT PLAN,...Read more

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