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

Savanna Regional Water Resources and Land Use Project; Semi-Annual Report No. 12, January 1-March 31, 1979

Published: 
March 31, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of this project is to contribute to the rational development of water resources in the West African Savanna region as required for agricultural development, human and animal consumption, and with due consideration for the ecological effects of such development. The purpose is to assist...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Savanna Regional Water Resources and Land Use Project; Progress Report, Jan.-June, 1978

Published: 
June 30, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of this project is to contribute to the rational development of water resources in the West African Savanna region as required for agricultural development, human and animal consumption, and with due consideration for the ecological effects of such development. The purpose is to assist...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Water and Conservation Programs for Cape Verde

Published: 
March 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
Reviews activities in Cape Verde related to irrigation development, water spreading, and soil conservation. Focuses on the island of Santiago because of its size, population, and potential resources. Described are conditions relative to soils, climate, hydrology, and land use. Specific program...Read more
Regional focus: 
Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa

Review of the Bureau of Reclamation Senegal River Basin - Water Resources Development Analysis

Published: 
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document reviews the Senegal River Basin in USAID's efforts to combat the Sahel drought in 1970. It offers short and long term recommendations for capital assistance. One recommendation is the use of green infrastructure for the short term. In the medium term it proposes that USAID assist...Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Framework for Evaluating Long-Term Strategies for the Development of the Sahel - Sudan Region, Annex 8: an Approach to Water Resource Planning

Published: 
December 1, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report describes a systematic framework for the analysis of long run investment needs in the water resources of the Sahel-Sudan region. The work was conducted as part of a larger project resulting from a contract between the United States Agency for International Development and the...Read more
Regional focus: 
SudanSub-Saharan Africa

Housing, Transportation, and Water Resources

Published: 
April 1, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
The subjects considered in the course of the symposium and therefore in these volumes were construction, transportation, housing, water resources and nutrition -- all highly relevant to concerns of the developing countries and all subjects of current interest at MIT. The four volumes of this report...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Environmental Impact of a Large Tropical Reservoir; Guidelines for Policy and Planning Based Upon a Case Study of Lake Volta, Ghana in 1973 and 1974

Published: 
January 1, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
To date, guidelines specific to impact assessment of tropical dams have not been developed, particularly as regards hydrobiological and ecological impacts. The need for such guidelines motivated the Agency for International Development to commission the Smithsonian Institution's Office of...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Water Resources Perspectives With Regard to USAID/Dap Visit to Senegal and Mali, Oct.21 to Nov. 9, 1974

Published: 
January 1, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
Deficiencies in natural rainfall can be made up by supplemental irrigation, thus minimizing periodic crop failures or near failures. If food production is to stay ahead of expected population increases there will have to be substantial development of water resources and expansion of irrigation.Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Economics of Water Development on Government Lands in Southern and Southeastern Ethiopia

Published: 
May 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
A regional range development project has been established in southern and southeastern Ethiopia, and the planning area has been jointly studied by the Imperial Ethiopian Government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Water development in combination with veterinary...Read more
Regional focus: 
EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa

Report on the Niger Water Resources Survey; an Economic and Hydrogeological Review of the Niger Request for 200 Dug Wells and 15 Drilled Wells

Published: 
January 1, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details a project to provide 200 dug wells and 15 drilled wells in Niger. The report specifically analyzes the project from a hydrogeological and economic standpoint.Read more
Regional focus: 
NigerSub-Saharan Africa

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