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

Building Local Well Drilling Capacity in Senegal

Published: 
August 1, 2013
Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
An overview of various well drilling technologies and their costs, this document also provides a case for the adoption of manually drilling wells where appropriate. Manually drilling wells, when professionalized, can be completed at the same level of quality as mechanized rigs but at 1/4 of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-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

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

Barriers to Expanding Irrigated Agriculture in Sub-Sahara Africa Imposed By Pumping Costs

U.S. Agency for International Development
The costs associated with irrigation pumping, in particular the cost of energy, are assessed in relation to their potential impact on irrigation expansion plans, agricultural economics, and the energy sector. In the Sahel, where the percentage of irrigated agricultural land requiring pumping will...Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

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