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

Irrigation Water Cost Recovery in Egypt: Determination of Water Costs

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study addresses the problem of identifying incremental operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation (OM&R) expenditures needed to raise the performance of the water delivery system in Egypt to DO adequate level. Emphasis is placed on developing a procedure for allocating the costs of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water/Wastewater Sector Strategy

Published: 
March 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Mission's goals of greater access to reliable urban services and cost recovery can not be met in the water and wastewater sector without policy and institutional reform. As a result, Sector Reform is a core element of the Mission's strategy. The GOE must commit themselves to...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Identification, Estimation and Validation of Some River Catchment Models With Application

Published: 
October 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is directed towards the identification, estimation and validation of some physical data based river catchment models. Two general classes of models, with a variety of mathematical formulations and estimation methodologies are presented.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Mid-Project Report, V. Iii, Appendix B, Staff Papers, Section 4 of 4

Published: 
September 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Document discusses the cost of delivery of irrigation water and setting fees to cover the cost of irrigation water delivery.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Mid-Project Report, Vol. Iv, Appendix C, Technical Articles

Published: 
September 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Document offers methods to upgrade farm operation for a better crop yield, including water management and proper irrigation.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Mid-Project Report, V. Iii, Appendix B, Staff Papers, Section 3 of 4

Published: 
September 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Document offers alternative methods to good irrigation and water management to satisfy the evapotranspiration needs of the crop.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Mid-Project Report, Vol. V, Appendix D, Training Manual

Published: 
September 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This training manual and the accompanying training program is central to the purpose of the Egyptian Water Use Project (EWUP). Training skilled personnel in Water Management is essential to the achievement of the project goals and objectives, which include: developing improved irrigation water...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Mid-Project Report, Vol. Vi, Appendix E, Training: How to Do It Series

Published: 
September 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Volume I of the Problem Identification Training Manual consists of a number of short, technical "How-To-Do-It" articles. The purpose of these articles is to provide specific instructions on how to carry out the tasks of problem identification. The How-To-Do-It series is merely a...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Study of Real-Time Adaptive Closed-Loop Control Algorithm for Reservoir Operation

U.S. Agency for International Development
Recent studies on the optimal control of the High Aswan Dam in Egypt have illustrated the usefulness of steady-state stochastic dynamic programming techniques for deriving optimal release policies.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

From the Gulf to the Nile: Water Security in an Arid Region

Published: 
March 1, 2017
Report on water-related challenged in the Nile/Guld region. Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.

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