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.

Water Supply and Scarcity Resources

Belstar Corp: Modernizing Ghana's water system

Publication date:
November 19, 2014
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Shortage of clean water and sanitation systems in Ghana is associated with multiple health problems as well as 20,000 deaths per year. Belstar Corp., a Florida company, and Deutsche Bank Trust Co., have been retained by the government of Ghana to implement a project to rehabilitate 38 eisting...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

WASH and Freshwater Conservation in Sub Saharan Africa

Publication date:
July 31, 2014
Millennium Water Alliance
Conservation International
Winrock International
This webinar explores the question of integrating WASH and freshwater conservation with case studies from Tanzania.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

WASH and Freshwater Conservation in Southeast Asia

Publication date:
July 24, 2014
Millennium Water Alliance
Conservation International
U.S. Agency for International Development
This webinar explores the question of integrating WASH and freshwater conservation with a case study on urban groundwater recharge for water supply in Indonesia.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
East Asia and Pacific

Date API

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) API for data retrieval can be used to retrieve observations and predictions from CO-OPS stations.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Mapping High and Low Lake Level Impacts

Publication date:
September 14, 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This web-based tool creates visuals that capture lake level changes that range from six feet above to six feet below historical long-term average water levels in the Great Lakes. Potential shoreline and coastal impacts are also provided. This information can be used to determine appropriate...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

USGS WaterWatch

Publication date:
November 2, 2016
U.S. Geological Survey
Display National and State maps, graphs, and tables describing real-time, recent, and past streamflow conditions for the United States including locations where floods and droughts are occurring. (Real-time data, in most cases, are transmitted once every 1 to 4 hours.) Also, you can select USGS...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
North America
United States

USGS Groundwater Watch

Publication date:
September 1, 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Find more about groundwarer levels and statistical charecteristics of well networks. Active Water Level Network-- wells measured at least once within the past 13 months. Climate Response Network-- wells that monitor effects of climate variability such as droughts. Real-time network-- wells measured...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

USGS StreamStats

Publication date:
March 24, 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Obtain a variety of flow statistics, basin characteristics, and other information for both gaged and ungaged stream sites by using a mapping application. Streamstats is not operational for all States at this time. See a map at http://water.usgs.gov/osw/streamstats/ssonline.html to determine if...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

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