Watershed Management and Restoration

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, watershed management is the continuous process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects with partners using a multi-disciplinary and adaptive approach to sustain and enhance natural watersheds. Resources available in this sub-theme include watershed management technical reports, tools to assess flows in ecosystems, and other resources that support sustainable watershed management and restoration.

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Watershed Management and Restoration Resources

Irrigation System Operations Intensity and Relative Water Supply: the Asian Case

Published: 
March 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
In order to perform satisfactorily, an irrigation system should be able to maintain an appropriate balance among the objectives of productivity, equate and efficiency. This report delves into the management of irrigation systems.Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

Case of Lam Chamuak, Thailand

Published: 
February 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
The fourth volume in the Water Management Synthesis II special studies series reports on findings of a study of farmers and main irrigation system officials in Lam Chamuak, Thailand. It examines bureaucracy and river management within Thailand.Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Citanduy River Basin Development Project: Citanduy Upper Watershed Management Project; Feasibility Report

Published: 
January 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Soil and Water Conservation planning studies for the Citanduy River Basin has been in progress for over a decade. A Citanduy River Basin Development 'Master Plan' and 'Feasibility Report', published in May 1975, presented a plan for the water conservation phase of...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Water Management in Philippine Irrigation Systems, Research and Operations

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
PRESENTS 18 PAPERS READ AT THE WATER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP HELD IN DECEMBER, 1972, BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. THEY DEAL WITH SOIL-PLANT-WATER RELATIONSHIPS, SYSTEM AND PILOT PROJECT OPERATIONS, TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, AND THE...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

China Urban Water Blueprint

Published: 
April 21, 2016
The Nature Conservancy
The China Urban Water Blueprint provides a scientific understanding of the current status of urban water sources and the potential for nature-based conservation in China. This report surveyed the source water catchments of the 30 fastest growing, large cities in China and compared and analyzed the...Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

WASH and Freshwater Conservation in Southeast Asia

Published: 
July 24, 2014
Millennium Water AllianceConservation InternationalU.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 focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

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