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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.
Watershed Management and Restoration Resources
2009 Water for Food Conference Proceedings
Publication date:
May 5, 2009
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
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2011 Water for Food Conference Proceedings
Publication date:
May 4, 2011
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
Proceedings of the 2011 Water for Food ConferenceRead more
2012 Water for Food Conference Proceedings
Publication date:
June 1, 2012
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
Proceedings of the 2012 Water for Food ConferenceRead more
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Water Center
Publication date:
January 1, 2013
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
Online home of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Water CenterRead more
University of Nebraska Extension
Publication date:
January 1, 2014
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension homepageRead more
Understanding and Reducing the Risks of Climate Change for Transboundary Waters
Publication date:
December 1, 2009
Pacific Institute
This report outlines some of the risks that climate change poses to transboundary water agreements. In the following sections, the Pacific Institute defines the extent and general characteristics of transboundary rivers and aquifers and describe some of the institutional structures that have been...Read more
Water-use Efficiency and Productivity: Rethinking the Basin Approach
Publication date:
December 4, 2011
Pacific Institute
This article analyzes three fundamental flaws in the traditional approach to water-efficiency or the “basin approach,” including the assumption that all consumptive water use is beneficial, a lack of attention to water productivity measures, and the numerous, important “co-benefits” that are...Read more
Mapping Water Availability: Projected Use and Cost in the Western United States
Publication date:
June 9, 2014
U.S. Department of Energy
New demands for water can be satisfied through a variety of source options. In some basins surface and/or groundwater may be available through permitting with the state water management agency (termed unappropriated water), alternatively water might be purchased and transferred out of its current...Read more
Water Prism, Volume 2: Prototype Applications
Publication date:
January 1, 2013
Electric Power Research Institute
Water Prism is a decision support system (DSS) that evaluates alternative management plans to obtain water resource sustainability at the regional, watershed, or local levels. It considers surface, ground, and impoundment waters and all water-using sectors (industrial, agricultural, municipal,...Read more
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