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As defined by the UNDP Water Governance Facility, water governance is determined by the political, social, economic, and administrative systems that are in place. These systems can both directly and indirectly affect the use, development, and management of water resources and the delivery of water services delivery at different levels of society. Improving governance for economic, environmental, and social sustainability is possible through the establishment of stronger public and private institutions, policies, legislation, and processes. Topics addressed in this theme include the principles of equity and efficiency, water administration, the roles of government and other stakeholders, and the frameworks to balance water use between socio-economic activities and ecosystems.

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Groundwater Policy and Governance

Published: 
June 1, 2012
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Governance is an immense conceptual construct, encompassing a suite of precepts, principles, ideas, theories, contexts, objectives, and practices. The FAO/ GEF project 'Groundwater Governance: A Global Framework for Country Action' is a comprehensive attempt to understand and articulate...Read more

Sharing Colorado River Water: History, Public Policy and the Colorado River Compact

The National Institutes for Water Resources
The year 1997 marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Colorado River Compact. Delegates from the seven Colorado River Basin states met on November 9, 1922 in New Mexico to discuss, negotiate and ultimately work out the compact. It was then signed in the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe,...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Asset Management Resources

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
As the practice of asset management has grown in recent years, an extensive body of resources has become available to help develop the U.S. EPA's knowledge and practice of asset management. This includes resources for utilities, such as software and guidebooks, as well as resources to help our...Read more

Groundwater Use and Re-Use in the Transboundary Santa Cruz River Basin

The National Institutes for Water Resources
The fourth edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR4), 'Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk' was recently launched at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille by Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, and Michel Jarraud, UN-Water Chair. The WWDR4 is a comprehensive review...Read more

The Role of the Public and Private Sectors in Water Provision in Arizona, USA

The National Institutes for Water Resources
Sustainable water management is a critical concern in the semi-arid portions of the American Southwest. This paper explains the decentralized approach to water supply management in this region, including the traditional roles of the public and private sectors. With Arizona as a focus, it explores...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Climate Change and Population Growth Impacts on the Transboundary Santa Cruz Aquifer

The National Institutes for Water Resources
The USA and Mexico have initiated comprehensive assessment of 4 of the 18 aquifers underlying their 3000 km border. Binational management of groundwater is not currently proposed. University and agency researchers plus USA and Mexican federal, state, and local agency staff have collaboratively...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

The Export-Import Bank of the U.S.: Water Financing Example - Sri Lanka

Export Import Bank of the United States
Ex-Im Approves $64.9 Million in Financing for Water-Supply System in Sri Lanka. For the first time since 2008, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a sovereign transaction - a $64.9 million, 12-year direct loan - to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka...Read more

Utility Management Assessment Tool

CH2M HILL
Water Research Foundation and CH2M HILL team up on benchmarking tool for effective utility management. The tool, released earlier this month, will help utilities plan, implement, measure, and monitor organizational performance enhancements against 10 specific attributes of effectively managed...Read more

Project Spotlight: Hamma Desalination Plant provides clean drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Algerian families.

Published: 
January 30, 2014
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
With Algeria's capital city of Algiers suffering from a severe shortage of clean drinking water, resulting in strict rationing, stockpiling, as well as the consumption of dirty water by households and farms, the solution showed a requirement in a large investment in infrastructure. The...Read more

The New Argentina: Time to Double Down on the Energy Sector?

Published: 
August 1, 2016
Analysis of the recent situation of the energy industry in Argentina. Read more
Regional focus: 
Argentina

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