Integrated Water Resource Management

As defined by the Global Water Partnership, integrated water resource management is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Resources available within this theme provide guidance on how to conserve and restore watersheds, reduce pollution, adapt to climate change and reduce risks from floods and droughts.

Integrated Water Resource Management Resources

Irrigation Water Management in Ecuador

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
The thesis describes and analyzes irrigation water management in Ecuador. One of the primary thesis objectives is to discuss the different private and public administered entities which have irrigation water delivery programs and describe the function and role of each as water management...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Lake Volta, Man-Made Lake in Ghana; Annotated Bibliography and Inventory

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document provides an annotated bibliography of water resources and management of Lake Volta in Ghana.Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Groundwater Extraction and the Water Balance

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report looks at groundwater extraction and the water balance. Groundwater extraction and net use are related to groundwater depletion and the water balance. Potential evapotranspiration, actual crop or vegetative evapotranspiration, dependability of precipitation, moisture deficits and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

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

Water Control and Development in the Central Plain of Thailand

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper focuses on agricultural development and evaluates the effectiveness of water control systems for increasing agriculture productivity in Thailand. The paper assess the impact of the physical and agronomic systems on the economic system in the Greater Chao Phya project.Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Historical Development of the Greater Chao Phya Water Control Project, an Economic Perspective

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper provides economic analysis of the Chao Phya project in Thailand. This project was one of the largest water control projects in Thailand in the 1970s and was originally designed to improve production conditions during the wet seasons. The paper provides a historical account of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Transfer of Water Resources Knowledge: Proceedings

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This report covers a conference based on the transfer of water resource knowledge. The diversified papers in this volume are indicative of the concern for the transfer of knowledge. The conference opened with a two-fold approach to aspects of transfer; the transfer of knowledge from developed to...Read more

Water Management in Arid and Sub-Humid Lands of Less Developed Countries; Annual Progress Report, 1972/1973

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
The general objective of this research is to increase food production in the arid and sub-humid lands of the less developed countries through the improvement of water management practices and the integration of those with other good management practices in the semi-arid lands of the Latin American...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Width Constrictions in Open Channels

Published: 
November 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The purpose of this study is to compare the existing methods of calculating the backwater due to, or discharge through, a constriction in an open channel, and to show how these methods are but particular expressions of a more general submerged flow equation. An extensive literature review has been...Read more

Manual on Water Desalination: Technology - Suppl. No. 1

Published: 
October 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS SUPPLEMENT PRESENTS NEW REFINEMENTS AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF DESALINATION PROCESSES COVERED IN VOLUME 1 OF THE DESALINATION MANUAL. IT UPDATES TECHNICAL GUIDES, DESCRIBES TYPICAL PLANTS BUILT SINCE 1967, AND PROVIDES A SECTION OF CONCEPTUAL PLANT DESIGNS. THIS DOCUMENT REQUIRES REFERENCE...Read more

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