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

Problem of Water Scheduling in West Pakistan, Research Studies and Needs

Published: 
November 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The capacity to build and maintain the irrigation system has exceeded the capacity to manage the allocation of water for maximum agricultural production. The irrigation system was not designed to supply total crop water needs plus leaching requirements, but rather to provide sufficient water during...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Maximum Water Delivery in Irrigation

Published: 
August 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
In order to increase the water delivery efficiency of an existing irrigation system, it is proposed that modern mathematical optimization techniques be applied to the management of irrigation water delivery. A deterministic mathematical model is developed to simulate the events that occur in...Read more

Report of Weed Control and Water Quality Study in the Zapotitan Valley

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Report on research related to weed control in the Zapotitan Valley. An integral part of the research was to include a water quality study, dealing with the contamination of irrigation water by herbicides.Read more
Regional focus: 
El SalvadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Irrigation Requirements and Climatic Evaluations for Venezuela

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
A study on irrigation requirements and climatic evaluations for Venezuela. With increasing agricultural and natural resource development in Venezuela there is a correspondingly greater need for evaluating irrigation requirements for use in planning, design and in project operations and for a better...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Water Management Research in Arid and Sub-Humid Lands of Less Developed Countries; Annual Progress Report

Published: 
January 1, 1971
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 and cultural procedures. This specific research was...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

On-Site Study of Major Watershed Installations in the Southeastern U.S.

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
The subject matter discussed and studied on this trip can be divided into four general, categories: '(1) Evapotranspiration (ET) phenomena and their physical relationship to stream flow, (2)Hydrologic prediction of stream flow by mathematical models, (3) Erosion and land rehabilitation...Read more

Analysis of Ephemeral Flow in Arid lands

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Ephemeral flow in arid lands in characterized by alternating random periods of wetness and dryness. Sustained flow occurs only in those aridland watersheds fed by snowmelt, large aquifers, reclaimed waste waters, or during sustained periods of rainfall. Stochastic analysis of flows focuses on...Read more

Development of Aids for Teaching Systems Analysis of Watershed Management

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Education in the system analysis of watershed management consists of both the acquisition of factual knowledge and the development of a decision making capacity. The applied utility of computers can provide an efficient, and often the only approach to obtaining solutions both to real world problems...Read more

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture With Special Emphasis on Systems Analysis of Watershed Management; Annual Technical Report 1970/1971

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Strengthening the University of Arizona's competency in the area of watershed management utilizing systems analysis techniques applied to problems of less developed countries has taken several forms. The addition and revision of pertinent course curricula, the analyses of research programs...Read more

Operations Research Study of Water Resources: Pt. 1, Methodology and Problems in an Urbanized Arid Environment

Published: 
October 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The methodology of operations research is judged in relation to its utility to water resource management in an urbanized arid environment and to the study of worth of data for such management. Conditions for existence of a managerial problem are reviewed as is the multilevel structure of the...Read more

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