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

Indianapolis: When Lead and Racism Are Both in the Water

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Many policymakers and activists have heard about the environmental injustice and water disasters in places like Flint, Michigan, but Indianapolis, Indiana, is a lesser-known epicenter for environmental racism. Indianapolis’ history of heavy industry and manufacturing not only put lead directly into...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Environmental Justice Grants, Funding and Technical Assistance

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Environmental justice has become an important idea for many community activists, water system workers, and water policymakers. Environmentally-just initiatives aim to remove the systemic barriers that channel environmentally damaging activities into working class communities and communities of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Environmental Justice Community Survey

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
In Fall 2020, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) launched an environmental justice community survey entitled Your Delta, Your Voice. The survey was live from September 30 through December 11, 2020. The survey aimed to to gather information from disadvantaged communities in the Delta...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Water Pollution: Everything You Need to Know

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Natural Resources Defense Council
This widespread problem of water pollution is jeopardizing human health. Unsafe water kills more people each year than war and all other forms of violence combined. Meanwhile, drinkable water sources are finite: Less than 1 percent of the earth’s freshwater is actually accessible for human use...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

How Industrial Agriculture Affects Our Water

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Industrial agriculture is one of the leading causes of water pollution in the United States. Studies have found that 46 percent of the nation’s rivers and streams are in “poor biological condition,” and 21 percent of lakes are “hypereutrophic” (meaning that high levels of nutrients are degrading...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Environmental justice organizing as commoning practice in groundwater reform: Linking movement and management in the quest for more just and sustainable rural futures

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Despite the commons being a site of conflict, the role of social movements in resource management has been under addressed. By exploring the role of environmental justice organizing during California’s groundwater reform process as a commoning practice, this article seeks to fill this gap and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Integrated Water Science (IWS) Basins

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Many water policymakers are interested in exploring the long-term health, safety, and viability of water ecosystems around the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey is integrating its water science programs to better address the Nation’s greatest water resource challenges. At the heart of this...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

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