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
International Rescue Committee, winner of OPIC's Impact Award for Development Impact
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May 16, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
In Cote d'Ivoire, women draw water from a well built by International Rescure Committee, a nonprofit that works to respond to humanitarian crises around the world with a broad spectrum of services related to healthcare, improved living conditions, and social serices. OPIC provides political...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaDesalination, irrigation, sanitation, and more: how OPIC supports access to clean water in the developing world
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March 22, 2016Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Clean water is essential to life and also to address many of the world's biggest development challenges from poverty to malnutrition. OPIC has long supported access to clean water through a variety of projects from major infrastructure construction to small-scale microfinance lending. OPIC...Read more
Using Collective Impact to Improve Water Security
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July 26, 2016Achieving water security is a complex challenge. Across the U.S. and around the world, communities are struggling to balance water usage between four competing needs: human well-being, economic activities, ecosystem health, and climate resilience. Yet many of our typical responses: rationing, price...Read more
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GlobalCan Real-Time Data Result in Energy Efficiency at Water Utilities?
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May 17, 2016This webinar explores the effect of real-time water data on water and energy efficency at utilities. Read more
Promoting Transboundary Water Cooperation: Challenges and Model Solutions Part II
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January 27, 2015 This webinar is the second in a series discussing the challenges and solutions in transboundary water cooperation. The webinar covers hydrodiplomacy, confronting power asymetry, multilevel governance and harmonization of all instituions and organizations, and water diplomacy and justice.Read more
Promoting Transboundary Water Cooperation: Challenges and Model Solutions Part I
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September 28, 2015Part I of this series provides an overview of transboundary water conflicts and potential solutions with the support of practical experiences of three experts in the field. Read more
Potential Solutions to California's Drought
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July 30, 2015This webinar will focus on a few potential solutions to California's drought with practical experiences shared by three experts from various sectors. Read more
Webinar on Household Water Treatment
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June 24, 2015This webinar examines the evaluation of water treatment technologies. Using examples from Haiti and Central America, the webinar also addresses successes and challenges of implementation strategies of household water treatment. Three experts join to provide their relevant experiences. Read more
Bridging The Water Treatment Innovation Gap
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May 12, 2015The U.S. Water Partnership with support from Microvi Biotech Inc., Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) convened a webinar with various perspectives on the development and marketing of innovative water treatment technologies.
The...Read more
Delivering Water and Food Security for the Bottom of the Pyramid
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February 4, 2015This webinar explores how the collaboration between various organizations can result in providing efficient irrigation systems to small holder farmers while improving livelihoods and building food security.Read more
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