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

Corporate Water Stewardship: Achieving a Sustainable Balance

Published: 
November 18, 2013
The Coca-Cola Company
Globally, corporations and industry are seeking to secure access to sufficient quantities of water to meet current and future needs in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible way in the midst of an unfolding global water crisis with risks that transcend communities, industry and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Use of agro-climatic zones to upscale simulated crop yield

Published: 
November 30, 2012
A Field Crops Research article on simulated crop yield potentialRead more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Estimating crop yield potential at regional to national scales

Published: 
November 27, 2012
A Field Crops Research article on estimating crop yield potential at varying scalesRead more

WaDE: An Interoperable Data Exchange Network for Sharing Water Planning and Use Data

Published: 
January 14, 2014
U.S. Department of Energy
The Water Data Exchange (WaDE) is a project initiated by the member states of the Western States Water Council (WSWC), in cooperation with the Western Governors’ Association (WGA), to assist state water agencies when answering local, regional, and national water availability questions. WaDE ...Read more

Mapping Water Availability: Projected Use and Cost in the Western United States

Published: 
June 9, 2014
U.S. Department of Energy
New demands for water can be satisfied through a variety of source options. In some basins surface and/or groundwater may be available through permitting with the state water management agency (termed unappropriated water), alternatively water might be purchased and transferred out of its current...Read more

National Water Reuse Action Plan

Published: 
February 1, 2020
This National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation (Version 1) describes 37 actions, with over 200 implementation milestones, to be taken by various water partners to support consideration of water reuse, which can improve the portfolio of available fresh water.Read more
Regional focus: 
North AmericaUnited States

2017 Potable Reuse Compendium

Published: 
January 1, 2018
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Potable Reuse Compendium provides a technical compilation of the current state of potable water reuse in the United States. Read more
Regional focus: 
North AmericaUnited States

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