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
Monitoring Guidance for Determining the Effectiveness of Nonpoint Source Controls
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This nonpoint source monitoring guidance addresses the design of water quality monitoring programs to assess both impacts from nonpoint source pollution and the effectiveness of control practices and management measures. Emphasis is on project and BMP effectiveness, statistical analysis, and...Read more
Coastal Capital: Ecosystem Valuation for Decision Making in the Caribbean
World Resources Institute
This guidebook details the steps in conducting a coastal ecosystem valuation to inform decision making in the Caribbean. It guides valuation practitioners-both economists and non-economists- through the three phases of a valuation effort (scoping, analysis and outreach), with an emphasis on...Read more
Preparing Urban Water Use Productivity and Efficiency Plans
Preparing Urban Water Use Productivity and Efficiency Plans provides detailed approaches to developing and implementing a water conservation plan. This book covers the broad spectrum of conservation planning for urban communities including achieving more Productivity and Efficiency from:...Read more
Water-Energy Nexus. Research: Recommendations for Future Opportunities
Water-Energy Nexus Research: Recommendations for Future Opportunities report identifies gaps in publicly available water-energy nexus research. Critical research needs include embedded energy and water values, guidelines and protocols, and regulatory barriers. The research recommendations support a...Read more
Green Versus Gray: Nature's Solutions to Infrastructure Demands
World Resources Institute
Substitution of nature's services with technological alternatives has been pursued as societies have industrialized over the past three centuries. But the time for reverse substitution may be upon us. In a wide variety of settings, from water purification to climate change adaptation,...Read more
Assessing the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Industrial Water Use Productivity and Efficiency Within the Great Lakes Region
This report assessed five representative industries within the Great Lakes watershed that are supplied with treated drinking water and that discharge to a local wastewater utility. The assessments that were conducted focused on four factors: 1. Potential water conservation opportunities; 2...Read more
Water Productivity and Efficiency for Instream Flow in the Colorado River Basin
This report summarizes efforts to explore whether water Productivity and Efficiency efforts can be linked in practice to improved instream flows in areas of the Colorado River basin. In brief, we found that practical possibilities to do this do exist within the current context of the river basin...Read more
Design and Evaluation of Small Plot Irrigation for Agricultural Development
iDE
This manual, based on iDE's practices, is intended for practitioners from all disciplines who are assisting smallholder farmers in designing and evaluating small-plot irrigation systems...Read more
Transforming Water: Water Productivity and Efficiency as Stimulus and Long-Term Investment
Water Productivity and Efficiency programs have an established track record as cost-effective long-term public resource investments. Less well understood are the short-term economic impacts of these rapidly scalable and adaptable programs, and the ability of these programs to quickly deliver...Read more
Arroyo 2008 River Restoration: Arizona's Oft Neglected Waterways Get Overdue Attention
National Water Research Institute
Urbanization, channelization, groundwater depletion, irrigated agriculture, and a variety of other activities have significantly affected many of Arizona's rivers, and citizens are awakening to the resulting problems. In contrast to their ecologically degraded counterparts, healthy, well-...Read more
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