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

Survey of Water Activities Under Foreign Assistance in the Yemen Arab Republic

Published: 
October 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
Due to the complexities in the Y.A.R.'s field of water, both the institutional responsibilities of national agencies and the number and diversity of foreign funded water projects, a systematic study of all the national institutions and of technical assistance was needed in order to improve the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Yemen, Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Mid-Project Report, V. Iii, Appendix B, Staff Papers, Section 4 of 4

Published: 
September 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Document discusses the cost of delivery of irrigation water and setting fees to cover the cost of irrigation water delivery.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Mid-Project Report, Vol. Iv, Appendix C, Technical Articles

Published: 
September 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Document offers methods to upgrade farm operation for a better crop yield, including water management and proper irrigation.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Mid-Project Report, V. Iii, Appendix B, Staff Papers, Section 3 of 4

Published: 
September 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Document offers alternative methods to good irrigation and water management to satisfy the evapotranspiration needs of the crop.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Tuntang and Related River Basins Development Plan: Completion Report

Published: 
June 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details the Tuntang River Basin Development Plan in the Jratunseluna Basin in Indonesia. The objectives of the report are to: determine existing and projected water and electrical power requirements for the Jratunseluna basin, develop supporting parts of the total water resource...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Jratunseluna Basin Updated Development Plan: Main Report

Published: 
May 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The study to update the Development Plan of 1973, prepared by NEDECO for the Jratunseluna Basin, has been completed. All projects in the constituting sub basins (Figure I-1), studied and reported by previous investigators and those identified during the course of this study were examined...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Jratunseluna Basin Updated Development Plan: Appendix E, Economics

Published: 
May 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Directorate General of Water Resources Development (DGWRD) of the Ministry of Public Works, Government of Indonesia (GOI) contracted PRC Engineering Consultants, Inc. (PRC/EI) to provide consulting engineering services for preparing an integrated development plan for the Tuntang/Jragung Rivers...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Development of Irrigated Agriculture in the Sahel: Review and Perspectives

Published: 
April 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The strategy and the program had an irrigated farming development component with a double purpose: to assure that part of cereals production would be protected from climatic vagaries and to contribute towards food self-sufficiency by producing part of the crops which require irrigation in the Sahel...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

Watercourse Improvement Manual

Published: 
February 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
In the arid and semiarid regions which comprise 50% of the world's arable land, water is the critical input on which food production increases depend. This manual discusses processes (of interest to planners) and techniques (of use to engineers, economists, and sociologists) to improve the...Read more

Citanduy River Basin Development Project: Citanduy Upper Watershed Management Project; Feasibility Report

Published: 
January 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Soil and Water Conservation planning studies for the Citanduy River Basin has been in progress for over a decade. A Citanduy River Basin Development 'Master Plan' and 'Feasibility Report', published in May 1975, presented a plan for the water conservation phase of...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

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