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

Evaluation of Water Deficiencies

Published: 
January 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
With increasing demands for development and for greater agricultural production, improved methodology in planning becomes more important. This paper proposes concepts that further define both needs for moisture and its availability.Read more

Techniques for Assessing Water Resource Potentials in the Developing Countries With Emphasis on Stream flow, Erosion and Sediment Transport, Water Movement in Unsaturated Soils, Ground Water, and Remote Sensing in Hydrologic Applications

Published: 
December 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Hydrologic instrumentation and methodology for assessing water-resource potentials have originated largely in the developed countries of the temperate zone. The developing lie largely in the tropic zone, which contains the countries full gamut of the earth's climatic environments,...Read more

Problem of Water Scheduling in West Pakistan, Research Studies and Needs

Published: 
November 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The capacity to build and maintain the irrigation system has exceeded the capacity to manage the allocation of water for maximum agricultural production. The irrigation system was not designed to supply total crop water needs plus leaching requirements, but rather to provide sufficient water during...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Maximum Water Delivery in Irrigation

Published: 
August 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
In order to increase the water delivery efficiency of an existing irrigation system, it is proposed that modern mathematical optimization techniques be applied to the management of irrigation water delivery. A deterministic mathematical model is developed to simulate the events that occur in...Read more

Water Management Research in Arid and Sub-Humid Lands of Less Developed Countries; Annual Progress Report

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
The general objective of this research is to increase food production in the arid and sub-humid lands of the less developed countries through the improvement of water management practices and the integration of those with other good management and cultural procedures. This specific research was...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

On-Site Study of Major Watershed Installations in the Southeastern U.S.

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
The subject matter discussed and studied on this trip can be divided into four general, categories: '(1) Evapotranspiration (ET) phenomena and their physical relationship to stream flow, (2)Hydrologic prediction of stream flow by mathematical models, (3) Erosion and land rehabilitation...Read more

Development of Aids for Teaching Systems Analysis of Watershed Management

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Education in the system analysis of watershed management consists of both the acquisition of factual knowledge and the development of a decision making capacity. The applied utility of computers can provide an efficient, and often the only approach to obtaining solutions both to real world problems...Read more

Operations Research Study of Water Resources: Pt. 1, Methodology and Problems in an Urbanized Arid Environment

Published: 
October 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The methodology of operations research is judged in relation to its utility to water resource management in an urbanized arid environment and to the study of worth of data for such management. Conditions for existence of a managerial problem are reviewed as is the multilevel structure of the...Read more

Preliminary Assessment of Some Problems of the Hydrogeology of the Dry Pampas in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Trip Report

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report describes a preliminary assessment of some problems of the hydrogeology of an area of the dry Pampas of western Buenos Aires Province, Argentina made by the authors in September 1970.Read more
Regional focus: 
ArgentinaLatin America and the Caribbean

Bibliography of Interception

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The main purpose of the bibliography is to provide a reference of literature for use but if it proves useful to working on hydrologic problems of underdeveloped countries, it is all to the good. Among all wild land hydrologic processes, interception has been the most frequently studied.Read more

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