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

Ammonia Wastewater Treatment by Immobilized Activated Sludge

Published: 
January 1, 2010
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The increase in urbanization has created the need for proper management and treatment of wastewater. The activated sludge process is an alternative method to treat high strength ammonia wastewater. In this project, the effect of temperature and the nitrification performances in treating ammonia...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Improving Water Quality (2 of 3): A National Modeling Analysis on Increasing Cost Effectiveness Through Better Targeting of U.S. Farm Conservation Funds

Published: 
June 1, 2014
World Resources Institute
In this second installment of our 3-part series on better targeting of U.S. farm conservation funds, WRI found that combining geographic targeting with benefit-cost principles could potentially yield seven to 12 times more environmental benefits per dollar spent than the current approach. To...Read more

Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Sharing

Published: 
April 1, 2014
Association of Public Health Laboratories
A tool for laboratory directors to address legal questions related to laboratories' sharing test services with each other across states and other jurisdictions...Read more

Regional Water Management Cooperation

Published: 
March 15, 2014
The National Institutes for Water Resources
This is the Water Report Newsletter from March 2014. It is comprised of several articles including: -" Albuquerque's Water Resources Management" -"Regional Water Management Cooperation"...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States, North America

Active USG Humanitarian Programs in Yemen [Map]

Published: 
March 1, 2014
U.S. Agency for International Development
This map shows the range of U.S. Government support to Yemen. The map includes information on those organizations working in each province, as well as which government agency is supporting each organization and the types of support being provided. This includes water, sanitation, and hygiene...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

WRECP Aqaba Waste Management Feasibility Assessment and Environmental Considerations March 2014

Published: 
March 1, 2014
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report presents background information about the landfill site, describes current waste management operations in the Kingdom of Jordan as well as those in Aqaba, and provides other relevant background information. It also describes treatment and disposal alternatives for Aqaba City's...Read more
Regional focus: 
Jordan, Middle East and North Africa

Climate-Resilient Development: a Framework for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change

Published: 
March 1, 2014
U.S. Agency for International Development
This climate-resilient development framework facilitates the systematic inclusion of climate considerations in development decision-making. The framework's objective is to support the development process by assisting development practitioners in identifying, evaluating, selecting, implementing...Read more

Addressing Risk and Uncertainty in Water Quality Trading Markets

Published: 
March 1, 2014
World Resources Institute
Across the United States, water quality trading is being explored as a mechanism for reducing the costs of cleaning up impaired waterbodies. Trading between point sources, such as wastewater treatment plants, and nonpoint sources, such as agriculture, can cut costs for regulated entities needing to...Read more

Somalia Livelihoods Support (Solis I and II)

Published: 
February 28, 2014
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Somalia Livelihoods Support (SOLIS) project was implemented in two phases of 12 and 17 months respectively, ending in November 2012. It started during the end of the rainy season in 2010, continued through the drought and subsequent famine of 2011 (the worst drought to hit Somalia in 60 years)...Read more
Regional focus: 
Somalia, Sub-Saharan Africa

The Glacial Lake Handbook: Reducing Risk from Dangerous Glacial Lakes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Published: 
February 1, 2014
U.S. Agency for International Development
Although glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) have occurred repeatedly in many places around the world, perhaps no country has as much experience with managing such lakes as Peru. This technical report is a distillation of the experiences and knowledge acquired during seven decades of active lake...Read more
Regional focus: 
Peru, Latin America and the Caribbean

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