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
Environmental Flow and Water Demands: Southeastern Arizona
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August 3, 2012The National Institutes for Water Resources
This bulletin provides a concise introduction to the current knowledge about environmental water demands in the Southeastern Arizona Region. It outlines gaps in the understanding of environmental demands and illustrates how environmental demands can be considered in the context of other regional...Read more
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Latin America and the CaribbeanImproving Sanitation, Building Skills in Household Latrine Construction
Published:
June 1, 2012Relief International, U.S. Agency for International Development
This success story is from the Ghana WASH, USAID-funded, project. It focuses on how the project built local capacity and demand for household latrines.Read more
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Ghana, Sub-Saharan AfricaSouthwest Climate Assessment
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June 1, 2012The National Institutes for Water Resources
Natural climate variability is a prominent factor that affects many aspects of life, livelihoods, landscapes, and decision-making across the Southwestern U.S. (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah; included are the adjacent United States-Mexico border and Southwest Native...Read more
Restructuring the Litani River Authority, Lebanon
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May 1, 2012U.S. Agency for International Development
The Litani River Authority (LRA) was created more than 50 years ago as a development/engineering agency to harness water resources of the Litani River Basin for the benefit of Lebanon. Today a host of water-related issues have emerged in the Litani River Basin and threaten the current water uses...Read more
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Lebanon, Middle East and North AfricaWater Recycling FAQs
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May 1, 2012The National Institutes for Water Resources
Increasing demands on limited water resources have made wastewater recycling (reclamation or reuse) an attractive option for extending water supplies. Treatment technologies have evolved such that recycled water is of sufficient quality to satisfy most non-potable demands, and as such, recycled...Read more
Testing the Waters: Tucson Links Water Conservation With Environmental Benefits
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February 1, 2012The National Institutes for Water Resources
This article describes the WRRC's Conserve to Enhance (C2E) Tucson pilot project from concept to implementation and preliminary results. C2E aims to connect conservation actions with water for the environment by developing mechanisms for funding water-related environmental enhancements. The...Read more
World Resources Institute Issue Brief: Insights from the Field: Forests for Water
Published:
February 1, 2012World Resources Institute
This issue brief describes analyses by WRI in support of emerging payments for watershed services (PWS) programs in two watersheds in Maine and North Carolina and insights gleaned from work in progress.Read more
Jordan Institutional Support and Strengthening Program (ISSP) Year 1 Annual Report
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January 1, 2012U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is to present the annual activities and achievements of ISSP over the initial program period from contract award on November 24, 2010 to December 31, 2011. It further reports on activities envisioned for the next period from January to March 2012. This annual report...Read more
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Jordan, Middle East and North AfricaWRECP Russeifah Area 1 (Landfill) and Area 2 (Pit) Remediation Feasibility Assessment Jan 2012
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January 1, 2012U.S. Agency for International Development
The primary focus of this Feasibility Assessment (FA) will be the remediation and beneficial use of Area 1 (Landfill) and Area 2 (Pit). The remaining areas will be the subject of future reports. Based upon available information, this FA provides background and other information about existing...Read more
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Jordan, Middle East and North AfricaKnowledge Assessment Survey in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
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January 1, 2012U.S. Agency for International Development
The LRMBS Program is a four-year program to improve water management in the Litani River Basin in the Bekaa. It is undertaken by IRG, in cooperation with LRA, and is funded by USAID. The program began in September 2009 and has four components: Building institutional capacity, Water monitoring,...Read more
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