U.S. Domestic Resources

Welcome to the H2infO U.S. Domestic Resources Page. On this page you will find U.S. Water Partnership member resources aimed at helping domestic stakeholders address the unique water challenges of the United States.

U.S. Domestic Resources

Approaches for Private Sector Involvement in Rural Water Supply Systems

Published: 
April 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report analyzes successful private sector roles in rural water supply and provides lessons from these experiences that planners of water resource projects and programs can draw upon.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Irrigation Development in Africa: Lessons of Experience

Published: 
January 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper describes a significant subset of the African irrigation experience, from traditional flood recession systems to large projects like Gezira (Sudan) and Bura (Kenya). The authors analyze the key technical, socio-economic and institutional factions that have helped fashion success or...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Fisheries Stock Assessment: a Search for New Methods in Fisheries Stock Assessment

Published: 
January 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
Small scale fisheries are an important source of food and employment in many coastal regions of the world, and represent a significant source of protein for domestic consumption in developing countries. Fisheries stock assessment techniques employed by third world countries often do not provide...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Training Resource Book on a Participatory Method for Modeling Bio Resource Flows

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This training resource book was developed for people working with farmers in farming systems research and extension. It deals specifically with a farmer-participatory method for constructing pictorial models. The model, in this case, concerns bio resource flows between aquaculture and agriculture...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

A Bibliography of the Pearl Oysters

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The culture of pearl oysters, once the closely guarded monopoly of the Japanese, has now proliferated throughout the Indo-Pacific region and has the potential of providing much-needed export income to cash-poor nations. This has already happened in French Polynesia, where the culture of Pinctada...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Second Quarterly Activities Report on Irrigation Research

Published: 
February 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
After a contentious start brought about primarily by the reduced level of funding available vis-?-vis the expectations of the participating institutions, the implementation of the Cooperative Agreement has gained momentum during the quarter (December 1991 to February 1992) being reported. Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Crafting Institutions: Self-Governing Irrigation Systems

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report outlines an approach to the design of irrigation institutions that is useful to officials in donor agencies, host governments, and other organizations involved in designing irrigation projects in developing countries. The crafting of irrigation institutions is an ongoing process that...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Fisheries Development Support Services: Amendment No. 1

Published: 
September 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
An amendment to extend the project assistance completion date to 1991 and add more work and budget.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Models of Management Systems for the Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Facilities

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report considers the many issues and actors that influence the development of operations and maintenance management systems for rural water supply and sanitation facilities in developing countries. It describes models in eight representative countries and offers guidance to planners and...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program: Thirteenth Annual Administrative Report

Published: 
August 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report addresses program accomplishments of the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program during the reporting period of September 1 1994 to August 31 1995.Read more
Regional focus: 
United States