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

Designing Projects for Irrigation Development

Publication date:
August 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This brief note is intended to make available to AID staff, host countries and other consulting groups ideas and suggestions that drive from experiences as they apply to designing products for irrigation development.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Pre-Rehabilitation Diagnostic Study of Sehra Irrigation System, Sind Pakistan

Publication date:
May 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The feasibility report for the project places crop yield in Pakistan considerably below most other countries with similar agricultural resources. The low yields were attributed to a broad spectrum of constraints which included inefficiencies and inequities in water distribution, a poor extension...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Technical Report: a Microcomputer-Based Decision Support System for Multispecies Fishery Management:"

Publication date:
May 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical report covers a year of working to design an improved toolkit for stock assessment and decision-making in small-scale fisheries. The toolkit is structured as a microcomputer-based decision support system that automates multiple-species stock assessment.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Feasibility of Relating Recruitment to Environmental Variables

Publication date:
May 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The feasibility of relating recruitment to environmental variation depends on the development of a model defining this relationship. A recruitment-environment model would need to contain components relating to both to the ecosystem "engine" and various sensors or gauges to measure its...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Guidelines for Institutional Assessment Water and Wastewater Institutions

Publication date:
February 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Arguing from the premise that the basic problems facing the water and wastewater (W&WW) sector are institutional in nature, this document provides a set of procedures for diagnosing deficiencies in W&WW institutions. The guidelines are based on team field investigation procedures which...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

A Yield Model for Walking Catfish Production in Aquaculture Systems

Publication date:
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
A yield model for walking catfish was produced using a combination of laboratory data and field data from culture in Thailand. The model was used for simulations to fulfil three objectives: to consolidate knowledge of fish physiology and aquaculture practices, to determine sensitivity of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

A Novel Method for Liberating Viral Nucleic Acid for Assay of Water Samples With CDNAProbes

Publication date:
April 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Rapid and sensitive methods are needed for the detection of enteric viruses to ensure proper drinking water quality. Gene probes have been shown to be useful for this purpose. Previously, samples to be assayed were treated with a series of phenol-chloroform extractions to release the viral nucleic...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America