Institutional Structures and Management
According to the International Water Management Institute, institutions evolve depending on the nature of water resource issues that a river basin faces and, in that sense, are not static systems but adaptive and dynamic systems. IWRM’s potential contribution to increasing water productivity lies in its ability to approach natural resource management problems in an integrated fashion. Resources available in this sub-theme include models and evaluations of water management systems, examples of institutional frameworks and others that support managing integrated water resources.
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Institutional Structures and Management Resources
Water-Energy Nexus. Research: Recommendations for Future Opportunities
Water-Energy Nexus Research: Recommendations for Future Opportunities report identifies gaps in publicly available water-energy nexus research. Critical research needs include embedded energy and water values, guidelines and protocols, and regulatory barriers. The research recommendations support a...Read more
Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?
World Resources Institute
Reducing the growing dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is a huge scientific, technical, economic, and political challenge. It's a conundrum that agricultural and environmental experts from across the United States deliberated at the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force meeting in Louisville,...Read more
Green Versus Gray: Nature's Solutions to Infrastructure Demands
World Resources Institute
Substitution of nature's services with technological alternatives has been pursued as societies have industrialized over the past three centuries. But the time for reverse substitution may be upon us. In a wide variety of settings, from water purification to climate change adaptation,...Read more
Assessing the Economic & Environmental Benefits of Industrial Water Use Productivity and Efficiency in the Great Lakes Region
The Alliance for Water Productivity and Efficiency, with funding from the Great Lakes Protection Fund, assessed five representative industries within the Great Lakes watershed that are supplied with treated drinking water and that discharge to a local wastewater utility. The assessments that were...Read more
A Critical Moment to Harness Green Infrastructure Not Concrete To Secure Clean Water
World Resources Institute
This blog post provides a brief analysis on certain green infrastructure case studies as well as current impediments to expanding natural infrastructure implementation.Read more
Electrical Grid Expansion in iDE African Regions
iDE
This paper synthesizes information gathered by iDE Technology and Innovation Group on electric grid expansion and rural electrification in iDE's 5 African Country Programs (Ghana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Zambia, and Mozambique)...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaAssessing the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Industrial Water Use Productivity and Efficiency Within the Great Lakes Region
This report assessed five representative industries within the Great Lakes watershed that are supplied with treated drinking water and that discharge to a local wastewater utility. The assessments that were conducted focused on four factors: 1. Potential water conservation opportunities; 2...Read more
How Food Production Impacts Water Quality
World Resources Institute
Our water systems are currently being threatened by the crops we grow and food we produce. In many countries, agriculture is the leading source of nutrient pollution in waterways- a situation that's expected to worsen as the global population increases and the demand for food grows. With its...Read more
Water Productivity and Efficiency for Instream Flow in the Colorado River Basin
This report summarizes efforts to explore whether water Productivity and Efficiency efforts can be linked in practice to improved instream flows in areas of the Colorado River basin. In brief, we found that practical possibilities to do this do exist within the current context of the river basin...Read more
World Water Day: How Cities Cause "Dead Zones"
World Resources Institute
World Water Day this year focuses on "Water for Cities," but what about water from cities? Urban runoff is one of the biggest threats to water quality around the world, with serious impacts on economies and people. However, it's a problem that most cities are only starting to address...Read more
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