Pollution and Water Quality
According to the United Nations, declining water quality has become a global issue of concern as human populations grow, industrial and agricultural activities expand, and climate change threatens to cause major alterations to the hydrological cycle. Resources available in this sub-theme include manuals describing water quality testing and treatment, reports and assessments of water quality from around the world, methods of maintaining water quality and managing pollution, and other resources that support enabling environments for effective water quality control.
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Pollution and Water Quality Resources
Belize: Increased Productivity through Better Health Project: Final Report of the Water Quality Lab Consultant, February 11-March 19, 1987
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January 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is organized into a brief discussion of activities and recommendations, with operational protocols governing testing procedures, sampling runs and other technical notes presented in the Appendices.Read more
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Belize, Latin America and the CaribbeanJESS Second Consultancy Report on Water Quality and Public Health Engineering
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January 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
The Jubba Environmental and Socioeconomic Studies (JESS) are jointly funded by the government of the Somali Democratic Republic (GSDR) and USAID. Technical assistance and JESS management are being provided to the Ministry of Jubba Valley Development (MJVD) by Associates in Rural Development Inc. (...Read more
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Somalia, Sub-Saharan AfricaJESS Consultancy Report on Water Quality and Public Health Engineering
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November 20, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
The Jubba Environmental and Socioeconomic Studies (JESS) are jointly funded by the government of the Somali Democratic Republic (GSDR) and USAID. Technical assistance and JESS management are being provided to the Ministry of Jubba Valley Development (MJVD) by Associates in Rural Development Inc. (...Read more
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Somalia, Sub-Saharan AfricaNote on the Water Levels and Quality of Groundwater from the Observation Well At Hill Run, St. Catherine Plains
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September 25, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The Crop Diversification and Irrigation Project started functioning officially from October 1985, to reinforce the instructional capacity of Agro-21 Corporation Limited to promote and develop private commercial agriculture investment in Jamaica.Read more
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Jamaica, Latin America and the CaribbeanDjibouti Water Resources and Soils Analysis
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February 1, 1983U.S. Agency for International Development
Provides final contractor report (1/79-2/83) on a project to establish a Soils and Water Laboratory to help the Government of Djibouti (GROD) assess its agricultural potential. Key project objectives were achieved. The planned laboratory was established in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...Read more
Proceedings of a Workshop on Water Quality Management and Pollution Control
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August 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
The proceedings a workshop on water quality management and pollution control, sponsored by the Government of Kenya and USAID in 1982.Read more
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Kenya, Sub-Saharan AfricaTaking a Water Sample
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January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes how to take a proper water sample to test the water quality.Read more
Conducting Sanitary Surveys to Determine Acceptable Surface Water Sources
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January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes factors and their importance in determining existing and potential sources of contamination of a water source.Read more
Water Quality Management in Pond Fish Culture
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January 1, 1979U.S. Agency for International Development
Presents a study of the variables in waste quality as they affect the survival, reproduction, growth, production, or management of fish. An attempt is made to define 'good' water quality. Information is presented which will be of help in: determining the potential of a body of water for...Read more
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United States, North AmericaGroundwater Management and Salinity Control
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January 1, 1974U.S. Agency for International Development
AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK REQUIRED FOR AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE WATER-SALINITY MANAGEMENT PROBLEM. IN THE SECTION ON THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT MODEL, SUCH A FRAMEWORK IS PRESENTED. IN THE SECTION ON DECISION RULES, POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THIS APPROACH ARE EXAMINED, PARTICULARLY AS THEY RELATE...Read more
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