Water Supply and Scarcity
According to the United Nations, water scarcity is defined as the point at which the aggregate impact of all users impinges on the supply or quality of water. Water scarcity is a relative concept and can occur at any level of supply or demand. Scarcity may be socially-constructed or the consequence of altered supply patterns stemming from climate change. Resources available in this sub-theme include U.S. drought monitoring data, workshops for rural water supply systems, among other resources that support water supply and scarcity.
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Water Supply and Scarcity Resources
Somalia Livelihoods Support (Solis I and II)
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February 28, 2014U.S. Agency for International Development
The Somalia Livelihoods Support (SOLIS) project was implemented in two phases of 12 and 17 months respectively, ending in November 2012. It started during the end of the rainy season in 2010, continued through the drought and subsequent famine of 2011 (the worst drought to hit Somalia in 60 years)...Read more
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Somalia, Sub-Saharan AfricaA Market-Based Approach to Facilitate Self Supply for Rainwater Harvesting in Uganda
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January 1, 2011Relief International
This Technical Paper was submitted, accepted and presented at the 6th Rural Water Supply Network Forum in Uganda. While it is technical in nature, it provides a lot of information about the Domestic Rainwater Harvesting (DWRH) project that RI implemented in Uganda where RI leveraged a private...Read more
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Uganda, Sub-Saharan AfricaStrategic Plan 2000-2005: Improving Water and Land Resources Management for Food, Livelihoods and Nature
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January 1, 2001U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details the guide for planned research by IWMI. The work has evolved from a focus on irrigation management, to a focus on the analysis of water resources demand and supply for food production in a river basin context. Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSouthern African Food Information Resource Exchange (SAFIRE) Team Report
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February 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
Two teams of three persons representative of USAID and WFP organizations, met in Washington between November 2 and November 6 for five days at the beginning of the mission to prepare equipment, configure software, and undergo training on the technical construction and operation of the particular...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaDrought, Rural Water Supply and Emergency Needs in Botswana
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February 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers the needs of Botswana and USAID's reaction to drought, rural water supply and emergency needs...Read more
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Botswana, Sub-Saharan AfricaProceedings, Conference on Water - Pumping/Water - Lifting in Africa: Volume II -- Conference Discussion Papers
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April 5, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
The expansion of agricultural output in developing countries depends critically on the availability of reliable and cost-effective energy supplies for irrigation. Pumping is becoming increasingly important to the overall productivity of agricultural output and to expansion of irrigated land...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaRuhengeri Water Resources Study Rwanda
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May 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
The major findings and conclusions of a watershed resources/water supply analysis prepared for the Ruhengeri Resource Analysis and Management Project in Rwanda are presented. The report's eight substantive chapters: (1) furnish the basic hydrologic data on which the analysis was based and...Read more
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Rwanda, Sub-Saharan AfricaAn Annotated Bibliography of Factors Affecting Pumping and Irrigation in Africa
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October 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This bibliographic search was started in order to provide the background documents for the development of a methodology of economic analysis of water pumping projects, particularly the energy trade-offs in water pumping.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaPublic Health Assessment of Proposed Dams, Water-Related Diseases and Community Water Supplies
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March 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
The construction of 12 improved dams with reinforced release control structures has been proposed to improve the water supply in Mauritania's Brakna/Gorgol region. This report assesses the possible impacts of the dams on water-related disease incidence due to standing water, and makes...Read more
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Mauritania, Sub-Saharan AfricaSavanna Regional Water Resources and Land Use Project; Semi-Annual Report No. 12, January 1-March 31, 1979
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March 31, 1979U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of this project is to contribute to the rational development of water resources in the West African Savanna region as required for agricultural development, human and animal consumption, and with due consideration for the ecological effects of such development. The purpose is to assist...Read more
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