Integrated Water Resource Management

As defined by the Global Water Partnership, integrated water resource management is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Resources available within this theme provide guidance on how to conserve and restore watersheds, reduce pollution, adapt to climate change and reduce risks from floods and droughts.

Integrated Water Resource Management Resources

Historical Development of the Greater Chao Phya Water Control Project, an Economic Perspective

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper provides economic analysis of the Chao Phya project in Thailand. This project was one of the largest water control projects in Thailand in the 1970s and was originally designed to improve production conditions during the wet seasons. The paper provides a historical account of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Transfer of Water Resources Knowledge: Proceedings

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This report covers a conference based on the transfer of water resource knowledge. The diversified papers in this volume are indicative of the concern for the transfer of knowledge. The conference opened with a two-fold approach to aspects of transfer; the transfer of knowledge from developed to...Read more

Water Management in Arid and Sub-Humid Lands of Less Developed Countries; Annual Progress Report, 1972/1973

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
The general objective of this research is to increase food production in the arid and sub-humid lands of the less developed countries through the improvement of water management practices and the integration of those with other good management practices in the semi-arid lands of the Latin American...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Width Constrictions in Open Channels

Published: 
November 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The purpose of this study is to compare the existing methods of calculating the backwater due to, or discharge through, a constriction in an open channel, and to show how these methods are but particular expressions of a more general submerged flow equation. An extensive literature review has been...Read more

Manual on Water Desalination: Technology - Suppl. No. 1

Published: 
October 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS SUPPLEMENT PRESENTS NEW REFINEMENTS AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF DESALINATION PROCESSES COVERED IN VOLUME 1 OF THE DESALINATION MANUAL. IT UPDATES TECHNICAL GUIDES, DESCRIBES TYPICAL PLANTS BUILT SINCE 1967, AND PROVIDES A SECTION OF CONCEPTUAL PLANT DESIGNS. THIS DOCUMENT REQUIRES REFERENCE...Read more

Manual on Water Desalination: Economics - Suppl. No. 1

Published: 
October 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME II (ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF DESALINATION) OF THE DESALINATION MANUAL UPDATES THE MATERIAL OF THAT VOLUME AND REQUIRES REFERENCE TO IT TO BE OF USE. IT PROVIDES NEW GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND ADVANCEMENTS IN DESALTING TECHNOLOGY (ESPECIALLY REVERSE OSMOSIS...Read more

Irrigation Requirements and Water Balance, Arenal Proposed Project, Costa Rica

Published: 
June 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
ICE has completed a preliminary study for the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Rio Arenal. The principal purpose is the production of electrical energy. Construction of this power facility will make available an adequate supply of irrigation for a large area of agricultural lands in...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Needs and Requirements for Irrigation, Comayagua and Vicinity, Honduras

Published: 
June 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
The valley areas in the vicinity of Comayagua and Siuatepeque offer considerable potential for agricultural development. Irrigation facilities have been constructed capable of delivering irrigation water to areas for more extensive than those currently irrigated. An analysis is made of the adequacy...Read more
Regional focus: 
HondurasLatin America and the Caribbean

Two Theoretical Models of Radiation Heat Transfer Between Forest Trees and Snowpacks

Published: 
May 17, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
Two simple theoretical models describe the effect of forest cover on radiation transfer to a snowpack: Model 1, which describes the effect of varying canopy closure on the net radiation received by an interior snowpack, suggests that the net radiation may increase or decrease monotonically as the...Read more

Economics of Hydrologic Modelling

Published: 
May 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
The proliferation of hydrologic models suggests either a situation where-in hydrologists are homing onto the true model or a situation wherein hydrologists are uncertain about the appropriate model. The latter seems more likely in the face of constraints on data availability, budgets, time,...Read more

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