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
Report on Preliminary Investigations of Lake Maryout Water Quality: Past, Present, and Future
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October 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
This study was commissioned by the U.S. Agency for International Development (US AID) as part of its ongoing wastewater management support for the City of Alexandria, Egypt. The intent of the study was to use primarily in-country resources and capabilities to provide a survey level documentation of...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaReport on The National Seminar on Egypt Water Quality Assessment and Management Plan
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September 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Egypt faces increasing challenges in the effective management of water resources. Water for irrigation, a significant concern for agricultural self sufficiency, is rapidly approaching maximum utilization levels. The supply of additional water of quality suitable for use in...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaPlan for the Formation of a Strategic Research Unit: Water Research Center, Egyptian Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources
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July 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
The Egyptian Water Research Center (WRC), which supoprt the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources (MPWWR), has identified the need for building Institute capacity to design and implement strategic research studies to enhance planning and policy capabilities within MPWWR. This paper assesses...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaAudit of CH2M HILL International Corporation
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January 7, 1993U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentCH2M HILL
The attached report dated November 3, 1992 presents the results of a financial audit of CH2M Hill International Corporation locally incurred costs, under a contract relating to the Water Supply II Project, funded by USAID/Egypt. Through the direct contract with USAID/Egypt, CH2M provides necessary...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaIrrigation Water Cost Recovery in Egypt: Determination of Water Costs
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January 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
This study addresses the problem of identifying incremental operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation (OM&R) expenditures needed to raise the performance of the water delivery system in Egypt to DO adequate level. Emphasis is placed on developing a procedure for allocating the costs of the...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaQuality Assurance and Quality Control Document for Lake Maryout Study
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September 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
This document outlines the chemical, physical, and biological data quality assurance standards by which the sampling and analysis efforts shall be conducted at the Laboratories of the High Institute of Public Health, Environmental Health Dept.This document presents the detailed site-specific field...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaCountry Program Strategy, FY 1992-1996: Water and Wastewater
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May 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
The importance of potable water and sanitary drainage to the Egyptian economy and quality of life can not be overstated. the Nile is the source of 80 percent of Egyptian drinking water and it is to the Nile that the wastewater effluent eventually drains. Pollutants in this closed system have...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaEgypt Water/Wastewater Sector Strategy
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March 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
The Mission's goals of greater access to reliable urban services and cost recovery can not be met in the water and wastewater sector without policy and institutional reform. As a result, Sector Reform is a core element of the Mission's strategy. The GOE must commit themselves to...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaLocal Development II Urban Project: National Conference on the Environment of Lake Manzala -- October 27-29, 1991
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October 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is to record, in an English language account, the proceedings of an important natonal conference (in Arabic) addressing a major ecological problem in Egypt. Lake Manzala, a large, shallow, saline water body adjacent to the 6ty of Port Said, has long been the recipient of...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaEgypt Irrigation Improvement Project
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January 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers the regional irrigation improvement project, with the goals and objectives being to develop methods and procedures to rehabilitate and improve irrigation systems on Egypt's old lands and to develop capabilities of the staff to undertake a national program to rehabilitate and...Read more
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