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

Community Participation and Irrigation Development: a Case Study from Indonesia

Published: 
July 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
The High Performance Sederhana Irrigation Systems (HPSIS) Project, which is a farmer-oriented pilot project involving 14 sites in Indonesia, was funded jointly by USAID/Jakarta and the Ford Foundation. In this case study, background information is presented on irrigation development in Indonesia,...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

A Derived Flood Frequency Distribution Based on the Density Function of Rainfall Excess

Published: 
July 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
The geomorphoclimatic theory is used, along with the joint probability density function of storm duration and storm intensity and the representation of the infiltration process, to derive the flood frequency distribution for a given catchment. The infiltration process is represented by two...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Incorporation of Channel Losses in the Geomorphologic IUH

Published: 
July 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Methodologies relating river response to basin geomorphology are useful in the estimation of hydrologic behavior in regions with sparse or no data. This study describes research of potential value in traditional hydraulic routing applications. In it the infiltration losses along the streams of a...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Evaluation of Foster Parents' Plan Water Supply and Sanitation Projects in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Published: 
May 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates project to assist Foster Parents Plan International (PLAN) to construct wells and water supply/sanitation systems in the vicinity of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Special evaluation covers the period l981-11/82 and is based on document review, site visits, and interviews with project staff and...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Action Memorandum for The Assistant Administrator (LAC)] [: for The Guanacaste Well Construction Project (515-0200)]

Published: 
March 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Project to provide emergency assistance to help relieve the effects of drought in Costa Rica's Guanacaste province by drilling 30 deep (30-90 meters) wells on public property on sites near Santa Cruz, and installing pumps, spigots, and fencing at each. The U.S. Department of Defense, at the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Farm Irrigation Structures

Published: 
March 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
A handbook of information on small irrigation structures is presented. Individual sections treat: delivery channels and ditches and control, water measuring, and other structures; low pressure pipe systems; construction and installation of ditches and pipes; and operation and maintenance...Read more

Djibouti Water Resources and Soils Analysis

Published: 
February 1, 1983
U.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

Malawi Self-Help Rural Water Supply Program: a Mid-Term Evaluation of the USAID-Financed Project

Published: 
January 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates project to help the Government of Malawi expand its rural piped water system and provide health education. Special mid-term evaluation covers the period 8/80-8/83 and is based on document review, site visits, and interviews with Ministry of Health (MOH), Departments of Lands, Valuation...Read more
Regional focus: 
MalawiSub-Saharan Africa

Draft Generic Scopes of Work for Interim Evaluations of Research/Extension Projects and Major Surface Water Irrigation Projects

Published: 
January 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is the increased use of economically and ecologically viable improved food production systems and technologies, capable of providing a food surplus, through an integrated research/extension program capable of evolving and disseminating practices suited to existing small...Read more

Implementacion Al Proyecto Santa Elena, MFM - Ecuador

Published: 
December 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
The scarcity of surface waters in the Santa Elena peninsula has created the need for development of underground waters. The NFM/FFH Director in Ecuador with assistance of AID and WASH, has directed the efforts to implement the project of developing underground water for agriculture and human...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

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