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

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture With Special Emphasis on Systems Analysis of Watershed Management; Annual Technical Report

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
Annual technical report from the Watershed Management Department on improvements in teaching facilities, and overall strengthening of teaching research and services.Read more

Village Technology Handbook: Developing Water Resources

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Village Technology Handbook is aimed at helping villagers to master the resources available to them: to improve their own lives and to bring their villages more fully into the lives of the nations of which they form a basic and important part. Technical information is a basic factor in the...Read more

How Trees Can Retain Stormwater Runoff

Published: 
December 31, 1969
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Trees in our communities provide many services beyond the inherent beauty they lend to streets and properties. One of the most overlooked and underappreciated is their ability to reduce the volume of water rushing through gutters and pipes following a storm. This means less investment in expensive...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Report on Water Demand Study

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
A scope of services for the study was proposed by IPSED, and these included: (1) consultation with members of the Sanitary Engineering staff at San Carlos University regarding the study, (2) assistance with collection and analysis of water usage and other data, (3) continual liaison and...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Water Resources Survey and Development Project - Central Senegal

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details basic hydrogeological data for central Senegal; the provision of sanitary water supplies in central Senegal; and the provision of a fully-equipped and adequately trained well-drilling team to the government of Senegal.Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Methods of Analysis for Waters, Organic Matter, and Pond Bottom Soils Used in Fisheries Research

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides guidance on water quality testing with respect to fisheries and increasing fish production and the methods to doing so.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Application of a Computer Model to a Desert Watershed

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
Only about 5% of precipitation which fall son the dry deserts of Arizona is retained for use. Efficient watershed management could increase this percentage. This requires accurately predicting runoff from storms. Watershed modeling using computers is the most promising of methods.Read more

Water Resources Survey - Progress Report

Published: 
December 31, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
EVALUATES USAID ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVT OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM 7/1/67-12/31/67 TO UNDERTAKE SURVEYS AND STUDIES PREPARATORY TO THE FORMULATION OF COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE NATION'S SEVEN MAJOR RIVER BASINS. ALL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE SEVEN RIVER BASINS UNDERTAKEN IN THE INITIAL...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Manual on Water Desalination: Economics, Appendices

Published: 
April 1, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS APPENDIX TO VOLUMES I AND II OF THE MANUAL LISTS EXISTING DESALINATION PLANTS, TECHNICAL DATA ON PROPERTIES OF SEAWATER AND BRACKISH WATER, AND OUTLINES SAMPLE SURVEY QUESTIONNARIES FOR BOTH TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDIES. IT INCLUDES ESTIMATING AIDS AND NOMOGRAPHS FOR DETERMINING...Read more

Manual on Water Desalination: Technology, Chaps. 5-7

Published: 
April 1, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
PART TWO OF VOLUME 1 (WHICH COVERS DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY) DESCRIBES TYPICAL DESALINATION PLANTS USING DISTILLATION, FREEZING, VACUUM FREEZING, AND MEMBRANE OSMOSIS PROCESSES. IT DISCUSSES THE FEASIBILITY OF COMBINING DESALINATION PLANTS WITH ELECTRIC POWER OR OF COMBINING DESALINATION WITH THE...Read more

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